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O'Connor, Linda – 1981
A comparison of the number of degrees conferred in New Jersey colleges and universities in 1979 and 1980, along with trends over the past five years, are examined. The total number of degrees and awards conferred statewide declined by 1.6 percent over funding year 1979, a fact that indicates a continuation in the three-year trend of a decreasing…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students, College Graduates
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Compensatory/Bilingual Education. – 1984
This handbook provides information to New Jersey school district administrators for developing involvement programs for the parents of children of limited English proficiency. First, the benefits of parent involvement, and the roles of educators and parents are outlined. Then, a philosophy and rationale for parent involvement is presented, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Objectives
Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice
Download full textEducation Trust, Washington, DC. – 2001
This report provides data on the academic achievement gap that separates low-income and minority students from other students, examining how well different groups of students perform in New Jersey and noting inequities in teacher quality, course offerings, and funding. Included are tables and data that provide: a frontier gap analysis (a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Curriculum, Educational Attainment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
The first in a series of five regional fact-gathering committee hearings, this hearing report includes testimony from private and public social agencies in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Massachussetts, and Connecticut. Information and statistics are presented on a wide variety of social problems, including (1) family violence; (2) family planning…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Adults, Blacks
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey, Summit. – 1987
A comprehensive plan is provided to support and strengthen New Jersey's 16 independent colleges and universities. Five major challenges that these institutions and the state must collaboratively confront are discussed: strengthening the quality of collegiate education; keeping New Jersey economically competitive in national and world markets;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, College Planning, College School Cooperation
Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2003
The "achievement gap" is a matter of race and class. Across the U.S., a gap in academic achievement persists between minority and disadvantaged students and their white counterparts. This is one of the most pressing education-policy challenges that states currently face. For decades, policymakers, researchers, and school reformers have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Achievement Gap, Accountability
Reynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
These ten case studies of the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) report different approaches to providing training and employment assistance to unemployed persons of limited English-speaking ability. (A summary report of forty-seven projects is available separately. See Note.) The first four describe projects conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Direct linkMcClanahan, Wendy S.; Sipe, Cynthia L.; Smith, Thomas J. – Public/Private Ventures, 2004
To determine the impact of the Summer Career Exploration Program (SCEP), a privately funded summer jobs program for low-income teens, P/PV examined the lives of over 1700 applicants. These youth were randomly assigned to participate or to not participate in SCEP in the summer of 1999, and their outcomes were compared at four and twelve months…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Summer Programs, Low Income Groups, Comparative Analysis
US Department of Education, 2006
The eight schools profiled in this document are serving different populations, but all of them are closing the achievement gap between low-income, minority, and special needs students and their peers. By trying out innovative new strategies, these schools are blazing a trail for others to follow. They are dispelling the myth that some students can…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Secondary Schools, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This document presents key educational statistics for New Jersey's elementary school through college students using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The report presents state-level data on K-college education, including demographic distribution across each educational level, participation and success in Advanced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, American Indians, Asian American Students
Grumelli, Maryanne Dettmer – 1982
This volume contains abstracts of 37 model New Jersey vocational programs that served disadvantaged students in fiscal year 1982. Included among the programs described are projects dealing with agriculture, agribusiness, the needs of pregnant teenagers, bilingual vocational business education, building trades, consumer education, work study,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2006
On July 28, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the putative benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in elementary and secondary education. Four experts presented written statements to the Commissioners that assessed the social science literature on this issue. They also addressed whether or not…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Secondary Education
