Public and private high school seniors from Alaska were surveyed in an effort to document the pattern of postsecondary education outside the state and to understand the underlying motivations of the "brain drain." For 1979-1980, 3,295 seniors responded (57 percent) to queries on their sex, race, primary home language, family income,…

A group of 45 students who transferred from the University of California's Davis, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara campuses to Berkeley or other institutions were interviewed regarding their reasons for changing campuses. Many involuntary transfers might have remained at their original campuses but had to leave because of academic dismissals, health…

This report summarizes programs, studies, and symposia conducted by the Council for Cultural Cooperation (CCC) to enhance communication and interaction on educational and cultural matters between the members of the Council of Europe. The first section describes activities undertaken to promote European interaction. These include (1) exchange…

On the instruction of the Council of Ontario Universities, the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning has conducted a planning assessment for graduate studies in physics and astronomy. Contents of the report encompass future enrollment projections in physics graduate studies, the distribution of physics graduate students among the universities,…

This program evaluation report of 1968-69 Title I ESEA activity in Cincinnati Public Schools is a survey of a number of global measures of the characteristics of pupils, parents, and school personnel in target schools. Measurements reported do not focus on pupils served directly by the program, but on the impact on a larger scale on the total…

A national study indicates 86 percent of students attend college in their home states, with the highest proportions in Texas and North Carolina and the lowest in the District of Columbia. Most state residents attend state colleges and universities, and out-of-state students are evenly divided between public and private institutions. (MSE)

International student mobility has been an important indicator for the degree of internationalisation in higher education. Today, international student mobility has moved from unorganised or self-organised study abroad to a variety of mobility forms organised within programmes. It has also become an issue of economic competitiveness, like…

This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "Student Traffic: Two-Way Movement between Vocational Education and Training and Higher Education," [ED495183] and is an added resource for further information. The original report investigated the extent and nature of student traffic between the two…

In 2004, the Dean of Arts and the Dean of Science at UBC partnered with the Arts Undergraduate Society and the Science Undergraduate Society to gain a better understanding of undergraduate student experiences and outcomes. The Undergraduate Student Survey on Student Satisfaction and Engagement (USS) was administered to all Arts and Science…

Travellers with their distinctive cultures and lifestyles have been part of Scotland for centuries. The two main groups are the traditional Travelling People (Gypsies) and the Showground Community. Mobility and migration patterns have implications for Traveller children's education and for schools. Scottish national surveys show Travellers…

The report summarizes key indicators for Miami-Dade County public high schools to provide information useful to recruiters at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) (Florida). Schools are grouped into high, moderate, and low performing categories based on the Florida School Indicators report. The report also displays continuation rates into public…

High student mobility seems to occur as frequently in rural districts as in urban districts, but little research has focused specifically on rural student mobility. Correlations between characteristics of rural communities, the current state of rural schools, and the factors that contribute to high student mobility suggest that student mobility is…

This study considers the quality of classroom instruction in the context of the reform efforts of the Chicago, Illinois, public schools. Surveys completed by 2,036 elementary and high school teachers were used in this study. The survey analyses are supplemented by observations of more than 800 language arts and mathematics classes in 8 elementary…

This report reviews research and related projects commissioned by the British Columbia (BC) Council on Admissions and Transfer, summarizes and integrates the results, and provides a critical analysis of those results and their implications for public policy respecting admission and transfer of students within the BC system of postsecondary…

Several issues in college student mobility between Japan and other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are examined, including the role of organized regional mobility in various areas of the world, curriculum development to meet the needs of international students, and the need for more analysis of…