HOW TO MOBILIZE STATE COLLEGE FACULTY RESOURCES TO STUDY THE MEANS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION WAS THE CONCERN OF THIS PROJECT. THE PROJECT WAS A 2-DAY CONFERENCE ON LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, HELD IN JANUARY 1965 WHICH WAS FOLLOWED IN APRIL, 1965, BY A MEETING OF A SMALL NUMBER OF THE CONFERENCE DELEGATES TO DEVELOP FURTHER THE…

The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has the statutory responsibility for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in Alabama, the administration of various student aid programs, and the performance of designated regulatory functions. This annual report provides information about all of these responsibilities and…

This paper presents a list of resources on what states are doing on the topic of Black male dropouts. These resources are taken from the report abstracts or summaries. This paper is a response to a request asking for these resources. (Contains 5 footnotes.)

As the nation struggles to get back on its feet economically, the colleges and universities are working harder than ever to fulfill their mission: to educate the next generation of workers and citizens. In the West that task is arguably more challenging than elsewhere. The region is highly diverse in terms of both demographics and geography, with…

This study examined faculty research in California presently under way; analyzed the research in terms of the stipulation in the Donahoe Act regarding functions of segments of California higher education; made proposals for implementing recommendations resulting from the study. Material for the study was drawn from documents made available by…

Articles in this issue vary widely in method, content, and sample size, but come together to produce a valuable collection of knowledge about education in the Pacific Basin, with emphasis on issues of under-representation. The articles are: (1) "Effects of a Culturally Competent School-Based Intervention for At-Risk Hawaiian Students"…

The history and ongoing activities of Project DAIRE, a capacity-building effort undertaken by the Delaware State Department of Public Instruction to coordinate educational information and manpower resources through a central information service and to provide linking agents to facilitate the use of information in effecting school improvements, is…

This document consists of articles 1 through 39 published in the electronic journal "Education Policy Analysis Archives" for the year 2003. (SLD)

A statewide effort was conducted in Kentucky to design a longitudinal assessment of tech prep, an educational reform strategy for high schools. Construction of the evaluation design included consideration of quantitative and qualitative data for school programmatic decisions, as well as funding accountability requirements at the district and state…

Describes a nexus between teacher education, teacher education research, and state policy, tracing the past dozen years of efforts designed to both support and retain California teachers in their early years; highlighting the California New Teacher Project and the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Program; and noting the rapid expansion in…

Between 1972 and 1974, Oregon adopted a series of comprehensive State Minimum Standards popularly titled "competency-based education." This paper addresses two types of research agendas that have emerged relative to these attempts to create a statewide reform. The first involves an ongoing research project whose purpose is to facilitate…

Results of a survey of the 50 states regarding initiatives taken in nine policy/issue areas to teacher education are presented. The nine areas were: (1) standards; (2) incentives; (3) irregular certification routes; (4) program curricula; (5) capacity building for schools, colleges, and departments of education; (6) research, data, and evaluation;…

The Iowa Communications Network (ICN), a statewide full-motion interactive fiber-optic network for distance education, is nearing completion. Few innovations have had the potential impact of the ICN. This paper describes distance education in Iowa, the ICN, the Iowa Distance Education Alliance, the distance-education research plan underway in…

This research brief lists and indexes materials on State education legislation and activity by subject and State. The information was obtained from answers to questionnaires sent to State education agencies, legislative service agencies, teacher organizations, and school board associations. Other information was obtained from materials sent during…

The Office of Community College Research and Leadership project involves research, technical assitance, information dissemination, and leadership activities for postsecondary Illinois vocational-technical education target audiences, especially community college administrators. "Update" newsletters and "Research Briefs"…