The Post-9/11 GI Bill took effect on August 1, 2009, increasing the education benefits available to military service members who served after September 10, 2001. A previous National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) study used national data collected in 2007-08 to profile military undergraduate and graduate students who received benefits…

This third edition of the "Mobile Digest of Education Statistics" is a compact compilation of statistical information which covers prekindergarten through graduate school to describe the current American education scene. The "Mobile Digest" is designed as an easy mobile reference for materials found in detail in the…

More than 3 million students were enrolled in graduate or first-professional programs in the United States during the 2007-08 academic year. These students varied widely both in their demographic characteristics and in the degree programs they pursued. These Web Tables use data from the most recent National Postsecondary Student Aid Study…

The 2017 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 53rd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

Studies the record of three companies (Sabis International, Edison Project, and Alternative Public Schools) that manage Massachusetts for-profit charter schools in serving students with disabilities. The profit motive compels even resource-heavy charter schools to limit required services, use inappropriate disciplinary procedures, segregate…

The 2016 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 52nd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

Critiques a November 1999 "Kappan" article praising one charter school's special-education program, arguing that most Massachusetts for-profit charter schools receive funding for disabled students whom they refuse to serve. These schools have excluded, counseled out, mistreated, and withheld needed services from numerous students with…

Includes "Ultimate Default Management System" (Coppock); "Effective Job Placement for the 90s" (Yena); "Planning the Future of Your School" (Herzing); "Budgeting: Your Financial Road Map" (Sears); "Making the Americans with Disabilities Act Work for You" (Leonard); "Helping Students to…

This directory provides a comprehensive guide to special services offered to assist students with disabilities at 235 postsecondary institutions in New York State, based on a 1994 survey. Part 1 provides two listings of the included institutions, one alphabetical and one by sector--State University of New York, City University of New York,…

Eight papers presented at a September, 1985 forum concerned with the school to work transition of handicapped youth are presented. Papers were developed as part of a project, "Transitional Programming for Handicapped Youth: Interdisciplinary Leadership Preparation Program at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). An introductory…