The "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998" (commonly referred to as "Perkins," "Perkins III," or "the Act" and referred to hereafter as Perkins III) requires, in Sec. 113(c)(3)(C), that the secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual reports received by…

The "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 19981" (commonly referred to as "Perkins," "Perkins III," or "the Act" and referred to hereafter as "Perkins III") requires, in Sec. 113(c)(3)(C), that the secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual…

In recent years, there are more and more Chinese students going abroad for studying, and within them, the most students decided to study in the United States. But although in general the academic resource and quality of American universities is better than Chinese, the cost of studying abroad is much higher than studying in domestic colleges.…

Based on a paper prepared for a colloquium sponsored by the National Liaison Committee for Foreign Student Admissions, Wingspread, Wisconsin, June 16-17, 1970. (IR)

This paper attempts to draw a sociological profile of young people in Europe between 15-19 years of age. It points out changes in the socialization functions of the three institutions, family, school and peer group. (Editor)

Buying students with academic scholarships is self-defeating. It is unfair to students paying full price, unjust awards undermine reputation, competition can spiral, students are counseled to choose schools for aid alone, and parents are offended when scholarships are not offered and when their "scholarship" students get average grades. (MSE)

Women computer science students at the College of Staten Island (CSI) in New York have a substantially higher pass rate than their male classmates; however, their enrollment and retention rates are low. During the last year and a half women on the computer science faculty at CSI developed two projects designed to increase the enrollment and…

This report describes Department of Education activities as those activities related to the six educational goals and expected outcomes for students established by the Alaska State Board of Education: (1) student achievement; (2) at-risk students; (3) professional development; (4) district administration; (5) support for public education; and (6)…

Although African-American students' high school graduation rates has increased during this decade, their enrollment and retention in mainstream higher education institutions has steadily declined, with no national plan to reverse the trend. Study of selected social, economic, and political factors critical to academic success gives some insight…

Degree completion data from an Office of Civil Rights survey of over 10,000 colleges show (1) African-American and Latino graduate enrollments were not better in 1988 than in 1982; (2) traditionally African-American colleges enroll significant numbers in math and sciences; and (3) nonresident aliens are substantially overrepresented in sciences…

This paper analyses the measurement issues in education achievement, and integration of education goals and targets, in the context of human development in India. Measurement issues are distinguished by (a) choice of indicators and variables and (b) data used in estimation/projection/computation of indicators and variables in the global human…

This report on young persons' access to higher education in Scotland attempts to determine whether the incidence of students' transition from S4 to voluntary participation in S5 is influenced by the transitions that occur at the end of S5. The project analyzed data from a 10% sample of the S4 cohort of 1983/84. The central question examined…

As part of a continuing study of student flow in the Hawaii community colleges, this study examined the number and characteristics of fall 1975 entering students who did not enroll at their campus of entry (non-enrolled) in fall 1977, but who registered at another community college. Of the total fall 1975 entering students (8,979), 8% had…

In September 1972 approximately 1,325 students were accepted for admission to Florida A and M University, but 32 percent failed to enroll. When the noshows were grouped according to certain categories of status as of October 1972, those in college had the highest test scores; those in the Armed Forces had the next best scores; those housekeeping…