The report was prepared by a task force appointed to examine issues related to the University System of Maryland (USM) ten years after its creation in 1988. The task force focused on key issues raised by stakeholders and higher education experts, including statewide goals and priorities for the USM; duplication and overlap of authority between the…

States have enacted a variety of far-reaching educational reforms in recent years which have focused on a mix of standards for improved programs and greater accountability for both students and teachers. In California, teacher professionalism reforms, including induction reform, have been introduced. Research, now in its third and final year, has…

Data on graduate science enrollment and support as of the Fall 1978 is reported. Surveys were sent to 418 schools--285 graduate schools and 133 medical colleges--which included 8,242 graduate departments. After a review of the survey background and the scope, response rates, and imputation effects, Section Two classifies each institution and…

SPONSORED BY STATE BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN ELEVEN REPRESENTATIVE STATES (ARKANSAS, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, NEW MEXICO, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA, AND WEST VIRGINIA), THIS STUDY CENTERS AROUND SEVEN BASIC PROBLEMS--(1) CONCEPTS OF "POLICY" AND "POLICYMAKING" IN STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL…

Uniform procedures, terminology, definitions, forms, and instructions for the completion of state reporting requirements are presented as a management aid for the individual Florida community colleges. A calendar of required reports is presented first, along with an explanation of the Community College Information Classification Structure (CCICS)…

An overview of a comprehensive statewide plan for educational improvement in North Dakota is presented in this document. The plan prescribes an expanded leadership role for the State Department of Education and requires a vital new commitment of higher education to the problems of public education. Educational objectives of the plan are provided.…

Assuming that education will continue to need governance at the state level by agencies responsible for planning, organizing, maintaining, and improving a statewide public system of education and that wide departmental variations will remain nationwide, the author makes several predictions concerning new roles to be played by state education…

Describes the impact in Colorado of the shift from categorical federal aid to block grants under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Covers Colorado education's demographic, socioeconomic, and political context; variations in program impact among school districts; the shift's effects on redistribution of federal aid; and selected…

The Biennial Report presents a summary of programs and services provided by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The State Superintendent noted a continued decline in enrollment, a shrinking tax base, expanded educator shortages, and concerns regarding school financing as realities impacting the state's constitutional responsibility…

The Educational Directory, 1919-20 is divided into seven distinct parts. Part I, Government Educational Activities, covers the following topic areas: (1) The United States Bureau of Education; (2) Department of State; (3) Department of War; (4) Department of the Navy; (5) Department of the Treasury; (6) Department of the Interior; (7) Department…

Data in this report provide information about the extent to which national, state, and local governments commit resources to educate the youth of the nation. In its 53rd year, this publication provides current information on public school enrollment and participation, employment and compensation of personnel, and finances, as reported by the state…

Institutional research that focuses on professional development is addressed in 35 papers from the 1982 meeting of the North East Association for Institutional Research. Titles and authors include the following: "Modeling College Student Adjustment and Retention for the Individual Institution" (Norman D. Aitken); "The Development…

A study examined the views of state vocational education directors concerning the impact of the 1976 amendments to the Vocational Education Act in their states. Specifically addressed in the study were the effects of the amendments on elimination of sex stereotyping and on helping displaced homemakers. To collect these data researchers…

The Missouri School Profile System is composed of six profiles drawn from pre-existing databases, with the data organized in a manner useful to school districts for comparison purposes and returned to school districts for their use. Use of such a system should reduce or eliminate the need for special school district studies of finance or pupil…

This guide for inservice teacher education is designed for use by teacher groups in planning inservice. Short substantive narratives are followed by practical exercises to help teachers plans and develop inservice education, find resources, use outside assistance, and understand the potential functions of inservice education. The model presented…