This EDUCATE Core Data Service 2003 Summary Report is the second report published as part of the CDS program. Before delving into the five major sections that follow this introductory section (each of which parallels and summarizes data from a section of the core data survey), we encourage you to read this introduction to fully understand the CDS…

Along with its human resources, financial assets, and intellectual cache, space is a primary resource of an educational institution. Indeed, the dollar value (initial cost, replacement cost, or market value) of a postsecondary education institution's buildings sometimes exceeds its annual operating budget and endowment. Without information on how…

The National Child Count of Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind is the first and longest running registry and knowledge base of children who are deaf-blind in the world. It represents a 25 year collaborative effort between NCDB, its predecessors and each state deaf-blind project throughout the country, as well as those projects funded in the…

Data on median administrator salaries from a national survey includes salaries for over 100 administrator titles, providing figures for all institutions and by institution type. One-year percentage changes in the median salary for each job category are also given. (MSE)

Background: Theoretical and empirical support now exists for the finding that many children with expressive phonological impairment experience problems in acquiring phonological awareness and early literacy skills. Few studies, however, have examined the long-term academic and literacy outcomes for this population, in particular as the…

Presents the annual survey of U.S. periodicals prices for 1991, based on subscription price information supplied by the Faxon Company. Data include subject categories ranked by current subscription price and by percent increases; average prices by Library of Congress Classification codes; and comparative pricing information from 1977-91. (four…

This annual report provides detailed information concerning tuition and mandatory fees at public higher institutions in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE's) 15-state region, including an institution-by-institution historical review of tuition changes from year to year as well as a 10-year average. Also included are…

This document presents an inventory of current physical facilities of universities in Ontario (Canada) as of the 1992-93 academic year and a review of trends over the past 10 years. Section 1 is an introduction. Section 2 reviews trends of the past 10 years in seven graphs. Section 3 contains tables providing data by institution. They include…

Inventory data for the physical facilities of Ontario, Canada, universities are presented, as of November 1989. The first table presents a summary of all net assignable square meters (NASM) by institution. Table 2 presents a detailed breakdown of all NASM, by institution, for each of 20 space categories (such as health service, residential,…

This subject guide, prepared for the METRO Sci-Tech Cooperation Discussion Group, is a bibliographic tool which will aid in the acquisition and use of scientific publications, particularly periodicals. A list of approximately two hundred periodical subject categories which cover science, technology, and medicine is given. The guide shows the…

Recommendations designed to assist states in the creation of meaningful definitions of types of schools and students for use in the Council of Chief State School Officers' Education Data Improvement Project are presented. The Project's goals are to promote and facilitate the reform and refinement of the National Center for Education Statistics'…

Presents the 1994 periodical price index, based on subscription price information supplied and compiled by the Faxon Company to measure changes in average U.S. periodical prices. Highlights include subject categories, rates of increase, price index comparisons, prices by Library of Congress Classification, and comparative information from 1977…

The expansion of early childhood services has brought increasing recognition of the need to address mental health disorders in young children. The transactional perspective of developmental psychopathology is the basis for review of diagnostic frameworks for young children. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) is…

Information on physical facilities of Ontario, Canada, universities for 1980-81 is presented. Summary data are provided on all net assignable footage (NASF), by institution, for categories of space covered by the Council on Ontario University (COU) space standards and for categories of space to which the standards do not apply. Information is also…

Data describing campus facility use for instructional and related purposes for one week of activity in Fall 1978 were collected and evaluated at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Four measures of space utilization were used: (1) percent of available time used; (2) percent of available space used; (3) percent of scheduled space utilized; and (4)…