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Download full textHodgkinson, Harold L. – 1988
A description of the State of Arizona and its educational system is presented as a working paper in a final report by the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. Facts about the state include the following: indications are that the present growth in Arizona will continue for at least a decade more;…
Descriptors: Competition, Demography, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Drake, Tonya M.; Forester, Christine A. – 2003
The Arizona Minority Education Policy Analysis Center (AMEPAC) is a policy center of the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education. AMEPAC's mission is to stimulate, through studies, statewide discussion, and debate, constructive improvement of Arizona minority students' early awareness, access, and achievement throughout all sectors of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Demography
Cobb, Casey D.; Glass, Gene V.; Crockett, Carol – 2000
Among the major concerns surrounding school-choice programs is their potential to stratify students along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic class. The latest among four U.S. Department of Education national evaluations of charter schools reports no evidence that charter schools are predominantly white or that they segregate…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationArizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1995
This report briefly describes the tests, subtests, test scores, and reports that fulfill the requirements of Arizona state legislation regarding educational accountability. It summarizes the fall 1994 Arizona statewide results by grade and across grades. Discussions of student achievement strengths and weaknesses by grade level and demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
Tushnet, Naida C. – 1991
This monograph introduces a conference addressing the educational issues of the edge cities of the urban Pacific Southwest. Edge cities on the outside of urban cores (edge cities) are currently facing many of the problems formerly experienced only in urban areas. Of the 30 fastest-growing cities of over 100,000 residents in the country, 19 are…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Demography, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Conrad, Clifton F.; Talbott, Mary – 1983
Implications of the demographic transformation of Arizona for the future of higher education in the state are examined. Since the changing size and character of the minority population figure prominently on the demographic changes, the major focus will be on changes in the minority population and the effect on future minority participation in…
Descriptors: Age Groups, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Cotera, Augustus S. – 1988
A research guide on student access to the Arizona University System, with studies of retention and persistence, is presented as one working paper in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. Six topics of discussion, covering areas to be investigated, are as follows: academic…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, American Indians, Blacks
Wood, John J. – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this report describes a study evaluating the effort by Arizona's universities to recruit and graduate minority students. Current outcomes and recent trends are noted along with the general strengths and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Cotera, Augustus S.; And Others – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this report presents statistical information on the progress of minority student access and persistence in the three Arizona Universities, Arizona's community colleges, and the Arizona Department of Education.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, American Indians, Asian Americans
Cowart, Vinette – 1988
Information on student financial assistance at Arizona's three public universities is presented as one working paper in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' (ABOR) Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. Statistics are provided on the following: students; distribution of financial aid; federal financial aid; state…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Students, Community Influence
