Diverse national and local policies represent efforts to guarantee inclusive and equitable quality education and provide lifelong learning for all (SDG4). Their effects have the potential to alter local access to education. There has been a lot of research on the factors that led certain universities to embrace distance learning programs in their…

Reviews knowledge of the following three related areas of concern: (1) the portrayal of science and scientists in popular culture; (2) community attitudes toward science and scientists; and (3) student perceptions of scientists. The relevance of these three areas of concern for science educators is also addressed. (JN)

A survey of 375 businesses within the target area of a university's business school revealed attitudes about university relative to 19 institutional image criteria; and which university the businesses would recommend to students planning to major in specific business areas. Implications for defining and refining institutional image and for…

From the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

A concerns analysis is a method of data collection for program improvement budget requests. It is also a public relations tool, opening lines of communication between the school and the community. Data sources for this analysis include employer, parent, and student surveys and the community forum. (SK)

This 1998 Citizen Survey for Spartanburg Technical College (STC) in South Carolina, identifies the education and training needs of the service area, how STC can meet those needs, what changes need to be made in the college, and how it should promote its programs and services. Information was obtained through telephone surveys from a random sample…

Author, a newspaper editor, notes remoteness of many school administrators and teachers from community, leading them to assume support for school programs--and taxes--which does not exist. Seven suggestions point towards improving public relations and regaining parental cooperation. (PD)

Colleges and universities today understand that positive public attitudes about higher education are important because they affect their financial stability and public support of their academic programs. Recent opinion surveys highlight the public's view that colleges should provide more adequate career preparation, while students also see their…

It is argued that colleges tend to have a high opinion of themselves and would be wise to learn how their various publics (community, business community, guidance counselors, college-bound students, parents, current students, alumni, staff) perceive them. Comparison with competitors and monitoring of change over time is also recommended. (MSE)

The self-administered questionnaire is designed for the collection of information on public perceptions of the importance of the educational goals established by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). Also included in the questionnaire are items on the perceived extent of goal attainment, school processes, issues, and the most urgent…

The purpose of this study was to provide input for educators through a systematic review of the goals established by the Maryland State Department of Education; by the determination of goal-gaps and the determination of critical needs; and by an optimum allocation of available resources. An additional benefit of this study was the collection of…

The student editor and faculty advisor of a high school newspaper discuss reactions to a feature on gays, lesbians, and homophobia that caused great controversy in the school's community. Acceptance of diversity, which motivated the topic selection in the first place, also grew from acknowledging the responses of the community. (SLD)

A study investigated the attitudes of Boise State University faculty, students, and community members concerning their educational expectations of a metropolitan campus with community college offerings. The study looked at whether faculty priorities were consistent with a community college mission, how unified were the voices of students and…

Attitudes toward gifted children and toward special educational programs were analyzed among 853 regular teachers, special teachers, parents, administrators, children, community leaders, and lay public. Parents and teachers of the gifted were most favorable; explanations were suggested. (GDC)