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Download full textClagett, Craig A. – 1987
Using a cost analysis system developed by the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, this report presents information on cost per course, cost per student credit hour, and cost per full-time equivalent (FTE) student for each instructional discipline at Prince George's Community College (PGCC). Total cost figures are the sum of faculty…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Intellectual Disciplines
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office for Community Colleges. – 1982
Focusing on the period from September 1981 to September 1982, this report describes issues and activities related to New York State's funding of contract courses at the community colleges of the State University of New York (SUNY). Introductory material notes that since the passage of authorizing legislation, about 45,000 employees of more than…
Descriptors: Contract Training, Contracts, Inservice Education, Labor Education
University of Western Ontario, London. – 1984
Results of a 1984 survey of pensions plans in 17 Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Information is provided on: eligibility, types of plan, member contributions, university contributions, benefits on normal retirement (age 65) and on early retirement (age 55), trustee and investment manager, and pension committee composition and status.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Early Retirement, Eligibility
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Planning and Development. – 1984
The Georgia Criterion-referenced Tests are designed to measure a core group of essential basic skills at key points throughout the educational development of students. This monograph reports test results for grades one, four, eight, and ten. Results are presented by graphs and figures, with brief narrative summaries. Information is provided on:…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Skills
Beymer, Lawrence; And Others – 1987
This study examined official records on retention from the Department of Education to ascertain national and state status and trends of retention/dropouts. The records showed that since 1983 the retention rate has peaked and is beginning to decline. In this investigation of the dropout situation in Indiana, questionnaires were administered to and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
American Council of Life Insurance, Washington, DC. – 1987
This report provides data and related information on the extent of the commitment of insurance companies to a wide variety of corporate public involvement activities. The results of a survey of 424 insurance companies are presented in both tabular and narrative format and cover the companies' activities in the areas of projects for the community,…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Corporate Support, Employer Employee Relationship, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
New York State Div. for Youth, Albany. – 1986
This statistical report provides a summary of the characteristics of the 2424 young people committed to residential programs of the New York State Division for Youth during 1985. It provides information on the patterns in individual and regional placement. The data are presented in such a way that comparisons can be made across years. A summary of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
University of Western Ontario, London. – 1985
Results of a 1985 survey of pensions at 17 Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Information is provided on: eligibility, types of plans, member contributions, university contributions, benefits on normal retirement (age 65) and on early retirement (age 55), benefits on termination and on death, indexing and annuities, trustee and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Early Retirement, Eligibility
Welniak, Edward J. – Current Population Report, 1985
This document is a report of statistical data on the characteristics of households and individuals receiving noncash benefits in 1984. The data were obtained from the March 1985 Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The report covers data on: The Food Stamp Program; the National School Lunch Program; public and…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Family Characteristics, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Swartz, Richard; And Others – 1985
In preparation for adding an essay test to the General Educational Development (GED) test, the GED Testing Service undertook a series of studies to establish (1) whether acceptable reading reliabilities were attainable in decentralized holistic scoring sessions often involving no more than a dozen papers; (2) whether essay readers in a variety of…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Scoring, Test Reliability
Petersen, Allan L.; Berg, Ernest H. – 1984
Provisions of Title 5 of the California Administrative Code require that each new program offered by a California community college and each new course which is not part of an established program be submitted to the Chancellor for prior approval. The Chancellor is required to report approval actions to the Board of Governors. Highlights of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Programs, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1981
Austin's results on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) for grades 1-6 for 1980-81 are presented for each campus as well as for the district. These results are accompanied by school and district characteristics, so as to describe the general context in which the achievement scores were collected. Grades 3-6 were tested on four sections of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1981
Austin's results are presented for the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) for grades 7-8 and the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) for grades 9-12 for 1980-81. Results are presented for each campus as well as for the district. School and district characteristics accompany these results to describe the general context in which these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Institutional Characteristics, Local Norms
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
This report summarizes test score information on a city-wide, regional, and school-by-school basis for staff and community review of pupil progress in reading and mathematics achievements, Primary Unit through grade 11. The data were obtained in the 1979-80 school year. Norm- and criterion-referenced tests were used. The intent of the report is to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms
American Univ., Washington, DC. Adult Learning Potential Inst. – 1980
This document--a survey identifying federal legislation and programs that in some way address the adult learner--is one in a series of four developed to provide a comprehensive overview of the scope of training practices relating to adult learning. It provides a panoramic view of adult learning in response to national priorities based upon…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Legislation, Federal Government
