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Wenckowski, Charlene; Armstrong, David F. – 1979
Enrollment projections for Montgomery College (MC) during the fiscal years 1981 through 1985 are outlined and graphically illustrated in this report. Chapter I details the methodology of the projection analysis, in which varying enrollment predictions, based on alternative assumptions, are matched with the projections derived from a curve-fitting…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Attendance Patterns, College Bound Students, College Graduates
Download full textMullins, Cecil J., Ed.; Winn, William R., Ed. – 1979
These conference proceedings contain statements from those concerned with various aspects of research on job performance measures. Following introductory remarks, the formal presentations of work and ideas include "Air Training Command Interest in the Criterion Problem," by Donald E. Meyer, "The Criterion Problem: A Personnel…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
Goyette, Cherie A.; And Others – 1979
Assessment of farmworker needs and resource agencies revealed that a significant number of migrant and seasonal farmworkers are not receiving essential services available to them. Interviews conducted with 475 farmworkers gathered demographic data and information about perceived needs, knowledge and use of agencies, and satisfaction with services.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Delivery Systems, Demography
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1979
The uses of data on siblings for educational and psychological research purposes are explained. Examples are based on empirical data. Five types of research problems, using sibling data, are explored: (1) statistical control of family background variance in psychological or educational studies which use analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) or multiple…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation
FELIX, JOSEPH L.; JACOBS, JAMES N. – 1967
THIS REPORT ASSESSES THE GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SIX SEPARATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS WHICH PROVIDED EITHER (1) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, (2) PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES, (3) EMOTIONAL, LEARNING, AND COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS, (4) STAFF DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP AND INSERVICE TRAINING, (5) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REMEDIATION AND ENRICHMENT, OR (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Attendance, Compensatory Education
BEST, HARRY – 1965
WRITTEN FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE SOCIOLOGIST OR SOCIAL SCIENTIST, THIS BOOK REPORTS DATA OBTAINED FROM STATISTICAL RESEARCH ON MENTAL RETARDATES. ITS CHIEF PURPOSE IS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND PROVISIONS MADE FOR THEM IN THE UNITED STATES. DISCUSSION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION COVERS DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION, ETIOLOGY,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Boarding Homes
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. – 1968
Federal funds granted to local school districts under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are specifically intended to assist the local district in meeting the special needs of educationally disadvantaged children. During the 1967-68 school year, the Milwaukee Public Schools received more than 2 million dollars of Title I funds…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
This report is the first attempt by the Office of Education to determine: (1) what the condition of bilingual education is in the United States, (2) what advances have been made, and (3) what problems remain to be solved. Following a discussion of the history and rationale of bilingual education, and the quantification of the need for bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Educational Legislation
PDF pending restorationStoltman, Joseph P., Ed. – 1976
The papers and research reports in this monograph form two parts. Part I is intended to help geography educators learn more about how children conceptualize space. The validity of Piaget's views on the evolution of conceptions of territorial size among children of different countries was investigated. Reflecting a different concern for educators…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Education
Maxey, E. James; And Others – 1976
Data reported in this paper are drawn from The American College Testing Program (ACT) files of student records collected over the five year period from 1970-71 to 1974-75 through administration of the ACT Assessment Program. The data from 1970-71 and 1971-72 represent a five percent random sample and the data from 1972-73, 1973-74, and 1974-75, a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests
Harris, James J. – 1975
Economic development remains one of the most important objectives of American Indian reservations. Various programs for developing the reservations' resources have been implemented. Due to the multiplicity of needs, development policy has been multi-faceted: health programs to upgrade physical well-being; educational programs to enhance scholastic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Agency Role, American Indian Reservations
Kirschner (E.J.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1976
The Office of Education commissioned the study to identify and explore various policies concerning the education of adults: (1) to define the need, for the entire population and selected sub-groups; (2) to describe the current response, at all levels; (3) to identify and analyze the differences between need and response; and (4) to identify and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Census Figures, Community Programs
Morehead State Univ., KY. Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center. – 1971
The Ohio Project was aimed at the training and utilization of indigenous paraprofessionals in order to provide additional services needed to improve rural Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs. The 1970-71 project activities involved participants and personnel from eight ABE centers and three home instruction units. Over 300 students, mostly rural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Data Collection
New York Univ., NY. Inst. for Developmental Studies. – 1971
Findings based on extended analyses of cognitive, familial, personality, and social-behavioral data from two previous research investigations are presented. Data for the main study, i.e., the present study, was collected principally by means of interviews. Findings of the principal study include the following: (1) Parental figures living in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Linn, J. Gary – 1976
Data derived from 1,423 adults who were permanent residents in 9 northwest Wisconsin counties in 1974 were used to test the hypothesis that peripheral metropolitan ring areas (within 30 miles of cities over 50,000) have more pleasing natural environments and more desirable social settings than urban areas and offer better access to jobs and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Satisfaction, Community Size, Demography
