The most prevalent model of Catholic schools has always been and remains the parish elementary school. Catholic schools are not simply private schools but a faith based arm of a larger parish. The interconnected leadership of schools by pastors and principals is at the core of understanding the model and inseparable in long-term viability. The…

This dissertation examined the perspectives of New Jersey public school special education administrators on factors that influenced their decision to use or not use applied behavior analysis (ABA), an educational methodology, for their in-district programs serving children with autism. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has called…

This study was designed to provide current information regarding the status of consumer education in New Jersey public secondary schools, to develop criteria for consumer education curricula and programs, and to assist in preservice and inservice training of teachers. Two questionnaires were used. The first, a status survey, contained 211…

Concern about the thoroughness of surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to collect descriptive data on the nation's nonpublic elementary and secondary schools prompted the NCES to conduct a validation study. A stratified random sample of 21 geographic areas was selected. Site visits were made to six of these…

The purpose of a state report card is to provide the general public and policymakers with information to assess and improve post secondary education in each state. "Measuring Up 2008" is the fifth in a series of biennial report cards that evaluates states in six overall performance categories: (1) Preparation for post-secondary education…

Projections are presented of what will happen if current trends in enrollments in New Jersey continue and current policies are maintained. Enrollments are projected to 1990 for full-time and part-time students in three collegiate sectors. The projective methodology is a ratio technique that minimizes data requirements and eliminates the need for…

Using data gathered from New Jersey school districts for before and after the state's 1975 reform of educational financing, researchers sought to learn how compensating for enrollment changes would affect indicators of per-pupil expenditure inequality. Neither compensated nor uncompensated indicators revealed any impact from the reform. (RW)

Results of the l986 survey of science teaching in the secondary schools of New Jersey are presented in this report. Data from l87 public and non-public secondary schools are organized into the categories of: (l) student enrollment in science courses; (2) professional staffing; (3) program offerings; (4) teaching assignments; (5) science…

The purpose of this survey was to examine science education in the state of New Jersey. It is the sixth in a series of secondary school surveys which began in 1968-69. In this survey, 205 schools (38%) responded to the survey which contained over 150 questions. To facilitate comparisons, results have been summarized as percentages wherever…

This report provides selected statistical data about the community colleges of New Jersey in the areas of enrollments, degrees conferred, skills data, finances, and faculty. Introductory material includes a fact sheet on the state's community colleges, a listing of State Board of Higher Education members, a list of colleges and their dates of…

Designed to examine New Jersey's articulation policy for two- and four-year public institutions, this report by the Transfer Advisory Board (TAB) analyzes longitudinal transfer data gathered from the state's public universities, state colleges, and community colleges for 1987 through 1989. Following a brief introduction, the first part of the…

Tables are presented showing enrollment data for higher education institutions in New Jersey. The first table gives a summary of fall 1977 enrollments; subsequent tables show the following: growths and declines in fall 1977 undergraduate enrollment in four-year public and independent colleges and in two-year colleges; undergraduate enrollment in…

Data from audited financial statements of the individual New Jersey county colleges, the institutional Cost Reporting System, and the Office of Facilities Planning and Construction comprise this report for the fiscal year ending June 1977. The report provides financial information and analytical narrative on enrollments and educational cost per…

Based on audited financial statements submitted by each of the colleges and on plant and capital data provided by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, this report summarizes Fiscal Year 1980 financial data for the county colleges of New Jersey. The report first presents a composite profile…

Based on audited financial statements submitted by each of the colleges and on plant and capital data provided by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, this report summarizes Fiscal Year 1979 financial data for the county colleges of New Jersey. The report first presents a composite profile…