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Nicholson, Starr; Mulvey, Patrick J. – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2011
Academic year 2009-10 produced more physics bachelor's and more physics PhDs than in any other year in US history. The 6,017 physics bachelor's degrees earned in the class of 2010 represent a 65% increase from the class of 1999 eleven years earlier. The 1,558 PhDs in the class of 2010 is up 43% from a recent low 6 years earlier. Non-US citizens…
Descriptors: Physics, Academic Degrees, National Surveys, Enrollment Rate
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Weinstock, Phyllis; Yumoto, Futoshi; Abe, Yasuyo; Meyers, Coby; Wan, Yinmei – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2016
This report describes and explains how to use the School Survey of Practices Associated with High Performance, which measures the degree to which schools are engaging in practices associated with high performance. State education departments and school districts can use the survey results to identify and describe school practices associated with…
Descriptors: School Surveys, High Achievement, School Effectiveness, Educational Practices
Jain, Yashraj – Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2016
This report presents findings from the 2016 Ross-CASE Survey of Philanthropic Giving to Universities in UK. The project was conducted by CASE Europe and funded by HEFCE and the Ross-Group. This year's survey comes at a time of great change for the UK charity sector. The historical trend data of previous surveys will be invaluable in helping…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Higher Education, School Surveys, Universities
Faculty Survey of Student Engagement, 2011
The Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) was designed to complement the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), and is coordinated by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. FSSE (pronounced "fessie") measures faculty members' expectations of student engagement in educational practices that are empirically…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, College Faculty, Learner Engagement
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Monks, James – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
This paper examines job turnover among US university presidents from 2001-2006. Using data from the American Council of Education's Survey of American College Presidents, this analysis finds that public (state supported) university presidents' odds of leaving office over a five-year period are approximately 50 per cent higher than are their…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, College Presidents, Labor Turnover, Persistence
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Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Waasdorp, Tracy E.; Debnam, Katrina J.; Johnson, Sarah Lindstrom – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: School climate has been linked to multiple student behavioral, academic, health, and social-emotional outcomes. The US Department of Education (USDOE) developed a 3-factor model of school climate comprised of safety, engagement, and environment. This article examines the factor structure and measurement invariance of the USDOE model.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High Schools, School Safety, Learner Engagement
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Umbricht, Mark R.; Fernandez, Frank; Ortagus, Justin C. – Educational Policy, 2017
Previous studies have shown that state performance funding policies do not increase baccalaureate degree production, but higher education scholarship lacks a rigorous, quantitative analysis of the unintended consequences of performance funding. In this article, we use difference-in-differences estimation with fixed effects to evaluate performance…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Performance Contracts, Funding Formulas, State Policy
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Walker, Loretta Niebur – Arts Education Policy Review, 2015
This is the first of two articles reporting the results of a study by the author regarding the status of elementary music education in the state of Utah. This article focuses on how elementary music programs are structured (regular instruction with a music specialist, truncated programs, delegated programs, no formal music instruction, no music…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary Education, Educational Methods, Performance Factors
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Marriott, Pru; Tan, Siew Min; Marriott, Neil – Accounting Education, 2015
Finance is a popular programme of study in UK higher education despite it being a challenging subject that requires students to understand and apply complex and abstract mathematical models and academic theories. Educational simulation is an active learning method found to be useful in enhancing students' learning experience, but there has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Business Administration Education, Computer Simulation
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Hsu, Liwei – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
The present study undertook a multilevel analysis on how school administrators' view of the diffusion of adopting technologies in instruction at school level affected teachers' acceptance of the use of these technologies in actual teaching, which, hypothetically, in turn influences students' learning effectiveness. Thirteen Taiwanese high schools…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Hospitality Occupations, Administrators, High School Students
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Shadinger, David – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Use of Internet websites as a communication tool by community college is nearly universal. Exactly what information, functions, and links are offered varies widely among institutions. Research has reported that high school juniors and seniors, prefer to find information on the Internet during their college search process, and Noel Levitz (2006,…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Computer Mediated Communication, Content Analysis, Community Colleges
Ellison, L. Marc – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explores the current ability of higher education to effectively educate and support college students diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder. As the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders increased dramatically during the past decade, it is estimated that tens of thousands of individuals diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder are…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, College Students, Higher Education, Public Colleges
Torchia-Thompson, Lucia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This case study explored the nature of the communication process within the governance system in a community college and illustrated the ways that this process, , supported the fulfillment of the mission of the institution. Guided by systems theory, this study examined how governance system relationships contributed to institutional communication…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Governance, Organizational Communication, Context Effect
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Anderson, Karen; Kochan, Frances; Kensler, Lisa A. W.; Reames, Ellen H. – Journal of School Leadership, 2018
This study examined the relationships between enabling structures, academic optimism, and student achievement to determine whether academic optimism served as a mediator between the two. Student achievement was measured using both criterion-referenced and norm-referenced tests. Findings indicated a relationship between academic optimism, enabling…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Positive Attitudes, Criterion Referenced Tests
Morgan, Nicholas; Killion, Joellen – Learning Forward, 2018
This report investigates factors that drive teachers to embrace or challenge the use of products and services designed to support improvements in practice. Key elements of the study include: (1) Technology-based resources studied include those designed for video observations, peer feedback and collaboration, online professional learning, and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Barriers, Educational Resources, Technology Uses in Education
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