Comparative financial information, derived from two national surveys of 531 public community and junior colleges, is presented in this report for fiscal year 1989-90. Chapter 1 provides guidance on using the report to compare institutional statistics with national and peer group norms, and discusses limitations of the data. Chapter 2 summarizes…

Comparative financial information, derived from two national surveys of 503 public two-year colleges, is presented in this report for fiscal year (FY) 1990-91. The report includes statistics for the national sample and six peer groups, space for colleges to compare their institutional statistics with national and peer groups, and tables, bar…

In 1987-88, the National Center for Education Statistics conducted six major surveys that collected information on various aspects of the teaching profession. The surveys included: the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), the Common…

The estimates in this publication are key statistics reported early in the school year and include the number of students in membership, teachers, and high school graduates and the total revenues and expenditures for the operation of public elementary and secondary schools. These estimates are either preliminary actual counts for individual…

This report is the second of two technical reports produced as part of the Study of Excellence in High School Education. These studies are: (1) a cross-sectional analysis comparing 1972 high school seniors and their schools with 1980 high school seniors and their schools; and (2) a longitudinal analysis relating growth and development of 1980 high…

The sixth biennial National Survey of Fringe Benefits in Public Schools focuses on a wide range of fringe benefit practices offered all professional personnel. Data were collected from a national panel sample stratified by enrollment size and are reported separately for large, medium, small, and very small systems for five levels of per pupil…

The sixth biennial National Survey of Fringe Benefits in Public Schools focuses on a wide range of fringe benefit practices offered all professional personnel, including leave policies, insurance coverage, tuition reimbursements, and expense account allowances. Data were collected from a national panel sample stratified by enrollment size and are…

This yearbook offers 1986 data on 1,224 community, junior, and technical colleges in the United States. First, introductory material highlights the 2.9% increase in two-year college enrollments between fall 1985 and fall 1986, the increasing enrollment of minority students, and the colleges' total operating budget of an estimated $13.9 billion. A…

A study was conducted to assess the number and type of schools and educators who use the Internet/World Wide Web. The national survey was conducted in November and December of 1996, and included 6,000 teachers, computer coordinators, and school librarians currently working in grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. At the elementary level, classroom teachers…

This report is a reference tool devoted to minority student education for planners, researchers, policymakers, and reporters covering all levels of education. The following broad minority issues are defined and related in a matrix to all National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys containing racial/ethnic data collected from 1969: (1)…

The sixth biennial National Survey of Fringe Benefits in Public Schools describes a wide range of fringe benefit practices offered all professional personnel, including leave policies, insurance, retirement provisions, and tuition reimbursements. Data were collected from a national panel sample stratified by enrollment size and are reported…

Thirty-six tables provide detailed information about educational and socioeconomic characteristics of students nationwide. The data show, among other things, that overall enrollment is down from 1970, especially at the kindergarten and elementary school level. College attendance is up, though, as more women and people over 25 enroll. This is…

Although it has long been known in a general way that smallness is the dominating characteristic of rural schools, it has seldom been realized how small the enrollments of some of these schools are, how their smallness affects educational costs, or what can be done about it. It is the purpose of this study, so far as the data, are available, to…

The purpose of this study is to segregate and present a comparison of the statistics of urban and rural schools in the United States for the year 1910. From the new emphasis on agricultural education and the more intensive study of the problems of rural life in general which have been manifested of late has emerged a stronger conviction that…

This bulletin contains the first data upon after-class activities in American public schools gathered under the new school-extension record system of the United States Bureau of Education. The tabulations presented in this paper are based upon the returns made to the Bureau of Education on its school extension blanks for the scholastic year ended…