This bibliography features selected books, book chapters, research projects, and journal articles, published between 1953 and 1994, about the social, legal, economic, educational political, and professional position of Muslim Pakistani women. Sixteen of the references are annotated. An additional 41 bibliographic references to other materials, not…

Since 1870, the federal government has gathered data about students, teachers, schools, and education funding. The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annually publishes a statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States. The "Condition of Education" includes data and…

Some leading students of social stratification in the United States present empirical and theoretical essays about the institutional contexts that shape careers. These 15 essays work toward the goal of identifying and assessing the processes by which a birth cohort is distributed in the stratification system, given its position of origin in that…

In recent years the Dominican population has been the fastest growing ethnic population in New York City, now comprising the second largest Hispanic group. This study reviewed 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census of Population statistics to present a picture of the economic lives of Dominicans and suggest ways to improve their status. The income of…

This research report presents data on the socioeconomic status of the Dominican population in New York City using the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census of Population. The analysis includes a discussion of demographics, labor market outcomes, poverty, and household economic status, among other variables. The income of the Dominican population is one of the…

This book aims to provide a better understanding of Mexican American high school students and their struggles with ethnicity, Americanization, prejudice, schools, and life's purposes. In most Anglo minds, these students are characterized by exceptionally high dropout rates and poor school performance, without any explanation for this performance…

While many children across North Dakota enjoy positive life circumstances which support their healthy growth and development, many other children do not. This Kids Count factbook contains data on indicators intended to highlight the condition of North Dakota children from prenatal through adolescent stages of development; these indicators include…

This study is based on the National Education Longitudinal Survey of 1988 (NELS:88) sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics. NELS:88 is a nationally representative sample of approximately 25,000 eighth graders who were enrolled in public or private school in 1988. About 21,000 students were resurveyed in 1990, a second follow-up…

This report provides statistical data on 419,600 foreign students from over 200 countries studying at U.S. higher educational institutions. The report identifies trends in student mobility and migration, national origin, sources of financial support, fields of study, enrollments, and rates of growth. The book's extensive tables and analyses are…

After briefly sketching the history of federal aid programs for higher education, this paper employs the conceptual framework of fairness theory to analyze the extent to which financial limitations appear now to prevent high school seniors from attaining a college education. Using data from the High School and Beyond longitudinal study, this study…

The Education Resources Center (ERC) is a community-based organization that serves students from various elementary schools united by the Phoenix Coalition for Youth and Families (PCYF). The PCYF Project was authorized to organize agencies and schools in the lower socio-economic areas of inner-city Phoenix into one collaborative arrangement. This…

This fact sheet on Hispanic American education in the United States in 1993 offers information on families, spending, school to work transitions, and education at preschool through college levels. The Hispanic population is growing much faster than the rest of the population, and by 1990 it comprised 9 percent of the national population. The…

This final report describes a study which examined how new college students become aware of and involved in the academic and non-academic "learning communities" of the campus; specifically the report examined the social, academic and administrative mechanisms and processes through which students become involved in academic and social…

This document presents a synthesis of research on the assessment and identification of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) based on literature published between 1980 and 1992. After an introduction and a section providing background information, individual sections review the literature on: the instruments used to assess ADD; the…

In 1992, a survey was conducted of students who had graduated from the five colleges of the Arrowhead Community College Region (ACCR) during the 1986-87 academic year. Surveys were mailed to all 785 graduates, requesting information on their educational backgrounds, current employment, and assessment of their educational experience. Responses were…