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Direct linkTavares, Vander, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Canada has become one of the most popular destinations for international students at the higher education level. A number of complex factors and trends, both in Canada and globally, have contributed to the emergence of Canada as a destination for international higher education. However, more research is still needed to better understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Experience, Higher Education
Sims, Serbrenia J. – 1994
This book is designed to help administrators, student affairs personnel, faculty, staff, and students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) realize the importance of diversity on their campuses and to implement plans to increase campus diversity. Chapter 1 explores definitions of diversity and HBCUs, and then asks whether these…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Attitude Change, Black Colleges, College Faculty
Crain, Robert; And Others – 1982
This book is the result of a study conducted with 200 high schools in the South to determine what factors make schools effective in educating students and creating a healthy social environment. The book is particularly concerned with improving desegregated high schools and presents specific recommendations for doing so. Using survey data from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Desegregation Methods, Extracurricular Activities
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. Council of School Attorneys. – 2001
This book is a compilation of the presentations delivered at the National School Boards Association (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys Annual School Law Seminar on March 22-24, 2001, in San Diego, California. Presentations include: (1) "Religion and the Public Schools--What Hath the Supreme Court Wrought?" (Jay Worona and Patricia H. Gould); (2)…
Descriptors: Architects, Athletes, Boards of Education, Conflict of Interest
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; Cahill, Spencer E., Ed.; Cotner, Bridget A., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts in education, psychology, sociology, and other fields, this landmark handbook provides a thorough examination of U.S. secondary education from the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive high schools and alternative schools of today. This accessible compendium is a treasure trove…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Civil Rights, Educational History, Private Education
Ekstrom, Ruth B.; And Others – 1988
The book is the outgrowth of two studies: a cross-sectional analysis comparing the experiences and tested achievement of high school seniors over the decade 1972 to 1982, and a longitudinal analysis relating cognitive growth (particularly in mathematical skills) of 1980 high school sophomores to their schooling experiences over the period 1980 to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Demography
Download full textGray, Maryann Jacobi; And Others – 1996
This report presents the results of case studies of 14 institutions of higher education regarding the challenges presented by the increase in immigration and the ways in which these institutions respond to the needs of immigrant students. Chapter 1 discusses study goals, access to education, student retention, and academic achievement. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Change Agents
Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2008
"Education Indicators" are facts and statistics that help to describe a public education system. They are tools which are useful in examining and measuring the effectiveness of the system. Examples include information such as the amount of local funds raised to support local schools, per pupil expenditures, pupil-teacher ratios, and…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators
