Analyzes patterns in lower income student enrollment and access to direct student aid resources, reviewing the federal government's original objectives with direct student aid policies and subsequent changes that expanded student access, examining recent research on lower income student enrollment patterns in higher education, and analyzing…

What do we know about education and diversity, and how do we know it? This two-part question guided the work of the Multicultural Education Consensus Panel, which included the eight scholars named above. The panel's work was sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington and the Common Destiny Alliance at the…

This annual performance report presents the results and accomplishments of Texas vocational education programs, services, and activities for the 1990-91 program year. It is composed of three sections. Section I contains information for secondary and adult vocational education programs, services, and activities offered by local education agencies…

This report identifies promising and innovative responses to employment-related education reform. Chapter 1 is an overview of the challenge of building a world-class work force. Chapters 2-10 present 50 examples of policy initiatives in digest form, organized into nine themes; each digest provides the name of a contact. Chapter 2 discusses new…

The Kansas State Board of Education awarded $10.25 million to local education agencies through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. A work group developed the System of Measures and Standards of Performance (SMSP). Programs for single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women were funded to…

Papers concerning higher education planning and management in the 1980s that were contributed to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems competition for the Planning and Financing Program are presented. The papers, submitted by administrators, researchers, and a student, are as follows: "Faculty Reallocation: Plattsburgh…

The Wisconsin Career Information System (WCIS) is a joint effort by several state agencies, institutions, and interested individuals to develop and disseminate accurate, current, and locally relevant occupational information to assist persons making vocational choices. One of eight state-wide occupational information systems funded by the U.S.…

This document consists of two publications: the five-year state plan for career education in Kansas and a handbook providing guidelines for program development at the local school level. The plan includes the following information: (1) the results of a two-year needs assessment survey; (2) its two goals: first, to increase awareness of the…

In order to investigate state-wide and institutional policies governing tuition waivers for older adult students at two-year colleges, a nationwide study was conducted, involving: (1) a literature review; (2) a survey of the state administrators of community colleges; (3) a survey of 146 institutions with tuition waiver policies; and (4)…

Based on data from a variety of sources, these 12 fact sheets summarize current enrollment, instructional, and administrative trends at the existing 1,230 public and private two-year colleges. A general profile of the colleges is first presented, focusing on the number and type of institutions, enrollment, student characteristics, number of…

Collected in this volume are the papers presented at the 1978 Chief State School Officers Summer Institute. The program was devoted to political issues in education and focused on a number of current educational problems. Political issues were discussed in relation to a number of areas, including federal education priorities, federal-state…

A report on the first three years (1977-79) of the Western Australian Post Secondary Education Commission is presented. After a description of the commission's role, information is presented on key educational issues, the Partridge Report, ongoing planning and course development/accreditation, and special inquiries. Recommendations of the…

The annual statistical report is a compilation of the most recent statistical information on the Fund's 41 members. All of the member institutions are private, accredited, predominantly black colleges and universities; they comprise all of the institutions in that class in the United States except Hampton Institute and Meharry Medical College.…

The educational benefits and officer-commissioning opportunities available to U.S. military service members were reviewed to identify ways of attracting college-eligible youth into the military. Data were collected through a review of published directives and reports, interviews with personnel within the military services, a review of historical…

During the 1990s, a new policy hypothesis focusing on the quality of teaching to provide a high-leverage means for improving student achievement began to gain currency. Based on interview, observation, survey, and record data collected at the state, district, and school levels over a five-year time period, the study offers a look at how the San…