Publication Date
In 2025 | 10 |
Since 2024 | 139 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 515 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 976 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1555 |
Descriptor
Females | 3826 |
Minority Groups | 2842 |
Higher Education | 1086 |
Minority Group Students | 755 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 422 |
Males | 419 |
Disproportionate… | 404 |
Blacks | 359 |
Equal Education | 356 |
College Faculty | 355 |
Foreign Countries | 344 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 229 |
Teachers | 119 |
Policymakers | 118 |
Researchers | 83 |
Administrators | 76 |
Students | 34 |
Parents | 17 |
Community | 10 |
Counselors | 9 |
Media Staff | 3 |
Location
California | 108 |
United States | 91 |
Canada | 57 |
Texas | 51 |
New York | 42 |
United Kingdom | 36 |
Australia | 30 |
Illinois | 30 |
New York (New York) | 30 |
North Carolina | 27 |
Florida | 24 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 1 |
Does not meet standards | 1 |
Quay, Richard H., Comp. – 1980
Nearly 3,600 articles and essays covering a wide spectrum of postsecondary educational issues for the period 1960-1978 are indexed in this anthology. The essays, found in more than 200 anthologies, are arranged under 31 topic headings such as: History of Postsecondary Education; Economics of Postsecondary Education; Planning and Policy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, College Administration, College Admission
Amodeo, Luiza B.; And Others – 1981
Rural Chicanas share values and problems with other rural women (conservative orientation toward sex roles and life styles, conflict between traditional demands of rural culture and pressure to enter the labor force), but with additional socio-linguistic barriers (limited English-speaking ability, few marketable job skills). Many Chicanas do not…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
Friedlander, Jack – 1981
A study was conducted at a large, multi-campus, urban community college district to determine: (1) which science courses were being completed by women and minority students; (2) the completion rates of women and minority students in different areas of science, i.e., social science, mathematics, physical science, biological science, engineering,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Agriculture, American Indians
Scott, Robert A. – 1978
This study on collegiate middle managers examines: the effects of federal compliance requirements on collegiate administrators; the cause of growth, elaboration, and differentiation in middle-level collegiate administration; the functions, status, roles, and values of mid-level administrators; and the role of national occupational associations for…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Role
Carmel, Ann – 1974
This study is the Civil Service Commission's first on the educational attainment of federal employees as of August 1974. It covers such subjects as minority group employment, employment of women, white-collar workers' occupations, blue-collar workers' occupations, pay structure, geographic distribution, and monthly manpower and pay reports. In the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Asian Americans
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1980
Developments pertinent to women's rights and women's studies at colleges and universities are reported. The following areas are covered: the status of women's college sports programs and alleged sex discrimination involving college faculty and school organizations; the impact of litigation in promoting equity for women; approaches for handling…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Students, Court Litigation, Employed Women
Tschechtelin, James D.; MacLean, Abby D. – 1980
Surveys of the 23,199 students who entered the Maryland community college system in Fall 1974 and of the 6,975 students who graduated from the system in 1978 were conducted in 1978 and 1979, respectively, to assess the degree to which the colleges helped the students achieve their educational and career goals. The colleges supplied information on…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Medsker, Linda; And Others – 1977
In order to determine the educational needs of currently enrolled students, the College of Alameda developed a comprehensive questionnaire designed to identify sub-groups within the student population and to elicit information on reasons for attending the college, educational and degree objectives, instructional and support service needs, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Day Students, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Ford, Thomas R., Ed. – 1978
In 1974 the Rural Sociological Society commissioned a survey on changes that were occuring in different segments of rural society in the United States; information from that survey is presented in the volume of readings. Using an ecological perspective as the analytic framework, the readings focus on the adaption of humans to their environment a…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Change, Community Change, Community Organizations
2002
The Digital Economic Opportunity Committee (DEOC) was established to examine the information technology (IT) skills gap and make recommendations to eliminate this gap. DEOC believed the appropriate response to this skills gap is two-fold. The first was upgrading existing workers skills through training. The second was expanding the number of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Demand Occupations, Disabilities
Nevada System of Higher Education, 2005
This report presents statistical data on student diversity and minority enrollment distributions in the eight institutions comprising the Nevada System of Higher Education in order to meet the goal of the NSHE Master Plan in achieving opportunity and accessible education for all. The report is divided into three sections. Section I: Performance…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Student Diversity, Student Characteristics
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1998
Since the passage of legislation (Public Act 85-283) requiring Illinois colleges to report every 3 years the progress made to increase the participation and advancement of underrepresented groups, the state's community colleges have used both special population grant funds and local college funds to address the needs of these groups. This report…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Mombourquette, Fay; McEwan, Robert; McBride, Andy – 1999
A study investigated effects of implementation of a new policy by the Ontario Ministry of Education that decreased grants for adults and amended the Ontario Education Act, forcing school boards to develop a parallel but "basic service" system of education for everyone over age 21. All adult students in daytime secondary school programs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, Career Education, Career Exploration
Rubba, Peter A., Ed.; Rye, James A., Ed.; Keig, Patricia F., Ed. – 1999
This proceedings contains a copy of the conference program and more than 75 papers and presentation summaries from the meeting, placed in order by conference session. Paper topics include science assessment issues; science for special needs students; science teachers' self-efficacy; teaching science to at-risk students; online inquiry…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Females