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Setzekorn, Kristina, Ed.; Patnayakuni, Nainika, Ed.; Burton, Tina, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Education has until recently promoted social mobility, broad economic growth, and democracy. However, modern universities direct policy and resources toward criteria that exacerbate income inequality and reduce social mobility. Online education can make education more socially, geographically, temporally, and financially accessible, impacting the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Malone, J. A.; And Others – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1987
Presented are statistics and analyses for 1970-1985 related to school enrollments and mathematics enrollments in Australia. Implications for the 1990s are considered. (RH)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Projections
Jacobson, Stephen L. – Executive Educator, 1989
Of a representative sampling of 1,509 administrators nationwide who responded to the 1989 survey of school executives, only 254 (17 percent) are women, and only 101 (7 percent) are minorities. The differences marked by gender and race are accentuated in small town and rural districts. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females
Trotter, Andrew; Downey, Gregg W. – American School Board Journal, 1989
School board members refuse to honor the elusive line separating governance and management, policy and administration. Reviews the influence of women board members, accountability, and parental pressure on school boards. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Decision Making
Niles, Wallace M. – 1990
In recognition of the importance of diversity, and in response to numerous requests from the college community, New York City Technical College (NYCTC) developed a profile of fall semester 1989 students enrolled in each curriculum, each academic division, and the entire college, based on students' ethnicity, primary language, and country of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Ethnic Groups, Females
Luckett, Rebecca; And Others – American School Board Journal, 1987
From a random sample of 4,441 board members, 1,482 (33 percent) responded to a survey. Women board members are more interested in curriculum than finance and expect to be more involved in school system decision making. Respondents' demographic characteristics and areas of concerns are shown in region-by-region charts. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Curriculum Development
Miller, Mev – Feminist Collections, 1999
The contemporary women's movement, communicating largely through the written word, mistakenly ignored or failed to notice the following: (1) almost one quarter of American women (23%) had severely limited literacy skills; (2) for female heads of households, 75% of those with less than a high school diploma lived in poverty; (3) nearly 40% of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators