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Using Geospatial Techniques to Address Institutional Objectives: St. Petersburg College Geo-Demographic Analysis. IR Applications, Volume 27
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Morris, Phillip; Thrall, Grant – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2010
Geographic analysis has been adopted by businesses, especially the retail sector, since the early 1990s (Thrall, 2002). Institutional research can receive the same benefits businesses have by adopting geographic analysis and technology. The commonalities between businesses and higher education institutions include the existence of trade areas, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Business, College Administration
School-Age Child Care Arrangements. Research-to-Policy Connections No. 4
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Lawrence, Sharmila; Kreader, J. Lee – Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2006
School-age children ages 5 through 12 years spend their out-of-school time in many different types of arrangements. In addition to parental care, these include relative care, non-relative care (either in their own or another family's home), center- or school-based programs, sports and extracurricular activities, summer activities, and self-care.…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Child Care, Theory Practice Relationship, Child Caregivers
Literacy, Economy and Society. Results of the First International Adult Literacy Survey.
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1995
The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) was a collaborative effort by seven governments and three intergovernmental organizations to describe and compare the literacy skills of people from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each country drew a probability sample from which results…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis