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Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia. – 1987
Information on enrollments, personnel, finances, and facilities in Washington's community colleges is provided for the four quarters of 1986-87. After introductory material, 1986-87 highlights, and a comparison of annualized full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments by funding source, section I presents enrollment information related to student and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Faculty, College Role
Mann, James W., Ed. – 1985
The report presents Mississippi's plan for delivering education and related services to blind and visually handicapped students. An introduction reviews the development of the report based on the work of five task forces. The task forces' reports focus on the following topics and include recommendations for state action (sample subtopics in…
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Deavers, Kenneth L.; Brown, David L. – 1985
Rural areas' population growth, location, level of economic activity and social well-being depend less on natural resource endowments than on such factors as transportation, communication, labor force characteristics, and urbanization. General causes of the 1970's urban-to-rural migration included fewer changes in the structure of agriculture,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Change, Income
Colorado Task Force for Excellence in Education, Denver. – 1984
Following an introductory overview of the problems facing education in Colorado, 46 specific educational reforms recommended by the state governor's Task Force on Excellence in Education are discussed in this final report, and the state and local agencies that must be involved in the implementation of each of the reforms are identified. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Education workshop participants at the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development pinpointed trends, strengths, weaknesses, goals, and public policy questions for grades K-12 and higher education. For grades K-12, rural schools were characterized by increased enrollment due to migration from urban areas, increasing popularity with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Definitions, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
Indiana Governor's Select Advisory Commission for Primary and Secondary Education, Indianapolis. – 1984
This report presents the 1984 recommendations of the Governor's Select Advisory Commission for Primary and Secondary Education for the state of Indiana. These recommendations emphasize four general areas: basic educational outcomes, the financing of schools, personnel efficiency and productivity for achieving excellence, and extensions of learning…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement
Skolnik, Michael L.; And Others – 1985
Prepared by the Instructional Assignment Review Committee in response to a legislative mandate to conduct a "comprehensive review of all aspects of instructional assignments" in the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario, this report analyzes historical trends and patterns, reviews faculty and administrator perceptions of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Size, Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges
Towey, Carroll F.; And Others – 1985
This guide was developed from a perceived need to improve the procedures and standards used in managing adult education programs funded under the Adult Education Act. Based upon an analysis of materials used in managing adult education programs, the various standards and elements were synthesized into the eight major sections covered in this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Utah State Board of Higher Education, Salt Lake City. – 1998
This report provides detailed statistical data on the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE), including institution-specific data on the system's four universities and five community colleges. The institutions include the University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State University, Southern Utah University, Snow College, Dixie College,…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Gregory, Sheila T. – 1995
This book presents selected historical data focusing on three aspects in the lives of Black women: resilience of Black women and their families; strengths of the Black church and community; and formidable gains made by Black women in the workforce. The status and achievements of Black women professors and scholars in the academy are reviewed, with…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Employment, Black Family, Black Leadership
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1997
This collection of graphs and text, part of a series describing the public colleges and universities in Virginia, are intended to answer the question, "What is it like to be a student at a public college or university in Virginia?" Most graphs provide data for fall 1995 and are broken down by individual four-year institution and the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Class Size, College Faculty, College Students
Gelade, Sue; Harris, Roger; Mason, Deb – 2001
A study examined impact of the adult and community education (ACE) Amendment to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Australian adult and continuing education (ACE) providers. Telephone interviews were held with representatives of 232 ACE organizations. Most were small businesses; almost half had less than $100,000 annual revenue; two-thirds had…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Community Education, Cost Effectiveness
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; Cahill, Spencer E., Ed.; Cotner, Bridget A., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts in education, psychology, sociology, and other fields, this landmark handbook provides a thorough examination of U.S. secondary education from the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive high schools and alternative schools of today. This accessible compendium is a treasure trove…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Civil Rights, Educational History, Private Education
Markowitz, Joy – 1996
This document reports on the purpose, implementation, and outcomes of a policy forum on strategies used to address the disproportionate number of students from minority ethnic/racial groups receiving special education. Participants included representatives of state education agencies, local education agencies, the university/research community,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation
Rice, Jennifer King – 1995
This book presents a rationale for developing new approaches to conceptualizing the costs associated with the implementation and operation of models supporting comprehensive, community-based support systems (CCBSS) for children. CCBSS are broad-based approaches that have no single model or specification for reform; the configuration of the model…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Budgets, Child Health, Community Programs
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