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Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1996
This publication provides individual descriptions of grants allocated by the state of Illinois for aid to higher education for fiscal year 1997 under the provisions of the State Higher Education Cooperation Act. The Act provides funds for interinstitutional grants, minority educational achievement grants, minority articulation program grants,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Consortia, Economic Development
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1993
This report re-examines the State of Illinois' Board of Higher Education's 1980 policies on education for the health professions and recommends revised general policies for the Board's consideration. An update on occupational demand and program developments are provided and programmatic directions are recommended for institutions to consider in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1994
This report examines baccalaureate student graduation, time-to-degree, and retention at Illinois state universities and presents data on these issues in 21 tables. The analysis notes that a little more than half of all public university first-time freshmen earn a bachelor's degree and that less than 3 percent of freshmen complete their degrees in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students, College Graduates
Burgos-Sasscer, Ruth – 1990
While the percentage of women and minorities in leadership positions is growing, the numbers are still not representative of the population at large. The 49 community colleges in Illinois enroll 62% of the state's minority college students. Five of these colleges (10%) have minority presidents, all of whom are African American. There are no…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Presidents
Hough, Richard L.; And Others – 1968
High school students and heads of households in rural areas of Illinois were studied with respect to their attitudes toward Negroes. The hypothesis used was that a youth subculture or "contra-culture" did serve as an important socializing agent in forming the attitudes of students toward Negroes. Results indicated that there was only…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Blacks, Family Attitudes, Family Influence
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Davidson, Fred – Language Testing, 1994
Examines appropriacy of a nationally standardized test normed on English speakers but used with non-English speaking students. Data from the school year are analyzed via reliability comparison, exploratory factor analysis, and comparison of variances. The use of the test was statistically defensible. This finding does not address the need for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1991
Data on the characteristics of full- and part-time faculty at Illinois public community colleges are presented and analyzed in terms of the faculty members' primary teaching assignments for fall 1990. Tables provide statistics on numbers of faculty at each institution disaggregated by gender; age ranges; ethnic/racial classification; employment…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1986
An analysis is provided of minority student participation in educational programs offered by the Illinois system of public community colleges. Section I describes the report's purpose, scope, and organization, and sets the discussion of minority students' higher education participation in the context of state and national trends and expressions of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Census Figures, College Programs, Community Colleges
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1986
Data on Illinois public community college faculty and staff characteristics are presented and analyzed in this report for fall 1983, 1984, and 1985. Tables provide statistics on faculty and staff employment classification by college; full-time employment classification by sex and ethnic origin; full-time teaching faculty by highest degree held,…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Age, College Faculty
Illinois Commission on the Status of Women, Springfield. – 1984
The rapid impoverishment of women and their children has serious implications for the American family and for the nation. This report includes testimony before the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women from national and state representatives of women's organizations, social services agencies, advocacy groups, and civil rights organizations. A…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blacks, Children
Carlson, Mary S., Ed.; And Others – 1976
A study conducted by 19 student researchers under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, concluded that very little information is designed to aid students to make a choice for their future. Three separate publications resulted, called the "Options Handbooks." Material from these handbooks is synthesized…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Costs, Counseling Services, Decision Making
Midwestern Higher Education Commission, Minneapolis, MN. – 1994
This publication describes the Midwestern Higher Education Commission and its programs, lists its commissioners and reproduces the compact that established it. A description of the commission notes that its member states are Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin; and that it is an instrument of the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Networks, Faculty Development, Higher Education
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Sampson, Robert J.; Raudenbush, Stephen W. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2004
This article reveals the grounds on which individuals form perceptions of disorder. Integrating ideas about implicit bias and statistical discrimination with a theoretical framework on neighborhood racial stigma, our empirical test brings together personal interviews, census data, police records, and systematic social observations situated within…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Minority Groups, Social Attitudes, Social Bias
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1995
This report lists fiscal year 1995 recommended allocations of Illinois state funds appropriated to the Board of Higher Education under the Health Services Education Grants Act. These funds are appropriated to support the enrollment of Illinois residents in health professions education programs offered by nonpublic institutions including medical,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Dentistry, Graduate Medical Education
Middleton, E., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This conference proceedings monograph presents 20 papers describing initiatives that deal with the recruitment and retention of minorities in education. Papers have the following titles and authors: (1) "Recruitment and Retention of Minority Scholarship and Grant Recipients: Identifying Successful Models" (Teresa Unseld); (2) "An…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
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