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Li, Xiaojie; Carroll, C. Dennis – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
This study provides a comprehensive profile of all types of "minority-serving institutions" (MSIs), in the United States and to examine the characteristics of minority students who attend these institutions. The report adds to earlier research focusing on single types of MSIs--primarily Historically Black Colleges and Universities…
Descriptors: Income, Black Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Minority Groups
Trnavcevic, Anita – School Leadership & Management, 2007
Many countries around the world have become what might be called "multiethnic" societies. They have to respond to various and diverse culturally based challenges and traditions, which are part of the "flow of nations". Slovenia, as a member of the European Union, has opened the door of the State to the European labour force but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Educational Legislation, Cultural Pluralism

Williams, Betty Fry – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1992
This paper identifies demographic changes in the areas of poverty, single-parent families, teenage pregnancy, and educational achievement, with emphasis on increased vulnerability of minority populations. It also notes related challenges to the educational system in personnel recruitment and preparation, effective delivery of educational services…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Demography, Educational Needs
Hodgkinson, 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
Hodgkinson, Harold L. – AGB Reports, 1986
American colleges need to begin preparing now for the very different student population of 2000, whose composition will have far more minority group members than today's, by increasing the minority group leadership in administration and governance. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Demography, Enrollment Projections, Higher Education

First, Richard J.; And Others – Social Work, 1988
Reviews research on the characteristics and unique service needs of minority homeless persons, describing the differences between black and white respondents in a large epidemiological study of homeless persons. Addresses demographic characteristics, patterns of homelessness, and economic, social and health problems of homeless persons. Explores…
Descriptors: Demography, Emotional Problems, Homeless People, Minority Groups

Hodgkinson, Harold – Educational Leadership, 1988
Examines current demographic projections in terms of five major concepts (fertility, age, region, race, and immigration) and analyzes their impact on tomorrow's schools. Beset with a declining birthrate, an aging population, and increasing numbers of poor and minority students, schools' major responsibility is to create winners and new recruits to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Middle Class, Minority Groups

Bichelmeyer, Barbara; Lefebvre, Lauryl; Marquis, Justin; Roh, Seak-Zoon – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2003
Correlations were determined between use of the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit (LLTC) and a variety of demographic variables. Found that most LLTC users live in households from higher income brackets, and that adults with undergraduate degrees most often claim the LLTC. Minorities appear to be underrepresented. (EV)
Descriptors: Demography, Minority Groups, Paying for College, Postsecondary Education

Grin, Francois – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
A model of language vitality is proposed that is a function of preferences for language choice, percentage of language-minority speakers, and the expectations-based adjustment to the observed change in language vitality. It shows that long-term survival with low demolinguistic figures is possible and suggests policy guidelines for reversing…
Descriptors: Demography, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Research

Gutierrez, Carlos G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2000
Poses the question, "Who will do science in the 21st century?" Indicates the importance of providing public education for all Americans. Criticizes the lack of women in chemistry faculty positions. (YDS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cultural Differences, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education

Nye, Barbara; Hedges, Larry V.; Konstantopoulos, Spyros – Journal of Educational Research, 2004
Recent research from randomized experiments on class size points to positive effects of small classes that persist for several years, but the evidence about the social distribution of effects is less clear. Some scholars have contended that the immediate effects of small classes are larger for minorities and for disadvantaged persons (e.g., J. D.…
Descriptors: Social Distribution, Outcomes of Education, Minority Groups, Educational Objectives
Saiti, Anna – School Leadership & Management, 2007
Using data derived from interviews with Greek school principals, the purpose of this paper is twofold: (a) to investigate whether or not equitable access to schools is for all children; and (b) to determine the extent to which the Greek educational system, in particular, offers equal opportunities to immigrant students. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Justice, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Secondary Schools
Trotter, Andrew – Education Week, 2006
In its new term, the justices will review a challenge to a student-assignment policy adopted by the Seattle school board in 1997 to enhance racial diversity at its 10 high schools, including Ballard High, beginning in the 1998-99 school year. Under the policy, which has been suspended since 2002 pending the outcome of the legal challenge, students…
Descriptors: Race, Ethnicity, Minority Groups, Boards of Education
Bredeweg, Frank H. – 1987
This publication contains the core school, enrollment, and staffing data of the National Catholic Educational Association's historical file. A page of statistical highlights of the current status of Catholic schools is followed by (1) an introductory essay by Frank H. Bredeweg, C.S.B., which briefly describes the growth of American Catholic…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Definitions, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education
Holloway, Steven R. – 1995
A study examined employment probabilities for a sample of out-of-school black and white male youths living in 35 large metropolitan areas to investigate the metropolitan contingency of the spatial mismatch effect. Individual-level data were drawn from the 1.0 percent (B) sample of the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample (U.S. Bureau of the Census…
Descriptors: Blacks, Inner City, Labor Market, Labor Needs