Among several innovations in public school curriculum and financing, the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) also included a school-governance provision. School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) Councils include administrators, teachers, and parents in addressing school-level curriculum and instructional issues. These groups have not had a…

In 1992, a survey was conducted of 1990-91 graduates of the seven colleges in the Arrowhead Community College Region (ACCR) (Minnesota) to determine their satisfaction with their college experience. Of the 890 graduates surveyed, 702 responded. Survey findings, based on a 78.9% response rate, included the following: (1) 65.1% of the respondents…

This paper presents data concerning the use and costs of center and family day care programs in Sweden. The typical center provides full-time care and has 4 sections, each with 2 preschool teachers, 1 attendant, and up to 20 children. In the family day care system, municipalities employ caregivers and parents pay the municipality. This paper…

The purpose of this study was to extend research on parenting styles and parent-child socialization beyond the dyadic relationships and toward inclusion of variables that give information about the couple's co-parenting, that is, the way they work together as parents. At the initial assessment, 45 predominantly middle-class families with a…

Initiated in November 1989, the Exploring 4-H program in Indiana is a child care program providing delivery models and a 21-topic curriculum for use in existing 4-H clubs, after-school day care programs, day camps, summer programs, and library programs in both school and non-school settings. To evaluate the program and the effect of the setting on…

Job satisfaction and its components were investigated among 156 teachers in 15 of the smallest school districts in the Texas panhandle. The districts were randomly selected from all panhandle districts having an average daily attendance of 200 students or less. Respondents completed a 28-item modified version of the Community Attitudes Toward…

This publication contains the success stories of 10 outstanding men and women who have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become contributing citizens of Pennsylvania. These stories describe how, through their participation in Pennsylvania's adult basic education and literacy programs, they were aided in their successful struggles to…

The high, voluntary turnover of child and youth care staff at a residential treatment center was due primarily to low job satisfaction levels. Since the relationship between employees and supervisors directly affects job satisfaction, it was posited that a training intervention focusing on improving the employee support skills of first-level…

This report describes a survey to quantify performance measures related to the national goals and objectives of Technical and Further Education, particularly those related to student satisfaction with course content, delivery, support services, financial support, and outcomes of training. This first national survey of vocational education…

This study examined the issues and pressures that new and junior faculty of color experienced at predominantly white colleges and universities, and includes recommendations for administrators, graduate students, majority faculty, and faculty of color. Twelve African American and 19 Latino first-, second-, and third-year tenure-track faculty…

At many higher education institutions, there is increasing reliance on the services of part-time, instead of full-time, faculty. This article presents critical information on the ethics of employing these adjunct faculty, a trend that is especially prominent in community colleges. The paper's introduction discusses adjunct wages, working…

This booklet is one of six texts from a workplace literacy curriculum designed to assist learners in facing the increased demands of the workplace. It discusses personal development, providing readers with new insights and positive ways of thinking and feeling about themselves, others, places, and things in their lives. The booklet's emphasis is…

This study examined outcomes for graduates of York University (Ontario) immediately and 2 years after graduation. An initial survey was conducted at the time students graduated from the university's faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Pure and Applied Science, and the Schulich School of Business (SSB) in the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996. Two…

This report presents questions and typical responses from focus group discussions conducted at Johnson County Community College (JCCC, Kansas) in March 1999. A total of 23 individuals of varying ages from all geographic regions in Johnson County participated in three focus groups, designed as a follow-up to a phone survey about constituency…

This survey, which was conducted in 1991, was designed to assess the education information needs of respondents, as well as the extent of their use of (Educational Resources Information Center), ERIC, their evaluation of ERIC services and products, and their suggestions for system improvement and expansion. The 1,184 respondents who completed a…