The question for educators is no longer how much better do students learn with technology, but how do we integrate technology into our classrooms in a way that benefits students? To study the question of how to encourage instructors to use technology to teach, a survey was used to create connections between teachers' technology attitudes,…

This report presents descriptive headcount statistics for students enrolled in one of Florida's state university systems (SUS) during the 1994, 1995, and 1996 fall terms. These students were enrolled in one of Florida's 28 public community colleges before enrolling in a Florida university. In fall 1996 there was an enrollment increase of 1%, for a…

This study examined whether or not selected recently endorsed and currently practicing school library media specialists are using job competencies taught to them in three schools of higher education training programs. Based on a review of literature, the research hypothesis is that there is a disparity between job competencies as taught and the…

The purpose of the VisionQuest project is to help current and future educators envision and achieve technology integration by providing access to electronic models of technology-using teachers. By helping teachers envision and achieve exemplary technology use, the project aims to promote widespread, fundamental changes in teaching and learning…

The report presents the findings of the PC and Internet Survey, administered to Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) students in spring 1999. The survey examined NVCC students' access and use of personal computers, e-mail, and the Internet, both at home and at work. The report presents the findings by the gender and race of the respondents.…

According to state-reported data at www.ideadata.org, approximately 90,000 or 1.5% of all students with disabilities were publicly placed in private day and residential settings in 2004. All categories of disabilities are represented by these publicly placed students to some extent. However, the following categories were represented at a higher…

This summary brings together data from the various statistical chapters of the Biennial Survey of Education 1932-34. Each of these chapters deals with one field of education and has been published separately as part of Bulletin, 1935, No. 2, as follows: Chapter II. Statistics of State School Systems, 1933-34; Chapter III. Statistics of City School…

"School Planning & Management"'s annual survey of school construction statistics including projects completed during 2005, projected completions for 2006, and projects that will begin construction during 2006. In addition to national figures, statistics are broken down to provide detail for 12 regions of the nation, as well as the…

Much significance is attached to college degrees in modern society. The fact that many individuals have become victims of fraudulent institutions that award degrees without the rigorous courses of study prescribed by legitimate institutions, suggests that there may be too much emphasis upon the form rather than the substance of higher education.…

Presents a history of New Jersey's Public School Education Act of 1975, including a discussion of the landmark decision Robinson v. Cahill (1970), which found the state's educational finance system unconstitutional. Measures of expenditure disparity and wealth neutrality are then used to assess the present New Jersey school finance system. (JW)

Reviews current state of the art pertaining to measurement and use of the construct of user satisfaction (user's self-reported degree of satisfaction with library services) and reports results of survey of 623 public library patrons measuring user satisfaction, evaluation of services, library use, and individual characteristics. Twenty-six sources…

Results of study on patron information retrieval success and patron use patterns at Ohio State University show that 90 percent of online users preferred online to card catalog; 64 percent of those who tried online catalog switched to it; and patrons used the online more than the card catalog. References are provided. (EJS)

Description of a comprehensive student administrative data system developed by Los Angeles Unified School District and embedded in a large distributed processing computer network discusses hardware, software, implementation, and further enhancements. Subsystems described include student identification, attendance accounting, class registration,…