With MSRTS, a computerized record transfer system, continuity is at last being brought to the schooling of our most mobile students. (Editor)

Questions and answers dealing with a Bureau of Census report, Characteristics of American Youth." (SB)

Analyzes the content and implementation of agreements between member countries of the European Economic Community which are supposed to encourage college student mobility through international educational exchange programs. Admissions policies for foreign students and language difficulties are barriers to student mobility. (AM)

When critiquing a 1992 IEA study of reading in 31 nations, Herbert Walberg unfairly panned U.S. reading instruction, considering that American 9-year-olds finished second and 14-year-olds tied for eighth place. Apparently, "progress" was down for high-scoring countries. Two UCLA researchers discovered that the Los Angeles student…

Highlights three related risks that mobile students face in the implementation of Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act: the risk that they will not be assessed or counted for school accountability; the risk that schools will push low-achieving students to other schools in order to avoid accountability for their achievement; and the risk of…

Describes how the National Student Exchange helps undergraduates attend a different college for a semester or a year. (EV)

Found estimated overall dropout rate of 31 percent and a transfer rate of 30 percent among Navajo students. Lack of comparable data across schools and districts made determination of the actual dropout rate very difficult. Concludes that the dropout phenomenon is complex, multicausal, and can only be helped with an approach that brings together…

Examines the status of Broward County (Florida) Public Schools high school students, who must satisfy the district's algebra requirement in order to graduate. Data indicate that the majority of district students are meeting the new, higher standards; 80% of seniors in school year 1998-99 had previously completed the algebra requirement. (MLH)

Examined the relationship of two school mobility indexes (school changes and parental perceptions of mobility effects) to second grade academic achievement. The study involved data from Head Start students who transitioned to public school, from students' teachers, and from students' mothers. Results indicated that frequent school changes in the…

A survey of 938 applications for postgraduate research scholarships at Australian universities examined respondents' choice of university and possible movement. Academic advisors were the most common source of information on postgraduate opportunities. Although only 61 percent were enrolling directly from their previous degree, 42 percent did not…

Describes the impact of student mobility on academic achievement. Offers suggestions for helping school districts with high student mobility. (PKP)

We examined the school mobility of a cross-sectional sample of 70 secondary-age youth with emotional disturbance (ED). Data were collected through an archival review of school records. Students' school mobility histories were examined in terms of the overall number of schools attended in the elementary school years, as well as the timing of the…

Transnational education is a new and permanent reality in educational life. It should be viewed as a positive set of educational opportunities. It raises profound and far-reaching implications for all those involved in higher education. The challenges represented by it may impact at the local, regional, national and global levels and reactions to…

The Student Transitions Project Steering Committee's terms of reference allow it to appoint sub-committees to provide advice. Recently, the committee appointed a Mobility of Transfer Students Sub-Committee (formerly the Enrolment Planning Data Sub-Committee, a sub-committee of the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer). The…

This dissertation is a study of the policy process behind the legislation and regulation governing international student access to U.S. higher education since the immediate aftermath of World War II. The particular research focus of this dissertation is on NAFSA: Association of International Educators (originally established as the National…