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Adam Rajcan; Edgar A. Burns – Australian Universities' Review, 2024
As part of a study investigating research productivity of sociology PhD students in Australia, an application to the federal government's Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) aimed to establish a baseline count of completed sociology doctorates by university. It was anticipated that university totals might be different from PhD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociology, Doctoral Students, Graduation Rate
Catherine P. Bradshaw; Jonathan Cohen; Dorothy L. Espelage; Maury Nation – Grantee Submission, 2021
School climate has received considerable attention in the literature and educational policy as a potential target for school improvement and school safety efforts. This paper provides a critical review and synthesis of the literature on school climate, with a particular focus on topics related to measurement, data collection, analysis, as well as…
Descriptors: School Safety, Educational Environment, School Psychologists, Role
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Catherine P. Bradshaw; Jonathan Cohen; Dorothy L. Espelage; Maury Nation – School Psychology Review, 2021
School climate has received considerable attention in the literature and educational policy as a potential target for school improvement and school safety efforts. This paper provides a critical review and synthesis of the literature on school climate, with a particular focus on topics related to measurement, data collection, analysis, as well as…
Descriptors: School Safety, Educational Environment, School Psychologists, Role
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McBride, Shirley R. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2013
This article reviews the historical context in which Canadian legislation and policy for children with special needs has evolved. The potential for the rights of students with special needs in light of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is outlined. The role of the Federal and Provincial governments in legislation and policy vis-à-vis…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Bailey, Thomas; Jenkins, Davis; Leinbach, Timothy – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2005
The educational effectiveness of community colleges is under new scrutiny as a result of both a federal government focus on accountability of higher education institutions and greater competition for the state funds traditionally directed to the colleges. Policymakers, who want to tie public college allocations to their outcomes, and families,…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Graduation Rate, Federal Government, Community Colleges
Hewitt, Maria – 1989
The 'rural' definitions applied by the Federal Government, especially by two data-gathering agencies, the Bureau of the Census and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), emphasize different dimensions of the concept, and delineate the rural-urban continuum in different ways. This report discusses the inconsistency of curent "rural"…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Definitions, Federal Government
Rossi, Robert J.; And Others – 1979
This report examines the feasibility of collecting social indicator data on the: (1) status of women and minorities in education; (2) federal role in elementary and secondary education; and (3) condition of professional education. Previous projects conducted literature reviews and developed conceptual frameworks for these three topics, identifying…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Indicators, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education