This Title 3 proposal outlines a program of parallel bilingual instruction for non-English speaking Mexican students and Spanish-speaking Anglo students in grades 9-12, designed to assimilate Spanish-speaking students within two years and to improve the Spanish skills of Anglo students. A descriptive section includes information on the community,…

An analysis is conducted of economic issues pertinent to library planning in higher education in the face of rising costs and diminishing financial support. The individual chapters deal with: 1) growth rates in large university libraries; 2) library costs in colleges and universities; 3) cost trends and long-range plans; 4) library data; and 5) a…

The information in this report is directed to both the general information needs of educational researchers and the more specialized needs of personnel administering programs under P.L. 81-874--School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas--and P.L. 89-10--the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. For this reason, this publication…

Growing attention to the social, economic, political, and environmental health of the nation has precipitated a serarch for indicators other than material wealth which adequately reflect the quality of life in the United States and the well-being of its citizens. Nine indicators (Individual Status, Individual Equality, Living Conditions,…

Latent factors involved in sex role determination in higher education and the professions were studied using educational and occupational data on the population of male and female students at each member college of the Metropolitan Junior College District, the population of non-academic staff employed by the district, the population of academic…

Designed to complete a cycle begun in 1946, the 1950 Service-Wide Testing Program examined: the progress and achievement made by American Indian students in various educational situations, and the factors thought to affect their educational development. Tests were administered to all students in grades 8 and 12 enrolled in day, mission, public,…

The Connecticut Departments of Labor (DOL) and Higher Education (DHE), working in close collaboration with the University of Connecticut, Connecticut State University, Connecticut Community Colleges and Charter Oak State College, present this comprehensive report on employment outcomes for graduates of the State's public college system. This…

The 11th edition of the Section 619 Profile describes services provided under the Preschool Grants Program for Children with Disabilities (Section 619 of Part B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It presents current and/or historical information for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, which are all…

The purpose of this report on the Iowa Community College System was to review Iowa community college programs and related services. The report is comprised of the following basic sections: (1) the introduction, which includes a history of Iowa Community Colleges; (2) Credit Student Enrollment, offering a variety of reports; (3) Credit Student…

This collection of 33 tables provides data on various aspects of higher education in Maryland. The first table provides comparative statistics for Maryland and the country at large in the areas of educational achievement, composite SAT scores (1997), enrollment, campus mix in enrollment, degrees conferred, average resident undergraduate tuition…

This digest provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. It includes a selection of data from government and private sources, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics. The…

On July 8, 1916, the Commissioner of Education was requested by the governor of Nevada to undertake the direction of a survey of the University of Nevada and to report the findings to the educational survey commission created by the 1915 legislature of the State. During the months of August and September, 1916, the committee prepared elaborate…

The High School and Beyond data set, despite sample constraints, is an invaluable resource for researchers in bilingual education; it contains information from Hispanic students and parents, and from teachers and school administrators, and includes an excellent language file, useful for studying language shift and impact of bilingual education…

This report responds to some of the key questions raised by educators and legislators about ESL practices, programs and support services across the three California postsecondary systems: the California Community Colleges (CCC), the California State University (CSU), and the University of California (UC). While this report was produced to address…

This paper presents data on further education of the 2004-05 Ontario college graduates. This paper presents the following tables: (1) Number of Surveyed Graduates in Further Education within six months of graduation, by Institution; (2) Percentage of Surveyed Graduates in Further Education within six months of graduation, by Institution; (3)…