The field of early childhood education is experiencing unprecedented public investment accompanied by increasing expectations for enhanced child outcomes. To achieve such outcomes, policymakers must consider the socioeconomic and racial/ethnic composition of children's classrooms as an important component of preschool quality. This report presents…

In 2011-12, graduate students received a total of $51.7 billion in federal loans and grants, institutional grants, employer support, and financial aid from other sources. In 2007-08, this figure was $36.7 billion (College Board 2008, 2012). The data presented in these Web Tables were collected through five administrations of the National…

In this article, we analyzed research studies in the field of graduate education. In particular, we explored the issue of inequity in graduate education through three key lenses of social science analyses. Furthermore, we analyzed selected quantitative research studies that undertook a comparative examination of aggregate trends in enrollment and…

This study reveals the challenges confronting small, rural "frontier" schools in Montana and the practices that contribute to their sustainability. A Montana frontier school is defined as a school district with 200 or fewer students and its attendant community in a county with five or fewer people per square mile. The researcher…

A national study showed that increased exposure of White pupils to Black pupils substantially affects the demography of school systems and leads to reductions in White enrollment. However, White enrollment losses appear to be short term, limited primarily to the year a desegregation program is implemented. (Author/RM)

Presents a study analyzing school costs under conditions of declining enrollment. Examines separating the effects of changing school size and capacity underutilization on school operating costs for secondary schools and, separately, for elementary schools. Finds that the efficient operation of secondary schools may require a larger pool of…

Presents results of a study to determine whether particular schools in desegregating districts were disproportionate contributors to declines in white enrollment during desegregation. Suggests that proportions of African-American and Hispanic pupils and the implementation of minor desegregation programs are all associated with decreased white…

Perhaps the two most vexing measurement issues in higher education research are how to obtain true transfer rates from community colleges to four-year universities and the correct formula for the measure of college student retention, regardless of institutional type. All colleges and universities are required to submit retention figures to federal…

The ranked lists of South Carolina school district and county data contain information that may be useful to local school authorities in interpreting, comparing, and evaluating certain aspects of their educational programs. The tables were prepared from data entered in the records of public information. Data include school enrollment, attendance,…

Lists the 527 universities that participated in a survey and describes the faculty, the importance of a large regular full-time faculty, class size and work load, programs administered, majors and degrees granted, enrollments, growth of degree programs in English departments, outreach programs, and travel budgets in those universities. (SRT)

Summarizes methods used in establishing the English sample, characterizes English departments, and presents major findings describing institutional characteristics, character of the English faculty, enrollments, branches of English studies and degree programs administered, travel funds, faculty teaching loads, introductory writing classes, and…

Based on Heilbruner's thesis (1959) in "The Future as History," an understanding of the historical strengths, weaknesses, institutional forms, and trends in adult education can help predict its future. The flexibility and diversity of adult education have been tremendous advantages. They have also contributed to the confusion over what adult…

This book, containing seven chapters and an epilogue, describes how continuing education--as a structure and a function--can become a unique tool for reorienting major universities toward confronting new societal challenges. "The Coming Wave" (Lerner) discusses relevant organizational theory to explain the special role of continuing education in…

Historical data is provided on students, programs, and costs at Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC), in Palos Hills, Illinois, in the form of tables and graphs divided into five sections. The first section provides census data and demographic information for the MVCC district, including a map of the district, population trends from 1980 to…

This study assessing representation of minorities in allied health training is presented in five sections. Section 1 describes survey methodology for principal data sources used (the 1973-74 and 1975-76 inventories of collegiate and hospital-based education programs), methods of data file development, and limitations. Section 2 presents findings…