Interviews with principals and school board presidents, site surveys of 32 randomly selected schools, achievement test scores, and in-depth studies by educators provided data describing educational programs, identifying educational problems, and revealing strategies to strengthen the 162 small rural high schools located in Alaskan communities of…

A statistical profile of Appalachia's young children, from birth to 9 years, was compiled from federal and state data sources. The profile provides information important in making immediate and long range plans for improving the status of Appalachian children and their families. An examination of family living conditions suggests that Appalachian…

In fiscal year (FY) 1986, the Alaska State Board of Education continued to work towards its objectives of improving education in the areas of: school finance (by developing a fair and equitable distribution system for state public school funds and funding school construction projects); fiscal accountability (by establishing a system for the entire…

This publication provides a detailed description of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system in the context of Australians living in rural and remote regions who undertook some form of VET in 1997--about one-third of all students who participated in training in public institutions. The nine sections of the report cover the…

Activities in higher education during the biennium 1924-1926 do not seem to have been inspired merely by the desire to pacify criticism of details or to patch up weak spots in the educational fabric. The tendency was to "raise the previous question concerning the functions of colleges and universities and to modify procedures to serve more…

The state of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia in 1997 was evaluated by collecting data on the following key performance measures: participation and achievement in VET; employer views on VET; student outcomes from VET; VET's benefits for particular client groups (females, people from rural and remote areas, indigenous…

At the request of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, the Office of Education undertook a survey of the 69 land-grant colleges and universities, including 17 institutions for Negroes. For more than a half century, these institutions have grown in importance as vital factors in the agricultural, industrial, and educational…

Data pertaining to Australia's publicly funded vocational education and training (VET) sector in 1999 were reviewed. Both national-level and state/territory-level data on the following topics were reviewed: VET providers and delivery systems; student characteristics; enrollment trends; program costs and financing mechanisms; and apprentices and…

In this report, the Commissioner of Education presents a general review of the U.S. educational condition, discusses the work of the Commissioner's office, and offers summaries of education statistics, using diagrams. Also provided are a summary of educational condition in the states and territories and comparative statistics and remarks on…

This report is made in accordance with the provisions of the land-grant act of 1862 and the Morrill-Nelson Acts of 1890 and 1907. To assure the proper usage of these funds, the specialist in charge of land-grant college statistics makes, from reports submitted by the treasurers of the land-grant colleges, an audit of disbursements from the funds.…

The land-grant colleges have grown to be very complicated institutions, performing a wide variety of services. Each State has organized these services in its own way and to its own purposes, which accounts for the great diversity existing among the different colleges. It is hoped, however, that the data in this bulletin will serve a useful purpose…

The land-grant colleges and universities of the United States, established by the provisions of the land-grant act of 1862, receive from this and other land-grant acts, as well as from the second Morrill Act of 1890 and the Nelson amendment of 1907, Federal funds for instruction, administration, and permanent improvements in the institutions. This…

At the request of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, the Office of Education undertook a survey of the 69 land-grant colleges and universities, including 17 institutions for Negroes. For more than a half century, these institutions have grown in importance as vital factors in the agricultural, industrial, and educational…