The College Board's Advanced Placement Program was founded in 1955 to provide high school students an opportunity to take on the challenges of college-level work while still in high school. For 46 years, students have enrolled in AP courses, taken rigorous end-of-course AP Examinations to demonstrate their achievement, and frequently have received…

This report represents one section of the comprehensive survey of the State of Delaware which is being made by the United States Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior in cooperation with the Delaware Educational Cooperation Association. The field work of this section of the survey was done during November and December, 1915, and…

Quantifies the degree of social, economic, and cultural deprivation of countries with high degrees of illiteracy by comparing their social indicators to those of countries having a predominantly literate population. Examined are indicators of education, the mass media, transportation, social welfare, agriculture, and the economy. (Author/AM)

To investigate whether children who had been in a bilingual instructional program for three years or less would have some cognitive advantages over those in monolingual programs, 96 (50 percent male, 50 percent female) first to third graders from Edmonton (Alberta) were tested in 1979. The children in bilingual programs outperformed their…

Midcareer changes for secretaries represent an opportunity for business educators at the postsecondary level, but employed women's educational needs differ from those of younger students preparing for job entry. The author discusses the reasons for midcareer changes and the considerations for educational institutions in meeting these different…

With the growing proportion of older people in our society, vocational educators must examine their attitudes toward educational needs of the elderly and individual potential for continued growth. The author discusses an aging population, confronting age discrimination, and "second career" education and employment opportunties, and offers…

The historical origins of student activism in Greece and an analysis of present activism in nine institutions of postsecondary education are described. The empirical analysis was based on a sample of nearly 1,500 students and revealed that activism relates mainly to the regional origin of the student. (Author/MLW)

Two studies indicate that rural gifted students in Maine middle schools with gifted programs have greater extracurricular and cultural opportunities than those in schools without gifted programs, and in eight states, the level of opportunities available to gifted students does not differ between rural and suburban middle schools. However,…

This position paper reviews federal efforts to improve transition opportunities for youth with disabilities, including the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994. It supports the value of school-to-work concepts and principles but stresses the necessity of providing adequate safeguards and supports in state plans and local programs and…

Discusses whether the intersection of traditional and modern institutions in the Persian Gulf region influences student opportunities to learn. Provides preliminary and empirical indicators of how this might happen by estimating the degree of penetration of Gulf state culture and religious ideology into school organizational environments. (CAJ)

Especially strong in community colleges, service learning, or integrating academic learning and community service, is finding advocates in all of higher education and K-12 schools. Suggests that service learning is an opportunity for librarians to promote academic achievement and citizenship. Highlights print resources and includes a bibliography…

Explores cultural, academic, social, and mythical factors that affect the achievement and representation of minorities in mathematics. Summarizes efforts of the National Research Council's Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) to eliminate underachievement and underrepresentation of minorities in mathematics through its national project,…

Students' decisions to complete high school or to drop out are interpreted as rational in terms of their perceptions of the relative payoffs and costs of educational attainment. High school completion rates relate positively to comparative post-high school economic and educational opportunities and negatively to the costs of schooling. (AF)

Reports on the exchange of chemistry professors between the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Oakwood College in Alabama. Explores the Madison Plan which has a long term goal of working toward educational excellence by taking advantage of the strengths inherent in ethnic diversity. (MVL)

Describes the historical purpose of black colleges and discusses whether the continued existence of publicly supported black colleges is justifiable after nearly 40 years of jurisprudence specifically oriented to the elimination of 1-race educational institutions. (127 footnotes) (MLF)