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EdSource, 2010
Public education supports California's economic growth and creates opportunities for the state's youth. Given that, it is important for Californians to understand how much the state is investing in its schools and how that money is being spent. Comparing California with the nation and other similar states can provide a useful perspective in…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Educational Finance, Costs, Public Education
Alverson, Charlotte Y.; Naranjo, Jason M.; Yamamoto, Scott; Unruh, Deanne K. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
The current U.S. federal mandate for educational accountability requires state departments of education to collect data on the postschool employment and postsecondary school and/or training enrollment of young adults with disabilities. To examine how these data have been collected, we conducted a literature synthesis of follow-up and follow-along…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Adults, State Departments of Education, Accountability
Al-Shehab, Ali Jasem – Education, 2010
With the diminishing model of the welfare state, public education in Kuwait is facing the challenges of the competition of private schools, while the private sector has always struggled against the monopolistic power of the public schools that educate a broad spectrum of K-12 students. This article presents estimates of the effect of private…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Private Sector, Elementary Secondary Education
Kasirye, Ibrahim; Hisali, Eria – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
Due to high prime-age mortality--a result of the HIV/AIDS scourge, the number of orphans in Uganda continues to rise. Using the 2002/2003 Uganda National Household Survey, this paper investigates how HIV/AIDS orphan status affects schooling enrolment and grade progression. Our results show that HIV/AIDS orphans are not significantly less likely to…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Child Welfare, Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries
Pham, Hoa – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Occupational students constitute the majority of enrollments at community colleges; yet little is known whether students in career and technical programs persist in their education and attain degrees in their program of study. The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of engagement of students enrolled in vocational programs at one…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Statistical Significance
Weible, Rick; McClure, Rex – Marketing Education Review, 2011
Numerous studies have assessed the benefits that students and employers gain from participating in and supporting internship programs. Assessment of the benefits that marketing departments receive from supporting internship programs has largely been neglected. This study aims to address this gap by examining the responses of 180 colleges of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Internship Programs, Marketing, Deans
Talbott, Elizabeth; Fleming, Jane; Karabatsos, George; Dobria, Lidia – International Journal of Special Education, 2011
Since the inception of special education, researchers have identified higher proportions of minority students with disabilities than expected. Yet, relatively few studies have considered the contributions of the school context on a large scale to the identification of students with mental retardation (MR), emotional disturbance (ED), and learning…
Descriptors: Low Income, Mental Retardation, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities
Cameron, Stuart – Online Submission, 2010
Bangladesh's urban population is rising fast. In the capital, Dhaka, some 4 million people live in slums. They are lacking in wealth, power and social connections; probably under-counted in national surveys; and under-served by both government and non-government organisations, many of whom still see poverty as a rural issue or see the urban poor…
Descriptors: Slums, Foreign Countries, Urban Population, Access to Education
EdSource, 2010
With an index, and separate sections that cover related topics, this booklet provides fingertip access to the latest information about California's public education system. The 2010 Resource Cards also include a robust section on community colleges. This booklet contains the following sections: (1) School Finance/Related Laws, which includes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Public Education, Financial Policy
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
High schools are a cornerstone of America's rural communities. When they are strong, rural secondary schools provide twenty-first-century students with the high-level knowledge, skills, and technology they need to succeed in college, careers, and life. In too many rural communities, however, high schools are in trouble. In fact, more than one…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Schools, Educational Attainment, Educational Change
Stebleton, Michael – Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2010
Elizabeth Redden, author of the "Inside Higher Ed" article, "Lost Men on Campus," succinctly articulated the growing concerns about many college men at postsecondary institutions. Her review of results and issues presented at the "ND Conference on College Men" highlighted decreased rates of enrollment for men, underrepresentation of men in campus…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, African American Students, Males
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2009
This report describes the total number of Virginia Community College System (VCCS) transfer students each institution of higher education enrolled, and graduated from 2001-02 to 2005-06. The number of VCCS transfer students admitted to each higher education institution is not included because the State Council of Higher Education does not require…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Associate Degrees, Public Colleges, Time to Degree
Schepp, Julie; Domagala, Anna – North Dakota University System, 2009
This report provides information on degree and certificate programs offered and student program completions for fiscal year 2008-09 in North Dakota's public and private postsecondary educational institutions. Institutional programs are coded in accordance with the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP Code) system provided by the National…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Research Reports, College Outcomes Assessment
Michael, Robert S.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Carson, Fatima R. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2009
Changes to school funding in Indiana have been substantial in the last few years, and when coupled with the economic recession experienced by Indiana and the nation, school corporations are faced with new and sometimes challenging financial management decisions. This Education Policy Brief will examine the recent changes implemented to Indiana's…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Corporations, Evaluation, Educational Change
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This publication, presented in pocket guide format, contains data from 2008 vocational education and training (VET) statistics collections. It includes key data on students and courses, apprentices and trainees training activity, graduates, the financial operations of the VET system, and employers' use and views of the VET system. Among the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Trainees, Enrollment Rate