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Hoover, Calla – Utah System of Higher Education, 2022
Federal financial aid was established under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Since then, changes to the act have increased funding and expanded eligibility for students accessing federal financial aid. While the distribution of federal financial aid has expanded over the last 60 years, untapped financial resources remain every year because…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Rice, John; Huang, Min; Derby, Kenwyn – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2018
To help inform education stakeholders in Utah, this study examined the differences in characteristics between rural and non-rural districts in the state from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2017 using administrative data from the Utah State Board of Education and the Utah Education Association. All the findings are descriptive and do not…
Descriptors: School Districts, Rural Schools, Rural Urban Differences, Student Characteristics
Utah State Board of Education, 2020
Fingertip Facts is a compendium of some of the most frequently requested data sets from the Utah State Office of Education. This year's Fingertip Facts includes the following data sets: (1) RISE Testing, 2018-19; (2) Utah ASPIRE Testing, 2018-19; (3) 2019 Utah ACT Scores; (4) CTE Career Pathways; (5) 2019 Public Education General Fund; (6) 2019…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, African American Students, American Indian Students
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2010
There are plenty of statistics available for measuring the performance, potential and problems of school districts, from standardized test scores to the number of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Last June, another metric came into sharper focus when the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest state-by-state data on per-pupil…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Correlation, Graduation Rate, Differences
Utah State Board of Education, 2019
Fingertip Facts is a compendium of some of the most frequently requested data sets from the Utah State Office of Education. This year's Fingertip Facts includes the following data sets: (1) SAGE Testing; (2) 2018 Utah ACT Scores; (3) CTE Career Pathways; (4) 2018 Public Education General Fund; (5) 2017 Public Enrollment Demographics; (6) Public…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, African American Students, American Indian Students
Utah State Board of Education, 2018
Fingertip Facts is a compendium of some of the most frequently requested data sets from the Utah State Board of Education. This year's Fingertip Facts includes the following data sets: (1) SAGE Testing, 2016-17; (2) 2016-17 ACT Scores; (3) 2016-17 CTE Career Pathways; (4) 2017 Public Education General Fund; (5) 2017 Public School Enrollment…
Descriptors: School Demography, School Statistics, Language Tests, Language Arts
Van Horn, Brandi – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2011
This issue of "Policy Insights" reviews the results from an annual survey, conducted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), of tuition and fees at public colleges and universities in the WICHE region (which includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North…
Descriptors: Tuition, Fees, Student Costs, Undergraduate Students
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
America's K-12 education system faces three significant challenges: (1) increased global demands for skilled workers, (2) significant financial shortfalls, and (3) a looming teacher shortage. Independently, these factors present significant challenges for U.S. schools. In combination, they create a national imperative for swift action to create a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Teacher Shortage, Skilled Workers
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Bush Budget Proposes Spending Freeze for U.S. Department of Education: Title I, Striving Readers, Statewide Data…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Politics of Education, Public Education, Newsletters