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Sacks, Arthur B., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Three major sections comprise these proceedings of the 1981 Conference of the National Association for Environmental Education. Section I contains four addresses on environmental issues by guest speakers and two symposia, one on synfuels, and the other on acid rain. The twelve essays in Section II give the practitioner's perspective on…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1979
Presented are statistical data from the National Science Foundation fall survey of Graduate Science Student Support. This survey included graduate schools with master's and doctoral programs in science, engineering, and medicine. (SA)
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
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Kern, Evan J. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1987
Presents the results of a national survey designed to identify the historical roots of discipline-based art education (DBAE). The survey reviewed several thousand curriculum documents drawn from all fifty states and spanning a 110 year period. (JDH)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art History, Curriculum Development
Education Commission of the States – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1984
Describes initiatives being taken in 27 states in support of recommendations made by the National Commission on Excellence and the Task Force on Education for Economic Growth. Focuses particularly on teacher rewards, career ladders, and cooperation between schools and business. (KH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Stahlschmidt, Agnes D.; Johnson, Carole Schulte – School Library Media Quarterly, 1984
Examines research on effects of reading aloud to children in areas of reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary and language development, and attitudes toward reading. Outcomes of reading aloud and results of teacher survey concerning ways in which the school library media specialist can contribute to read-aloud programs are discussed.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Librarians, Library Role
Geils, John W. – Engineering Education News, 1982
Provides results (in table format) of a 1982 survey, focusing on engineering faculty positions (filled and unfilled), engineering faculty characteristics (age, discipline, age/discipline), graduate student characteristics, salaries, faculty recruitment, and industry/school faculty mobility. Includes the complete survey instrument used. (JN)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineers
Litten, Larry H.; Kern, Kathleen – 1993
The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) database based on the American Freshmen Survey provides data for use in making marketing and management decisions in colleges and universities. This paper describes an operational cooperative model for managing and exploiting the data that CIRP makes available. The paper also offers an example…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Databases
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Economics and Statistics Administration. – 1991
An analysis was done of 1990 Census data on race and Hispanic origin. Comparison of the 1990 data with Census figures from 1960, 1970, and 1980 showed that the nation continued to increase in racial and Hispanic origin diversity during the 1980s. Boosted by a high level of immigration, the Asian American population more than doubled (up nearly 108…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Census Figures
Kirk, Mary E. – 1992
This report is based on a survey of U.S. higher education institutions and national exchange organizations. It highlights significant changes since 1989: (1) substantial growth in number of exchange programs and U.S. institutions sponsoring exchanges; (2) decline in predominance of long-term, broad-range reciprocal exchanges; (3) increase in…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Cooperation, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Greene, Jennifer C.; Kellogg, Theodore – 1977
Statewide assessment data available from two school years, two grade levels, and five sources (achievement tests; student, principal, and teacher questionnaires; and principal interviews), were aggregated to more closely investigate the relationship between student/school characteristics and student achievement. To organize this large number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Assessment
von Zur-Muehlen, Max – 1977
A profile of university teachers in Canada is presented focusing on: previous employment status, citizenship status, and rank distribution. The profile, which is based on information collected on full-time university teachers from the over 100 university-level institutions in Canada, covers the period 1972-1973 through 1974-1975. Almost 60 percent…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Citizenship, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Hancock, John C. – Engineering Education, 1979
This interim report of the American Society for Engineering Education is intended to keep members informed and encourage them to offer viewpoints on current issues. Recommendations given relate to lifelong education, programs and curricula, accreditation, teaching methods, supply and demand, communication with the public, society, certification,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Career Awareness, Career Planning, Curriculum Development
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1992
This paper presents a study designed to determine the reason first and post-first year students (N=61) chose to leave Chicago Urban University (CUU) prior to graduation. Data were sought from a random sample of 100 students via either a mailed or a telephone survey, with a 61% response rate. The 54-question interview/survey instrument examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Attitudes
National Center for Children in Poverty, New York, NY. – 1991
This publication is first in a series of annual updates of statistical information about young children and their families living in poverty in the United States. It builds on the report "Five Million Children: A Statistical Profile of Our Poorest Young Citizens," and incorporates information from the 1990 March Supplement to the Census…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
McPartland, James M. – 1993
This paper presents a four-fold typology developed as a general theory of student motivation to stay in school and work hard at learning tasks. Each of the four-fold categories is described with an initial statement of the specific source of student motivation, an analysis of how the source fits in more general motivational theories, and how the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Criteria, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
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