For the past 15 years, economist Ronald Ferguson has investigated the myriad factors that combine to create racial disparities in academic performance. Beginning with his analysis of the impact of test scores in predicting racial wage gaps, Ferguson has explored how rates of progress in narrowing gaps have varied over the recent decades, the roles…

A fact-finding meeting on racial and religious tensions on college campuses in Kansas was held, with participation by community leaders, college and university officials and instructors, law enforcement officials, college students, and community relations experts. Topics covered were the extent of the tensions; likely causes of the problem; and…

This collection of materials describes various aspects of Santa Fe Community College's (SFCC's) faculty and staff development program. Part 1 explains the philosophy that underpins staff development at SFCC; the planning, programming, information dissemination, and evaluation phases of staff development; and the use of professional development…

The costs and benefits of enrolling foreign students at U.S. colleges and universities and implications for institutional policy are discussed in 5 chapters. In chapter 1, information is presented on: numbers of foreign college students in the United States, the national origins of foreign students, the location of foreign students in the United…

The process of developing a state education indicators system using the model proposed by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is described. The CCSSO model has three components--indicators of educational outcomes; indicators of school policies and practices; and indicators of contextual factors, or state characteristics. The goal is…

Drawing from California's computerized Staff Data File, this report provides 1984-85 data on the number of full- and part-time faculty employed by each California community college district and their age, sex, ethnicity, teaching load, promotions, number of new hires and continuing faculty, salaries, and stipends and bonuses. The report focuses on…

Following receipt in 1971 of a grant to fund ten athletic scholarships, the Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas established a financial aid committee and assigned financial aid a place in the budget. A policy statement was written expressing a commitment to supporting diversity in the student body through financial aid. In 1976 the school adopted an…

The present is a good time for school-community collaboration, and the National School Volunteer Program in Alexandria (Virginia) is helping by providing assistance and training for schools' volunteer programs. Eight principles characterize effective volunteer programs, including (1) strong top-level support from superintendents and school boards;…

Designed to provide the Washington State Legislature with information for use in making future legislative determinations concerning selected community college issues, this report presents information on the state's community colleges including policies on annual leave, allocation of resources, and salary increments. Part I outlines the scope and…

There is an increasing awareness of the need for school-level curriculum evaluation in Australia, due to improved teaching and learning factors and to the wider role and responsibilities of schools in educational policy making. Although the school-level evaluation policies of the eight Australian states have similar goals, there are marked…

This report summarizes the findings of a survey designed to identify strategies that have been found to be successful for dealing with school disciplinary problems. Data were collected through questionnaires responded to by more than 2,000 school administrators, with supplementary data provided by interviews with 100 administrators and information…

In a question-and-answer format, the issue of corporal punishment is discussed, focusing on: its definition, history of the anti-corporal punishment movement, reasons for support of corporal punishment by educational authorities, constitutional protections under the Fifth and Eighth amendments, results of court cases, and methods for eliminating…

A skeptic about the good reputation achieved by Miami-Dade Community College in recent years undertook a critical study of what the college was doing and how it has changed since 1960. (MSE)

Despite expansions in children's health insurance programs, rates of uninsurance in California continue to be high. Noting that absenteeism due to poor health is associated with school failure and asserting that schools offer an established framework on which to build a coordinated approach to enrolling children in health insurance programs, this…

This report profiles two Milwaukee, Wisconsin, public schools that are providing students with safe and orderly classrooms while using suspension only as a last resort. It places the successful schools' experiences in the context of research that defines effective school discipline practices and explains how suspensions can harm students.…