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Tien, Flora F.; Fu, Tsu-Tan – Computers & Education, 2008
By focusing on two dimensions of the digital divide--computer use and computer knowledge, this study explores four research questions: (1) What are the undergraduates doing with the computers they use at colleges? (2) How do undergraduates perform in regard to computer knowledge and skills? (3) With what is the digital divide among college…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Undergraduate Students, Computer Uses in Education, Academic Achievement
Diaz-Rico, Lynne T.; Smith, Jerilynn – Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, 1994
Overviews the problems California schools have recruiting bilingual teachers and presents a recruiting model originating in the San Bernardino County Fontana School District in cooperation with a major university. Components of the model include well-defined staffing policies, a career ladder for bilingual teacher aides and support for teacher…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Bilingual Education, Census Figures, Cooperation
Laosa, Luis M. – 1988
Applied psychologists who provide services in nations composed of multiple and varied cultural groups face certain ethical dilemmas that would not arise in more homogeneous societies. These ethical dilemmas revolve around the concept of population validity. Population validity refers to the generalizability of research findings across different…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Demography, Ethics, Generalizability Theory
Johnson, Dwight L.; And Others – 1988
Demographic data are presented about the people who have immigrated to the United States from Asia and the Pacific Islands. Twelve figures (pie charts, bar graphs, and maps), and eight tables provide detailed, statistical information on such things as (1) distribution of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States, (2) states with the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Census Figures, Charts, Demography
Bozza, Leonard; Pollack, Eileen – 1979
This survey of occupational education delivery services in Manhattan represents an initial step in the development of a borough-wide plan. The study provides a basis for assessing the potential training resources within the present school structure, as well as a detailed outline of the present scope of services. Elements which have been included…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Opportunities, Minority Groups, Program Descriptions
Bozza, Leonard; Pollack, Eileen – 1979
This report examines occupational education in a New York City Borough with the purpose of providing an informational base for effective planning in this area. The study reviews population trends in Brooklyn in general and in its high school population in particular. The types of occupational education available in the high schools of the Borough…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Opportunities, Minority Groups, Program Descriptions
Saunders, Cheryl – 1978
The British Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) is considering the inclusion of a question on race and ethnic origin in the 1981 census of Great Britain. This paper addresses the importance of obtaining statistical data on minority groups and examines some of the arguments and problems likely to be raised over the issue of including…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Ethnicity, Information Utilization

Morgan, James; O'Connell, Joanne Curry – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1987
Three years of Rehabilitation Services Administration data were analyzed to compare the rehabilitation success rate of Native Americans with that of other populations. Native Americans were significantly less likely to be rehabilitated than other persons, with major contributing factors being socioeconomic characteristics, type of disability, and…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Demography, Disabilities
Micceri, Ted – 2001
This paper attempts to show that Florida's high percentages of elderly and minority citizens, two groups that show considerably lower than average higher educational attainment, cause simplistic statistical analyses to rank Florida lower in educational attainment than she deserves. Controlling for these demographic factors shows that Florida is…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Demography, Educational Attainment, Minority Groups

Chemical and Engineering News, 1980
Summarized is a report of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, in which predictions are made that undergraduate enrollment in U.S. colleges may fall 5-15 percent within the years 1980-2000. Financial recommendations are made at state and federal levels to deal with adjustments to the decline. (CS)
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance

Lai, Barbara Mei Leung; Vuong, Ruth; Lonsway, Francis A. – Theological Education, 2002
This three-part article offers three observations on racial/ethnic student diversity in theological education. The first provides a personal reflection by an ethnic faculty member on diversity as an educational tool. The second reports the voices of students on their experiences of diversity in their theological studies. The third presents…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Demography, Diversity (Student), Minority Groups

Schildroth, Arthur N.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
Analyses of selected demographic data from Gallaudet University's annual survey are presented. Results indicate an increase in the number of hearing-impaired children under age six reported to the survey over the last decade, especially from minority backgrounds. Data from a Texas survey are compared with national data. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Demography, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Hearing Impairments
Sagrestano, Lynda M.; Carroll, Doris; Rodriguez, Angela C.; Nuwayhid, Bahij – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2004
Research suggests that a significant number of women first experience domestic violence during pregnancy. The current study examines correlates of violence during pregnancy, first by comparing women who did and did not report violence, and second examining three subgroups of women who reported violence (violence initiated, violence persisted,…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Family Violence, Sample Size
Hodgkinson, Harold L. – 1985
This report is a demographic study of the United States education system from kindergarten through post-graduate education. Part 1 provides a briefing on the major demographic trends that form the framework of the analysis in terms of: (1) number of births in different groups; (2) rate of age increase in various groups due to varying birth rates;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Birth Rate, Demography, Differences
Lee, Everett S.; Bouvier, Leon F. – 1973
"Growth and Future of Cities" and "The Nation's Minorities" are units eight and nine, respectively from the fourteen-units series Population Profiles. The former initiates its consideration of our urban future with two divergent points of view on population distribution. Those views are brought into perspective by an historical investigation of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Demography, Ethnic Studies, Futures (of Society)