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Download full textAlexander, Karl L.; And Others – 1978
In investigating educational goals, academic performance, academic self-esteem, and educational attainment, researchers should realize the importance of the school environment as well as individual student characteristics. To evaluate the significance of school effects, a project was undertaken to ascertain why students in high status schools were…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Attendance
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1977
The document comprises three articles which analyze roles and tasks of teachers in innovative elementary schools in the United States, Netherlands, and England. Innovative schools are interpreted as schools which favor educational practices such as open classrooms, team teaching, parent involvement, nongraded classes, global orientation,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classes (Groups of Students), Comparative Education, Educational Environment
Miller, Jill – 1978
This report reviews network project strategies to provide Navajo high school students with the choice of any regionally offered vocational education course. The first of six sections documents Navajo vocational education needs and cites problems in meeting these needs; for example, inadequate funding and poor interagency coordination. Section 2…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Choice, Coordination
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. – 1977
Interactions between the government and Oregon State University were assessed with attention to the following areas: employment and personnel administration (regulations regarding equal opportunity, affirmative action, and nondiscrimination); students and student life (regulations regarding admissions, financial aid, records management, special…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Accountability
Kershaw, Joseph A. – 1977
A self-study conducted at Williams College to examine the relationship between the college and the federal government, with emphasis on recent years, is described. The following issues are covered: affirmative action and issues of hiring and pay, other new laws and regulations such as the Buckley Amendment and the Occupational Safety and Health…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Accessibility (for Disabled), Affirmative Action, Case Studies
Garvin, David – 1977
A self-study was undertaken at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) to examine the impact of the federal government on it. M.I.T. is a large institution with an enrollment of 8,000, a faculty of 950, and a total teaching staff of 1,700. Of its operating expenses by far the largest source of funds in recent years has been sponsored…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Animal Facilities, Case Studies, College Students
Drakulich, J. Scott; Karlen, Janice M. – 1980
In order to determine the characteristics of students who transferred to Essex County College from four-year institutions in Fall 1979, the responses of 88 reverse transfer students (RTS's) to 84 items on the entering student demographic questionnaire were compared to the responses of 2,087 new Fall 1979 students. The questionnaire solicited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Stewart, Betsy – 1979
In order to determine community needs and preferences with regard to vocational education, the Cerritos Community College District surveyed 1,386 Cerritos College students, 896 students in area adult schools, 126 participants in regional occupational programs, and 258 community residents. A 46-item questionnaire focused on: (1) preferences for…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Age
Quann, C. James; And Others – 1979
The first comprehensive guide to the functions and responsibilities of registrars, admissions officers, and academic records personnel is presented. A chapter by C. James Quann examines the origins and growth of the profession as well as modern organizational patterns and provides job and functional descriptions for the director of admissions and…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrative Policy, Administrators, Admissions Counseling
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1980
This issue of the "On Campus With Women" newsletter includes the following topics: a federal court case decision that student aid constitutes federal assistance, but that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare cannot compel Grove City College to sign a legally defective Title IX compliance form; a Department of Justice move to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Athletic Coaches, Blacks, Civil Rights
Barnes, Keith D. – 1980
This resource booklet contains an operational appraisal instrument for use in evaluating the program effectiveness of secondary school guidance and counseling activities. It first presents criteria for exemplary guidance programs, which form the basis for the evaluation. Program areas appraised by this instrument include philosophy and objectives,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Career Education, Consultation Programs, Counseling Services
Mediax Associates, Inc., Westport, CT. – 1980
The third of three volumes, this document provides (1) a reduced list of child development characteristics obtained from parents, teachers, and staff participating in Head Start Input Workshops set up to identify desirable program effects; (2) a Tabulation of Importance Ratings, showing how workshop participants valued specific statements of child…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitudes, Classification
BACKMAN, CARL W.; SECORD, PAUL F. – 1967
THIS REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION FOCUSES ON THE FORCES (I.E. SOCIAL CLASS, PARENTS, PERSONALITY, CURRICULUM PURSUED, AND FRIENDS) WHICH INFLUENCE STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL OR DROP OUT. IN THE CLASSROOM SITUATION, THE TEACHER, THROUGH THE USE OF POWER, AND THE PEER GROUP, THROUGH GROUP NORMS, HAVE THE MOST…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classroom Environment, College Students, Educational Environment
WEBSTER, STATEN W. – 1966
THE 73 ARTICLES IN THIS THREE-PART COLLECTION PROVIDE A BACKGROUND FOR UNDERSTANDING THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD AND DISCUSS WAYS OF DEALING WITH THEM. PART I PRESENTS A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL HERITAGE AND PRESENT ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS OF THE DISADVANTAGED. THIS SECTION CONTAINS ARTICLES WHICH…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Cultural Background
Kapraun, E. Daniel; Coldren, Doris W. – 1980
Seven components of an academic advising program that emphasizes student retention are examined. These components are as follows: an institutional commitment to academic advising, a faculty-endorsed statement of adviser responsibilities (with retention as a major emphasis), the training of advisers, an adviser evaluation and recognition for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Records, Ancillary School Services, College Students
