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Clara Pracana, Editor; Michael Wang, Editor – Online Submission, 2024
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2024, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS), held in International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2024, held in Porto, Portugal, from 20 to 22 of April…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Statistics, Epistemology, Student Attitudes
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Malle, Abebe Yehualawork; Pirttimaa, Raija; Saloviita, Timo – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
In Ethiopia, individuals with disabilities have limited access to educational and vocational training opportunities. This study investigates prevailing challenges and opportunities for the participation of students with disabilities in vocational education programs in Ethiopia. Data for the study were gathered from the five biggest regions out of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Access to Education, Vocational Education
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Gregg, Noel; Wolfe, Gerri; Jones, Stephanie; Todd, Robert; Moon, Nathan; Langston, Christopher – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
This article reports the findings from a qualitative study to understand the provision of electronic mentoring (e-mentoring) to support the educational persistence of students with disabilities at a two-year college in a large city in the U.S. South. Building upon a five-year project at three postsecondary institutions and three secondary school…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Mentors, Computer Mediated Communication, Academic Persistence
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Follins, Lourdes D.; Paler, Lisa K.; Nanin, Jose E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This article describes the creation and implementation of a faculty interest group for historically underrepresented faculty at a large, urban community college in the Northeast. Faculty interest groups provide opportunities for faculty across disciplines to meet to explore common interests and share concerns and best practices. The faculty…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Group Dynamics, Minority Group Teachers, African American Teachers
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Fichten, Catherine S.; Nguyen, Mai N.; Budd, Jillian; Asuncion, Jennison; Tibbs, Anthony; Jorgensen, Mary; Barile, Maria; Amsel, Rhonda – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
We examined aspects of the experiences of postsecondary students with various disabilities that facilitate higher grades and stronger intention to graduate. Specifically, we focused on experiences that could be modified by the student, the community, or the school. Self-reports of 611 junior/community college and university students with various…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Grades (Scholastic), Intention
Association of Canadian Community Colleges, 2008
This report is the result of a policy research initiative that was identified as a priority by the Board of Directors of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) in recognition of the increased demand for programs and services that address the needs of disadvantaged and low-skilled learners. The goal of this study is to facilitate the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutions, Disadvantaged, Adult Learning
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McFarland, Joel; Hussar, Bill; de Brey, Cristobal; Snyder, Tom; Wang, Xiaolei; Wilkinson-Flicker, Sidney; Gebrekristos, Semhar; Zhang, Jijun; Rathbun, Amy; Barmer, Amy; Bullock Mann, Farrah; Hinz, Serena – National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
"The Condition of Education 2017" is a congressionally mandated annual report summarizing the latest data on education in the United States. This report is designed to help policymakers and the public monitor educational progress. This year's report includes 50 indicators on topics ranging from prekindergarten through postsecondary…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Illinois Community College Board, 2004
The Underrepresented Groups Report provides community colleges with the opportunity to report on initiatives and strategies to increase participation and achievement among individuals with disabilities, minorities, and women. Underrepresented Groups Report production is an important annual statutory responsibility (Public Act 85-283). Each…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Definitions
US Department of Education, 2006
This 2004 Annual Report to Congress has two volumes. Volume 1 focuses on the children and students being served under IDEA and provides profiles of individual states' special education environment. It contains three sections. Section I contains the child/student-focused material, presented in a question-and-answer format. It contains three…
Descriptors: Profiles, Early Intervention, Disabilities, Annual Reports
Keesecker, Ward W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
During the biennium 1926-1928 approximately 1,200 educational acts of general application were passed in the continental United States. The outstanding general feature is the increased tendency to employ educational surveys and state-wide investigations as bases for educational legislation. In recent years legislatures and school officials have…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Superintendents, Counties, School Support
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Livingston, Andrea, Ed.; Wirt, John, Ed. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
This publication contains a sample of the 44 indicators in "The Condition of Education 2003." The indicators in this publication are numbered sequentially, rather than according to their numbers in the complete edition. The Contents page offers a cross reference between the two publications. Since 1870, the federal government has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Family Characteristics, Poverty
Gray, Ruth A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This Bibliography of Research Studies in Education covering the school year September 1936 through August 1937 is the eleventh in the series. It lists 3,530 studies reported by 122 institutions, several of which had not reported previously. The list includes 541 doctors' dissertations, 2,736 masters' theses, and 243 studies reported as faculty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Reports