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Watkins, Karen, Ed. – 1979
Brief, two-page abstracts are provided for 15 educational topics of interest to community college faculty, administrators, and staff. Each abstract is coded to indicate intended audience, subject category, and level of concern. The topics covered by the abstracts are: (1) five major components of teacher evaluation; (2) writing an abstract; (3)…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Basic Skills, Classroom Environment, Cloze Procedure
Jones, Jerry L. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the optimum combination of selected social, academic, and demographic variables to maximally differentiate membership in the successful, unsuccessful, and withdrawal groups of first-year computer programming majors in Virginia community colleges. A questionnaire focusing on 18 selected variables was administered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Age, Community Colleges
CORNISH, ROBERT L. – 1967
ABSTRACTS OF 27 STUDIES WERE COMPILED AS EXAMPLES OF INVESTIGATIONS MADE BY TEACHERS CONCERNED WITH THE INDIVIDUAL QUALITIES OF GIFTED CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOLS. THE STUDIES ARE ARRANGED IN FOUR SECTIONS--IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS, ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND EDUCATIONAL PROVISIONS AND PROGRAMS. EACH SECTION PROVIDES A…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement
Guggenheim, Fred – 1967
The relationship between self-esteem, academic expectations, and ethnic group membership was studied in a New York City elementary school which had an approximately equal enrollment of Negro, white, and Spanish-background pupils. Subjects were 162 sixth-grade students who were tested with two projective tests and one specifically designed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, Black Students
McIntyre, Chuck – 1997
The 2005 Task Force of the Chancellor's Consultation Council was created to recommend long-term strategies to identify access and service goals for California Community Colleges (CCC), the resources needed to achieve these goals, and ways to obtain needed resources. This technical paper provides the Task Force with forecasts of plausible scenarios…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
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Crampton, Faith E. – Journal of Education Finance, 2001
Reviews 1999 school finance legislation, analyzes 1994-99 state education finance activity, and discusses established and emergent trends in funding for school infrastructure, educational technology, charter schools, student achievement (class-size reduction, school-year extensions, reading instruction, and alternative placements), teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Charter Schools, Educational Equity (Finance)
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1997
This study examined the relationship between students' academic performance in high school vis-a-vis their performance in the first year at college. The study analyzed data on students who graduated from Maryland high schools in the 1994-95 academic year and who were enrolled in 2- and 4-year Maryland public institutions or in one of 11…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment
Hansen (Shirley J.) Associates, Inc., Lake Jackson, TX. – 1984
Since the publication of the original report, entitled "Fiscal Profile of America's Public Schools, 1981-85, and Associated Energy Implications," the national school revenue picture reveals: (1) a decline in federal aid to education, (2) a decline in state fiscal capacity, (3) a reduction in the state-local portion of public l 826/827 sector…
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Educational Demand, Educational Finance, Educational Trends
Bernstein-Sidney, Ethel – 1976
Because student activities are often restricted by inclement weather, this Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) unit challenges students to predict weather to help them plan activities and schedules. The challenge is general enough to apply to many problem-solving situations in mathematics, science, social science, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science, Interdisciplinary Approach
Presley, Jennifer – 1985
Current enrollment trends for Connecticut higher education are identified, along with enrollment projections to 2000, based on revised state population estimates. Also covered in narrative and statistical sections are: population trends, Connecticut high school graduation trends, and enrollment projections by type of institution. Enrollment trends…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Attendance, College Students, Community Colleges
Hoffman, Benjamin B. – 1981
A Postsecondary Demand Survey was undertaken in 1972 to study the demand for postsecondary education in Manitoba, Canada, and to develop a system for forecasting enrollment at postsecondary institutions. The survey objective was to establish a profile of grade 12 students in 1972 to learn about their aspirations, plans, expectations after…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Planning, College Bound Students, College Choice
Lamar, Carl S., Ed. – 1978
This book was designed to serve as a guide for vocational education administrators in implementing comprehensive program planning (the process of forecasting the future and then preparing for it) as called for in the Education Amendments of 1976. The content is presented in ten chapters. The first provides an overview of comprehensive planning in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Community Planning, Comprehensive Programs
Hess, Fritz; And Others – 1979
American schools, after two decades of expansion, are now in the midst of an enrollment decline and inflation. The impact of the shift from growth to retrenchment and streamlining has been severe. An effective approach to this situation requires an understanding of the new conditions and of available alternatives for action. An overview of the…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Collective Bargaining, Cost Effectiveness, Declining Enrollment
Pepin, Andrew J.; Korb, Roslyn – 1979
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 were used in a study to investigate the relative effectiveness of high school grades and standardized aptitude test scores, together with demographic characteristics, in predicting early postsecondary educational activity of high school seniors. Self concept and locus of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Ability, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Seckendorf, Robert S. – 1979
A study identified forces and factors that may emerge and influence the future of vocational education. While states may vary structure, organization, extensiveness, and resulting impact, the basic purpose of vocational education continues to be preparation for work. It also has the broad goals of the larger education system to be responsive to…
Descriptors: Costs, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Enrollment Influences
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