Composed of forms outlining specific activities funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) in Texas, this annual report for fiscal year 1990 opens with summaries and fiscal breakdowns of programs funded by LSCA Titles I, II, and III. The remainder of the document contains project reports and system evaluation reports for: (1) Title…

This report presents detailed information about the financing of California postsecondary education from 1965-66 through 1998-99, and general data on California public elementary and secondary education financing. Among highlights of the 1998-99 budget are a nearly $1-billion increase in combined state and local funds to the community colleges,…

This 1998 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 34th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. The digest includes data from many government and private…

This document presents 33 data tables summarizing the current status and recent trends in postsecondary education in Maryland. A table comparing overall Maryland statistics with national statistics is presented first. This is followed by data tables grouped into the following categories: (1) students, (2) retention and graduation, (3) degrees, (4)…

This report describes 1992 activities and accomplishments of the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education, followed by information about the utilization and funding of the state's postsecondary institutions. The Commission's major initiatives and accomplishments dealt with higher education financing; statewide planning, research, and reporting;…

In the 1989 "Edgewood vs. Kirby" decision, the Supreme Court of Texas ordered the Legislature to correct the inequality in funding between the state's richest and poorest school districts. In response to the court's order, the Legislature recently enacted Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) intended to provide Texas' school districts with equal access…

This instructional guide on the economic and societal factors of career investigation contains nine units dealing with: job acquisition, on-the-job relations, communications, understanding the paycheck, personal money management, completing government-regulated work requirements, laws affecting workers, changing jobs, and free enterprise. Each…

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…

Drawing selectively on data from a study of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that included questionnaires sent to 2,000 randomly selected local Title I directors, structured interviews and document reviews in 100 representative Title I districts, and indepth studies in 40 specially selected Title I districts, this…

Using data from a study of local practices under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), this paper focuses on budget-related decisions in districts that experienced either level funding or significant budget cuts from 1978 to 1982. Following a general discussion of the allocation of Title I funds, the author examines the…

A study to determine whether educational discrepancies exist between urban and rural sections of Liberia used descriptive analysis to examine curriculum, instructional personnel and facilities, finances, and administrative organization. Sources of data included official documents from the Liberian Ministry of Education; the education section of…

The fourth annual report on Florida's progress toward excellence in the State University System is presented. A total of 20 "indicators" of quality were used; they include the following seven national measures of efforts toward reaching the upper quartile of state university systems: (1) average full-time faculty salaries, (2) number of…

The fifth annual report on Florida's progress toward excellence in education within its state university system describes the status of the system according to 20 indicators of quality. They include the following seven national measures of efforts toward reaching the upper quartile of state university systems: (1) average full-time faculty…

This profile of two-year college education in West Virginia (WV) contains statistics on enrollments, degrees conferred, faculty characteristics, and finances for the state's three community colleges, one two-year branch campus, and one private two-year college. After listing the five colleges and providing a map of their locations, chpater 1…

Composed of forms outlining specific activities funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this annual report for FY 1989 opens with summaries and fiscal breakdowns programs funded by LSCA Titles I, II, and III. The remainder of the document contains project reports and system evaluation reports for: (1) Title I--Areas Without…