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Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1974
This, the second General Information Yearbook, is designed to assist the reader in understanding Assessment findings. Report 03/04-GIY relates especially to the learning areas assessed during the third and fourth years of the project: social studies, music, mathematics, and science. It presents an overview of National Assessment, describing its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Annual Reports, Geographic Distribution
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1973
On April 1, 1970, we were counted along with the rest of the people in the nation. The Census Bureau found that we constitute about one percent of the population. There are 1,369,412 of us--591,290 Japanese-Americans, 435,062 Chinese-Americans, 343,060 Filipino-Americans, 70,000 Korean-Americans, 100,000 Hawaiians, 107,000 Turkish, 85,000…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Census Figures, Chinese Americans, Demography
Seiden, Richard H. – 1969
A review of the literature concerning suicide among youth provides information on variations and trends in incidence in terms of age, sex, racial, and national factors. Theories on the etiology of suicide explore social, psychological, socioeconomic, religious, educational, and cultural factors among suicidal adolescents. Various types of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cultural Influences, Emotional Disturbances
Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1973
This report on international exchange emphasizes educational exchange between the United States and other countries, statistical data concerning foreign students in the United States, foreign scholars in the United States, U.S. students abroad, U.S. faculty members abroad, and conduct of the surveys. Statistical data concerning foreign students in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Exchange Programs, Financial Support
Shelburne, Elizabeth C. – 1972
This report presents social and economic statistics for the population of the United States below the low-income level in 1971, based on the March 1972 Current Population Survey. Included are data on selected characteristics of the population below the low-income level in 1971, such as geographic distribution, race and ethnic origin, family…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Education, Employment Statistics, Ethnic Origins
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1975
This paper focuses on decentralized and regionalized health professional education programs (D/R HPEPs) as a means of affecting the health manpower distribution problem. The discussion is intended to serve as background material for the development of a plan to evaluate D/R HPEPs. The ideas and observations presented are drawn from conference…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs
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Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1976
Enrollments in Oklahoma higher education, fall semester 1976, are compared with the previous fall semester enrollments. A 1.3 percent increase in main and branch campus enrollments was found. Statistics are provided for various categories, including: geographic origin of students, distribution of enrollments in public and private institutions,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Correspondence Study, Enrollment
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Rosenfeld, Rachel A. – Journal of Higher Education, 1987
Using career histories of academic psychologists, a study that investigated sex differences in patterns of geographic location and mobility, predictors of mobility, and the outcomes of geographic location and mobility is described. Women tend to be less mobile than men immediately after receiving their doctorates. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, College Faculty, Data Analysis
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Chauncey, Depew M. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1988
A survey of the practice patterns, licensing, and distribution of graduates of the New England College of Optometry's accelerated doctor of optometry program indicates its success as a source of optometric educators with advanced expertise in scientific research. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice
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Adkins, Ronald J.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1987
In an effort to make the geographic distribution of physicians closer to the distribution of the population as a whole, in 1971 the states of Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WAMI) established the WAMI Program. The results of the first seven years of the program are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demography, Family Practice (Medicine), Geographic Distribution
Saenz, Rogelio – 1996
This paper examines the demographic and socioeconomic patterns of 7 Mexican-origin and U.S.-born subgroups living in 13 midwestern states in 1990. Mexican-born immigrants are categorized into five subgroups based on the period of U.S. entry: pre-1965, 1965-74, 1975-81, 1982-86, and 1987-90. U.S.-born Mexican Americans (as well as those born abroad…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Humes, Karen; McKinnon, Jesse – 2000
This report presents data on demographic, social, and economic characteristics of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau collected this information in the March 1999 supplement to the Current Population Survey. Topics include: geographic distribution (most Asians and Pacific Islanders live in the West in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of Policy Planning and Research. – 1998
This report provides an overview of Texas enrollment trends and growth of special instructional programs, and redistribution of the student population geographically and by community type. National enrollment trends are also presented. In the 10 years from 1987-88 to 1997-98, Texas public school enrollment increased at a faster rate than national…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Blacks, Diversity (Student), Economically Disadvantaged
Segel, David – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
In their constant groping toward achievement standards, the high schools of this country have developed what is known as "cooperative testing." This development is not recent. Cooperative testing dates back further than the standardized testing movement itself. For instance, it has been customary for about 50 years in New York and in…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, National Norms, Testing Programs, Academic Standards
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Lane, Jan-Erik; And Others – European Journal of Education, 1981
Major reforms in Swedish higher education contained a number of distinct ideas whose status among Swedish academics are evaluated in a national survey. These ideas comprise an emphasis on: integration, increased geographical distribution, egalitarian values, teaching and undergraduate training, and interdisciplinary, relevant, and applied…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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