Even as individual colleges and universities work to make their own general education programs more coherent, fewer and fewer students proceed through those programs according to plan. Students frequently say that their general education programs add up to an assortment of fragments to be assembled and then left behind. How should the educational…

The Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) Neighborhood Schools Initiative (NSI) appears to be making incremental progress towards its twin goals of increasing neighborhood capacity and reducing busing, although results are mixed in this 2002-2003 report, the third year of NSI implementation. Reported findings include: (1) Thirty-nine percent of all…

British Columbia's post-secondary Transfer System consists of all BC public institutions, Yukon College and those private institutions which have been approved to participate through a provincial quality assessment process. Within the Transfer System, smooth student mobility between institutions is supported by all partners. Articulation…

This report presents the following data: (1) Summary of the Number of Courses and the Number of Students served in Nebraska by Out-of-State Institutions: 2000-2005; (2) Number of Students Admitted into Out-of-State Programs for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005; (3) Enrollment in Courses Offered in Nebraska by Out-of-State Institutions: Fall 2003-Spring…

The statistics, legal situation, and European agency cooperation in relation to student mobility in Europe involve several political questions in relation to a unified system of higher education. (KM)

Urges states to make certain that their residency regulations are comprehensive, flexible, reasonable, and fairly administered. (MK)

School records of 643 ninth-grade students were examined. Classroom adjustment was measured by the Classroom Behavior Inventory. Results indicated that mobility was negatively related to math achievement and adjustment. Results are discussed in relation to the peer society and the use of these data for schools. (Author/RL)

Asserts that, because of frequent interruptions and changes in their learning environments, highly transient children may display symptoms similar to those of specific learning disabilities. Urges educators to distinguish between these two problems in diagnosis and referral. (Condensed from "The Arizona Administrator," May 1981, p7.) (Editor/SJL)

Describes some differences in representations of mathematical concepts and procedures of recent immigrants. Discusses considerations for success of recent immigrants. (YDS)

The European Common Market is striving toward harmonization of its member countries in many aspects of their laws. Explains some of the recent developments in the European Common Market law and practice affecting education, particularly those that have taken place in Britain. (MLF)

Explores how many colleges have changed their enrollment strategies to focus more on local and regional students in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks and recession. (EV)

Student mobility is associated with lower achievement and test scores and affects teachers, parents, and classmates at both departing and receiving schools. Some districts, like Fort Wayne (Indiana) Public Schools, calculate mobility and stability rates for accountability purposes. A sidebar outlines tips for promoting mobile students' gains. (MLH)

Using an individual panel data set to control for student fixed effects, we estimate the impact of charter schools on students in charter schools and in nearby traditional public schools. We find that students make considerably smaller achievement gains in charter schools than they would have in public schools. The large negative estimates of the…

This paper focuses on the analysis of student mobility in the EU as a means to stimulate convergence of diverse higher education systems. The argument is based on official texts and other texts of political communication of the European Commission. The following discussion is placed within the current context of the Bologna process and its aim to…

In this article, the author comments on an article by Dunn, Kadane, and Garrow, "Comparing Harm Done by Mobility and Class Absence: Missing Students and Missing Data." He believes the research reported in that article should serve as a model for future applications of Bayesian methods in important educational research problems. The author lauds…