The National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE), consisting of a national commission, an advisory board, and a research team at New York University, aims to engage realistic and actionable discussions about the mobility and educational opportunities for AAPIs and how distinctions of race, ethnicity,…

This directory contains instructions for using the advanced notification form designed to help identify migrant interstate children as they move between states. The form contains spaces for entering information about the children in the migrant family including each child's date of birth, last school name, grade level, and Migrant Education Record…

The methods and formula developed by the National Center for Education Statistics for the collection of dropout counts and the formula have been topics of some discussion among various states, including Nevada, and especially Arizona. This paper highlights, from a state's perspective, some of the conceptual, methodological, and statistical…

This report examines the mobility of migrant secondary students and the frequency with which selected information actually appears on the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) records of secondary students. Additionally, the report considers migrant students who are at or below grade level. The report is based upon data from the MSRTS…

The 18th annual study of the application and enrollment patterns of university transfer students developed by the Central Staff Office of Institutional Research, State University of New York (SUNY), is presented. It was conducted in response to the many requests for information regarding the inter-campus mobility of students attending institutions…

FIRST THE REPORT DISCUSSES INTELLIGENCE DIFFERENCES, NOT ON A RACIAL BASIS, BUT MORE IN TERMS OF SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL DIFFERENCES. THEN THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS, (1) RACIAL DISTRIBUTION, (2) SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL DISTRIBUTION, AND (3) MOBILITY OF CHILDREN IN AND OUT OF THE DISTRICT SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. TABLES CONTAIN THE…

In 1978 the Arkansas Migrant Education Program provided educational, health, nutritional and social services to some 10,000 migrant students. Using the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, a study was conducted to determine the dimensions of the flow of migrant children to and from other states month by month, the principal movement patterns,…

This report details progress of 841 former Oakton Community College students at eight Illinois universities. Data cover eight semesters from spring 1975 to fall 1977 with between one and six schools reporting in each. During these semesters, 72 former Oakton students received bachelor's degrees and 15 were dropped by their schools. The greatest…

The Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina has adopted detailed, year-by-year projections of anticipated student enrollments in the institutions of higher education of the state for the period 1975-80, with less detailed projections for the years 1984-85 and 1989-90.…

Ten propositions for action organizing approaches to facilitate student mobility in postsecondary education are reviewed. The propositions are: (1) the organization of effort to resolve the problems of student mobility in postsecondary education should involve and mobilize both authorities with local and institutional responsibilities and those…

The Minnesota-Wisconsin Public Higher Education Reciprocity Agreement 1973-74 was designed to improve post-secondary education advantages of residents of Minnesota and Wisconsin. General provisions concern the nature and purpose of the agreement; duration of the agreement; scope of the agreement-students and institutions; plan for collegiate…

Discusses the problems faced by students changing schools due to family moves. Stresses the need for school counselors to recognize and address mobility issues and discusses the role of teachers and parents as well as counselors in helping students adjust. (JAC)

This document discusses the transfer rates of students who entered Virginia's community colleges in the fall of 1995, using the methodology developed by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges. Numerous tables in the document include individual college rates with breakdowns by race/ethnicity and gender. College-specific transfer rates are…

This report describes the Kids Mobility Project, which was initiated by a group of local planners and researchers from various educational and community organizations in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area who wanted to learn more about the effects of changing residence on student achievement and adjustment. The project undertook two studies and a…

This limited study of one small private college does not predict with great accuracy which freshmen are likely to transfer, although differences in student perceptions are present. (CJ)