Publication Date
| In 2026 | 1 |
| Since 2025 | 1434 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 11294 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 25191 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 46768 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 7787 |
| Teachers | 3116 |
| Administrators | 2480 |
| Policymakers | 2430 |
| Researchers | 1000 |
| Community | 991 |
| Students | 596 |
| Parents | 364 |
| Support Staff | 208 |
| Counselors | 175 |
| Media Staff | 170 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| California | 4854 |
| Canada | 3039 |
| Australia | 2390 |
| Texas | 1991 |
| New York | 1701 |
| Florida | 1618 |
| Illinois | 1568 |
| United States | 1486 |
| North Carolina | 1304 |
| United Kingdom | 1142 |
| Washington | 1142 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 56 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 79 |
| Does not meet standards | 84 |
Download full textHolt, Marianne; Lucas, John A. – 1994
In an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of its dental hygiene program, William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), in Palatine, Illinois, conducted a follow-up study of its dental hygiene students. The survey instrument was mailed to all 31 1993 dental hygiene associate degree graduates, and a response rate of 97% (n=30) was attained. Results of the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dental Hygienists
Scott-Skillman, Thelma; Halliday, Karen – 1991
In California's community colleges, matriculation refers to the broad array of state-mandated efforts, including entry testing, placement, special counseling, remediation, and other academic and support services designed to help promote and sustain the efforts of credit students to succeed in their educational endeavors. This 1989-90 report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, College Admission
Fetro, Joyce V. – 1991
This planning guide defines the steps for creating an effective substance use prevention program for kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12). It is written for administrators, health educators, counselors, social workers, and any other professionals involved with planning and implementing school-based programs and services. Chapter 1 summarizes…
Descriptors: Community Education, Crisis Intervention, Curriculum Development, Drug Use
Frye, Shirley M. – 1991
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), with the establishment and promulgation of standards for the reform of teaching and learning mathematics, has furnished the leadership and the impetus toward the achievement of a vision of affording a high-quality mathematics education for all of the nation's children. Published in March…
Descriptors: Community Support, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Swindell, Rick, Ed. – 1991
These conference proceedings contain nine theme papers from a conference on the University of the Third Age (U3A); the concept of positive aging; and new directions in political thinking, education, health, and social services. An introduction by the conference coordinator, Geoff Cawthorne, begins the volume. The papers are as follows:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Calhoun Community Coll., Decatur, AL. – 1991
This five-part annual factbook for Calhoun Community College (CCC) provides detailed data tables on the college's junior college, technical college, and correctional divisions. Tables and graphs offer data on total student headcount; full-time equivalency (FTE) for all academic divisions; full- and part-time enrollments; total headcount and FTE…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Children's Express Foundation, Inc., New York, NY. – 1990
This document is a report of the Children's Express Symposium III, a forum for journalists on children's issues. Included in the report are the comments of news media executives, journalists, broadcasters, experts on children's issues, directors of children's programs, and young people affected by the policies and practices discussed. Opening…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Alcohol Abuse, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP describes Bakersfield College's Single Parent Adults Choosing Education (SPACE) II program, (an expansion of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Assertiveness, Basic Skills
Gold, Ruby; Strong, Michael – 1990
The monograph reports on a year-long ethnographic study of a program for deaf students, DeafCAN (College Access Network) at Laney College, a community college in Oakland, California. During the 1988-89 year of observation, the program offered six specially designed courses, a daily lab hour, tutoring services, and a women's support/rap group. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Deafness
Seybert, Jeffrey A.; And Others – 1991
In order to measure the effectiveness of Johnson County Community College's (JCCC's) transfer function and to examine an overall approach to research on institutional effectiveness, this paper applies Jeffrey A. Seybert's (1990) Effectiveness Assertiveness Matrix (EAM) to a transfer follow-up survey conducted at JCCC (Kansas) and to a 1984-85…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Outcomes Assessment, College Transfer Students
Doucette, Don, Ed. – 1989
This series of abstracts from the League for Innovation in the Community College and the Community College Leadership Program is published approximately bimonthly and distributed to the chief executive officer of every two-year college in the United States and Canada. Addressing a variety of topics of interest to community college administrators,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
Doucette, Don, Ed. – 1990
This series of abstracts from the League for Innovation in the Community College and the Community College Leadership Program is published approximately bimonthly and distributed to the chief executive officer of every two-year college in the United States and Canada. Addressing a variety of topics of interest to community college administrators,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
Bruno, Elsie M. – 1990
In 1989, a study was conducted at Columbia College (CC) in California to determine the effects of CC's "College Success" course (Guidance 7) on student attitudes, performance, and retention; and to determine ways in which the course could be improved. College Success, which focuses on techniques for effective reading, studying, memorizing, test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
King, Edith W.; Houlton, David – 1984
The multiethnic situation in American schools in the 1980s can be compared to that of Britain in the 1960s, when a sudden influx of non-English-speaking children in great numbers taxed the resources of an educational system dedicated to the English language. Arguments favoring multicultural education are increasing in both countries, and the need…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Support, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Pluralism
Smith, Eldon D. – 1983
Although there was expectation that the current recession would bring a new wave of Appalachian Kentuckians back to their homeland hills, as had previous recessions, no great "return to the hills" (or even to other areas of the state) has materialized. Unemployment insurance claims by people formerly employed in other states have not…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Satisfaction, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities
