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Ferrier, Fran; Smith, Chris Selby – 2001
Data from an Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry survey of approximately 350 employers were reanalyzed to determine the effects of organization size and geographic location on the implementation of User Choice, which provides public funds to training providers chosen by apprentices and trainees. Among the respondents, 41.1% were small and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Contract Training, Educational Finance
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1993
In this report, the California Postsecondary Education Commission responds to a request by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to review the need for and location of a new educational center, the Madera County Educational Center, north of Fresno within the State Center Community College District. The report contains nine…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Campus Planning, Community Colleges, Construction (Process)
Thieblot, Bernice Ashby – Currents, 1989
Colleges can communicate important positive messages to minority group students in the information disseminated about institutional mission and goals, admission and financial aid, administration, student support services, curriculum, the campus community, campus activities, location, and educational benefits and in photographic images of college…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Administration, College Admission, College Curriculum
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Doyle, Susan K. – 1993
This study, conducted at an urban research university, attempted to identify those conditions valuable in recruiting and subsequently retaining older (over 35 years of age) female doctoral students. The study used data from a Spring 1991 survey of all graduate students which solicited information about experiences, accomplishments, and growth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Groups, Chronological Age
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1991
This report (the third of three volumes) presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residences, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York during the fall 1990 term. The report includes tabular data on all credit course students and all institutions of the State University system.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Credit Courses, Enrollment
Bartell, Ted; And Others – 1983
The third volume of a comprehensive study of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS), this report summarizes the overall findings with respect to the five basic issues that the study addressed: educational quality, student progress, resources and facilities, management, and future factors. In the first case, the quality of educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Dependents Schools, Educational Facilities
Howard, Edrice, Ed. – 1986
A guide to more than 850 study-abroad programs is updated each year to give information about programs that take place during the period from late spring to early fall. About half of the programs, which range from 3 days to 3 months, are sponsored by U.S. colleges and universities, the rest by foreign institutions and private and governmental…
Descriptors: College Programs, Courses, Eligibility, Foreign Countries
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1984
Fall 1982 statistics on the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York are presented. This first of two volumes presents three types of summary information that uses the individual institution (or institutional type) as the unit of analysis. Statistical tables summarize the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Students
Bie, Karen Nossum – 1981
The establishment and development of the University of Tromso in Northern Norway are discussed. This case study is one of 10 undertaken as part of a project conducted by the Institute of Education of the European Cultural Foundation to compare higher education reforms that were introduced during the 1960s or early 1970s in various European…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Case Studies, College Role, Comparative Education
Chaffee, Ellen Earle – 1982
Forty private colleges that experienced rapid revenue decline from 1973 to 1976 were assessed in relation to factors accounting for recovery from financial decline. One subset of the 40 colleges showed dramatic recovery in total revenues during 1976 to 1979; the other continued to decline. These groups are compared, using data from the Higher…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Instruction, Economic Factors
Green, Dan; And Others – 1980
Suggesting that outdoor activities can be positive learning experiences, lesson plans and activities were designed to demonstrate that the outdoors is an interdisciplinary classroom, to be used on virtually any school site, and to teach subject matter taught as part of the standard curriculum. Seventeen interdisciplinary ideas with correlated…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1964
PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION FOR ALL CHILDREN AND TO IMPROVE ETHNIC INTEGRATION OF THE SCHOOLS WERE PRESENTED. INCLUDED WERE PROPOSALS FOR NEW SCHOOL LOCATIONS, FLEXIBLE STUDENT TRANSFER POLICIES, ZONING PLANS, ENCOURAGEMENT OF LOCAL INITIATIVE, AND HUMAN RELATIONS PROGRAMS TO BE CONDUCTED FOR PUPILS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Involvement, Desegregation Methods, Feeder Patterns
Duszynska, Anna
The Science Reasoning Level Test (SRLT) was developed and administered to elementary school students in Poland and the United States, in order to determine whether a multiple choice test based on a Piaget model of the development of thought processes could be used to study the development of scientific reasoning. The relationship between reasoning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Juneau, AK. – 1973
Presented is the 1972-73 Alaskan Native School enrollment in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, State public schools, and private schools. Charts are used to summarize the enrollment by school, educational level, and ethnic group. The State public schools have the largest number of Alaskan Native students, with a total of 15,855, with…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Demography
Cohen, Gail A., Ed.; Chasan, Gail A., Ed. – 1984
A guide to vacation study-abroad opportunities is presented. About half the programs are sponsored by U.S. colleges and universities, the rest by foreign institutions and private and governmental groups. The courses, which range from a few days to 3 months in length, are appropriate for various postsecondary and professional levels, and a few…
Descriptors: College Programs, Consortia, Courses, Eligibility
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