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Download full textDonny, William F. – 1976
This report reflects postgraduation activities of college students who graduated in Pennsylvania in 1975. While the report does not attempt to say what the relationship between higher education and postgraduation occupations should be, it does clarify what many of these relationships actually are by indicating the demand for and supply of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Degrees (Academic), Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
Washburn, David E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Reports on the results of a survey of the occurrence of ethnic studies courses in the schools of Pennsylvania. (IRT)
Descriptors: Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Studies, School Districts
Peer reviewedFiorelli, Joseph S.; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1982
A survey was conducted of accredited colleges and universities in Pennsylvania to investigate knowledge of alternative community living arrangement (ALA) services for developmental disabled persons. Most existing programs in training ALA personnel were offered by small colleges located outside the two large metropolitan centers in Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Institutes (Training Programs), Professional Education, Residential Programs
Peer reviewedBelch, Peter J. – Exceptional Children, 1979
Among the national survey's findings was that, while most states do not presently offer an equivalent to Pennsylvania's Comprehensive Certificate in special education, almost half have already adopted a program of noncategorical, comprehensive certification or appear to be considering a change in that direction. (DLS)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, National Surveys, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Certification
Smeaton, Patricia; Waters, Faith – Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 2008
The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation was designed to strengthen the achievement of K-12 students across the United States. To help schools improve, their progress must be ascertained and then initiatives implemented that will support improvement efforts. This study, which was conducted in 2005-2006, provides a comprehensive,…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Change, Politics of Education, Urban Schools
Direct linkBlack, Sally; Washington, Ericka – ERS Spectrum, 2008
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (BPP) is an internationally recognized school-based bullying prevention program. This project sought to evaluate pilot implementation of the program in one urban district using fidelity of implementation, bullying incident density (BID), student surveys, and serious incident reports as process and outcome…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Bullying, Prevention, At Risk Students
Murday, Kimmaree; Ushida, Eiko; Chenoweth, N. Ann – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
This article examines the student and instructor satisfaction with the Language Online courses at Carnegie Mellon University from 2000-2002. These courses were designed with a hybrid format, including reduced face-to-face contact and online delivery of course materials. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from students and instructors…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Online Courses, Educational Technology, English (Second Language)
Hawkins, Mable T.; And Others – 1982
The job title, "Home and School Visitor/School Social Worker" (HSV/SSW), suggests an ambiguous and unclear job role requiring a diversity of skills and a wide variety of educational credentials. HSV/SSW personnel (N=271) were surveyed to develop an accurate picture of the HSV/SSW as he/she exists in Pennsylvania today. Survey results…
Descriptors: Attendance, Certification, Demography, Educational Background
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Information Systems. – 1981
For degree-granting colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, information is provided on accreditation, highest degree awarded, calendar system, student body (coeducational or single-sex), location, telephone, and chief executive officer. This information is provided for 211 institutions, including 14 state colleges and universities; four…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Church Related Colleges, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
Binger, Cathy; Light, Janice – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2006
PURPOSE: The purpose of the investigation was to gather demographic information pertaining to preschoolers who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). METHOD: To obtain this information, a survey was developed and then distributed to preschool speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in Pennsylvania. RESULTS: Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Demography, Incidence, Multicultural Education
1962
TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL PROGRAM IN PHILADELPHIA, A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL DEPRIVATION AMONG CHILDREN OF LIMITED BACKGROUNDS, FOUR TYPES OF EVALUATIVE CRITERIA WERE USED IN THIS STUDY AND ARE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS--(1) STANDARDIZED TESTING--THE RESULTS AFTER 2 YEARS WERE COMPARED WITH…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Parent Participation, Poverty Programs
Costa, Joseph J., Comp. – 1980
This directory of library instruction programs in 102 libraries adds information on in-house developed library instruction materials to the basic information on programs, program content, and instructional personnel listed in the previous edition. Survey information gathered for the directory provides statistical data on the form of library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Library Instruction
Wial, Howard – 1999
In 1997, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry implemented a change in its method of determining prevailing wage and benefit rates, resulting in a reduction in the legally required prevailing rates in many construction trades in much of the state. This report analyzes data to determine if this change in fact lowered the cost of public…
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Minimum Wage, Policy Analysis, School Construction
Nonresidential Crime Attractors and Generators Elevate Perceived Neighborhood Crime and Incivilities
McCord, Eric S.; Ratcliffe, Jerry H.; Garcia, R. Marie; Taylor, Ralph B. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2007
Recent studies have produced conflicting findings about the impacts of local nonresidential land uses on perceived incivilities. This study advances work in this area by developing a land-use perspective theoretically grounded in Brantingham and Brantingham's geometry of crime model in environmental criminology. That focus directs attention to…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Heads of Households, Crime, Land Use
Lehr, Terry – 1982
This publication presents data concerning individuals who received initial teacher certification for the 1980-81 school year in Pennsylvania. All institutions in Pennsylvania having teacher education programs (a total of 83) responded to the survey. Charts and tables provide statistics on: (1) trends in teacher preparation, employment, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Change, Career Choice, Educational Trends
