This report summarizes the findings of the Long Beach (California) Unified School District's first Database Management Information System Survey. These findings are based on the responses of 71,521 parents, students in grades 4-12, and school site staff members. Each school independently selected items from a research-based data bank to develop…

State colleges and universities (SUs) are being forced by critics of higher education to reassess themselves and redirect their efforts. There is a movement to discover a simplistic and valid means of measuring excellence in higher education. Measuring student outcomes cuts through all the difficulties created by more standard attempts to find a…

Designed to establish a unified mission for career-vocational education in California, this report identifies issues and goals and defines major priorities for program implementation at state and local levels. Following introductory sections on the focus, scope, and purpose of the plan, section I discusses the basic assumptions behind…

Results are presented from a study conducted to assess the space needed for educational programs at Santa Fe Community College (SFCC). Introductory material presents a background to the establishment of SFCC following a 1983 voter referendum; outlines SFCC's mission and goals; and highlights the college's institutional organization. The following…

This is the fifth in a series of six monographs developed to help local educators use and report Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) test results. An organized plan facilitates the important task of reporting test results to the school board quickly and accurately. This monograph gives one approach that enables the staff to take the…

The Indiana State Advisory Council on Vocational Education (SACVE) endorses opportunities for all Indiana citizens to attain an education that is relevant, understandable, and reasonable. It recommends that secondary and postsecondary resources be combined and committed to mount a coordinated, unified campaign to provide the general public with…

Two paths may be followed to project training needs for high technology: concentration on the employment composition of high technology industries or focus on high technology occupations. The pervasiveness of high technology occupations appears to verify the wisdom of considering total industry employment in manpower planning for high technology…

An experience-based career education (EBCE) program integrates academic learning, career experiences, and life skill development through direct learning experiences in the community. EBCE enables each student to gain individual attention, both with a teacher and with community members. This increase in individual attention does not mean that EBCE…

This paper examines the concepts of adequacy and stability as found in educational finance and Oregon reform efforts and legislation, with particular attention to analysis of the adequacy and stability of funding for safety net districts. The first part examines definitions of adequacy and stability from the perspectives of (1) educational finance…

This paper traces an administrator's view of the changes necessary to make the community college a viable force in postsecondary education. First, problems and challenges facing the United States in general are reviewed, including rising illiteracy and dropout rates among the nation's high school students, increasing violence and crime in the…

A study of articulation of vocational education programs in Arizona was conducted to provide a framework by which a more effective system of vocational training could be established. It began by defining articulation. The literature reviewed in this part of the study provided models as well as alternative definitions of articulation. Based on the…

A study of Arizona vocational education follow-up systems was designed to survey problems in and promising practices for developing information systems to provide useful data for decision making. Interviews with state, county, college, and school district personnel revealed that the major problem faced by those conducting follow-up studies at both…

A study was conducted of the use of computers in business education programs in four-year publicly funded colleges and universities in Louisiana. The study was conducted to provide business educators with a practical reference on computer uses in postsecondary business education programs and to determine if the schools have long-range plans and…

Two decades following the publication of David G. Brown's "Criteria for Pruning Programs," (which recognized that traditional financial support to higher education was decreasing and proposed 10 guidelines for evaluating existing programs) a study was developed to determine what criteria are actually being used by comprehensive…

Employers need training, want it, and are willing to pay for it providing it is relevant to their requirements, results in improved product quality, and fosters increased productivity. Firm characteristics make a difference not only with regard to the kinds of skills wanted by employers but also with regard to how training can best be delivered.…