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California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1987
The purpose of a study conducted by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCCs) was to examine current policies and practices regarding the use of part-time faculty in the CCCs, faculty characteristics, implications for instructional quality, and policy options. The study involved a review of existing literature; data…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Faculty College Relationship
Reece, Jerald L.; And Others – 1987
This study examines the perceptions of 113 school board members, 119 principals, and 2,028 teachers from 9 states (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming) regarding the preparation of teachers and the availability of professional services as well as education resources. The study also…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Attitudes, Agency Role
Download full textGraham, Lorraine; And Others – 1991
Two learning assistance (LA) centres in suburban elementary schools in British Columbia (Canada) were studied via a participant-observer approach to examine the changing role of the LA teacher, the impact on the school staff of more remediation in the regular classroom, and the concerns held by LA teachers and regular classroom teachers regarding…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Elementary Education
Monk, David H. – 1986
This report examines how the curricular offerings of large secondary schools compare with the curricular offerings of small secondary schools. The study is motivated by theories of production which hold that economies are available in large compared to small schools; it is pointed out, however, that larger schools may not take advantage of…
Descriptors: Class Size, Comparative Analysis, Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness
Skolnik, Michael L.; And Others – 1985
Prepared by the Instructional Assignment Review Committee in response to a legislative mandate to conduct a "comprehensive review of all aspects of instructional assignments" in the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario, this report analyzes historical trends and patterns, reviews faculty and administrator perceptions of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Size, Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges
Barker, Bruce – 1985
As part of a 45-state study, a self-administered questionnaire was mailed during the 1982-83 school year to 70 of Oklahoma's 237 public K-12 school districts enrolling fewer than 1,000 students; the questionnaire requested information about rural districts, teachers, students, and school programs. For the 45 responding districts, average student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
