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Download full textSpecial Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. – 1991
This conference was held to enhance communication between the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and State education agency staffs, and to furnish information and technical assistance to State agencies in the areas of data management and improvement of data reliability, validity, and comparability. Abstracts of presentations include the…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disabilities
Morrison, James L. – 1995
This proceedings report describes exercises used in a workshop on environmental scanning, designed to assist institutional research officers to develop competency in establishing and maintaining an external analysis capability on their campuses. The workshop offered an opportunity for participants to experience several techniques used in…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Environmental Scanning
La Plante, Mitchell P., Ed.; Kaye, H. Stephen, Ed. – 1998
This document presents the proceedings of the National Disability Statistics and Policy Forum. Preliminary material includes an introduction (Mitchell P. LaPlante) and highlights of each presentation. Presentations are then grouped by session. Session titles and presenters were: (1) "Trends in Disability Prevalence" (Mitch LaPlante, Vicki…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Incidence
North East Association for Institutional Research. – 1996
This proceedings document is comprised of the 18 papers, panel presentations, and work shares presented at a 1996 conference on institutional research. The papers are: (1) "Using Cohort Analysis To Evaluate the Impact of a Support Program for Minority Students" (Hershel Alexander); (2) "The Institutional Researcher as Program Evaluator:…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Data Analysis, Higher Education
Gerald, Debra, E., Ed. – 2000
The 11th Federal Forecasters Conference provided a forum where 180 forecasters from different federal agencies and other organizations could meet and discuss forecasting in the United States. The theme for this conference was "Forecasting, Policy, and the Internet." In the morning session, a panel presentation featured three speakers.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expenditures, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Gerald, Debra E., Ed. – 1999
The 10th Federal Forecasters Conference provided a forum where 127 forecasters from different federal agencies and other organizations met to discuss various aspects of the conference's theme, "Forecasting in the New Millennium," that could be applied in the United States. A keynote address, "Procedures for Auditing Federal…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expenditures, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
North East Association for Institutional Research. – 1998
This proceedings document is comprised of the 17 papers, panel presentations, and work shares presented at a 1998 conference on institutional research. The papers are: (1) "Description of the UDAES Project: A Study of Undergraduate Academic Experiences" (Karen W. Bauer); (2) "Transforming Your Campus: Mixed Methodology in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Community Colleges, Data Analysis
Bouvier, Leon F. – 1980
This bulletin examines the baby boom, its causes, its size, and its impact on U.S. society. Nearly 42 million births occurred in the U.S. from 1955 to 1964. Several reasons are given for this baby boom which interrupted a century long fertility decline. Demographically the primary causes were more people marrying and having at least two children…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Futures (of Society), Housing Needs
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1975
The first day of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works' (CONTU) third meeting was spent at IBM processing headquarters, where commissioners learned about the history and terminology of computers, information storage methods, computer capabilities, computers and copyrights, future trends, and costs. On the second…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computers, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Forest Service (USDA), Upper Darby, PA. Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. – 1980
This publication, volume 2 of 2, contains proceedings from a national symposium on recreation trends. Topics of the 28 papers in this volume include: industry sources of trend data, applied trend research, the use of trend data for planning, and trend measurement. Papers are arranged in seven sections: (1) Keynote Session; (2) Trends in Policy and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Futures (of Society), Industry, Outdoor Activities
North East Association for Institutional Research. – 1997
This proceedings document is comprised of the 12 papers, panel presentations, and work shares presented at a 1997 conference on institutional research. The papers are: (1) "What Does Accountability in Higher Education Mean to You?" (William R. Dyson, Andrew G. De Rocco, John R. Doyle, and Merle W. Harris); (2) "The University of…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Symposium participants concentrated on maintaining the economic viability of agriculture through improved agribusiness techniques including increased individual and collective marketing strategies and greater responsiveness to consumer demands. Related problems were decline of roads and bridges, competition with nonagricultural users for rural…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Trends, Dairy Farmers, Farm Management
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Participants at the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development discussed environmental, land use, and natural resource problems and opportunities in rural areas of New York state. Identified as major assets were scenic beauty, diversified land use and economy, abundance and high quality of water, soil base for agriculture and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Environment, Environmental Standards, Land Use
Jenkins, Hugh M., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of a colloquium on foreign student recruitment, sponsored by the National Liaison Committee on Foreign Student Admissions, are presented. The colloquium was designed to examine the demographic and economic conditions that have created the need to increase recruiting practices currently taking place. Included are a review of the agents…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, College Students, Conferences, Data Collection
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Symposium participants identified trends, strengths, and weaknesses in local governments in rural New York and clarified the current status of the state-local governance and management partnership. Among the trends cited were a population shift from urban to rural areas and a corresponding need for more services, increasing state mandates and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Government (Administrative Body), Governmental Structure, Local Government
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