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Stronge, William B.; Villemez, Wayne J. – 1977
A study was conducted to compare the gain received from vocational education by those from low socioeconomic backgrounds to the gain received by those from high socioeconomic backgrounds to determine whether the postsecondary vocational education system lessens the gap between the social classes. Business/office, distributive, health, and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Harms, Louis T.; And Others – 1977
This report reviews activities of the first year's work of a project whose purpose was to provide information which will assist the Philadelphia School District in making plans for educational programs, staff, and facilities in response to impending changes in occupational job requirements in the Philadelphia area and changes in student needs and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
Cornejo, Ricardo; Nadeau, Adel – 1978
This is the first in a series of papers on research, development, and training for bilingual/multicultural education. The first two sections of the paper describe Task Force findings specifying remedies available for eliminating past educational practices ruled unlawful under Lau v Nichols, particularly the section dealing with identification of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Court Litigation
Wiley, David E.; Harnischfeger, Annegret – 1980
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 collected data on the backgrounds, experiences, attitudes, and plans of 16,683 students who were high school seniors at 1,044 schools in 1972. In addition, three followup studies focused on the work experiences, education and training, military service, family status, life…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Schmidt, William H. – 1981
The question examined in this paper is whether variability in the quantity of schooling students receive in different curricular areas is a contributor to observed differences in achievement not only among students attending different high schools, but among students in the same high school. A conceptual framework enumerates the determinants of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Characteristics, Curriculum Research, English Instruction
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1980
The National Education Association's 1980 survey of school programs and practices involved sending questionnaires to 805 representative school systems serving 300 or more students. Exactly 508 usable questionnaires were returned. Thirteen topical areas were explored: (1) increases and decreases in student enrollment and numbers of teachers; (2)…
Descriptors: Censorship, Disabilities, Discipline, Educational Finance
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1981
This handbook on locally directed evaluation (LDE) is designed as a practical guide for vocational and other school administrators to use in initiating or improving evaluation activities carried out at the local level. It is divided into seven sections. Each section includes an evaluation instrument, the purpose of the evaluation activity, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Guides, Counselor Evaluation
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Junior Colleges. – 1981
As an information aid for legislators and the public, the 22 tables in this report summarize data relevant to the academic and fiscal operations of the Florida Community College System (FCCS) during fiscal year 1979-1980. Tables 1 through 3 detail opening Fall headcount by class, instructional program, and student entrance status; Fall headcount…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advanced Placement, Age, Apprenticeships
Smith, Ian D., Comp. – 1980
This second of the two-part proceedings of an Australian conference on youth schooling and unemployment contains 25 research reports and texts from two symposia on alienation from school to work, and youth in transition. Focus of the papers is on educational practices and specific problems in the area of educational research. Topics covered in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities
Caputo, Colleen C.; Haymore, Judy – 1981
Increasingly, educational evaluators are using studies of individual students in a program, reporting their academic and community background, dimensions of the program in which they were enrolled, and the benefits to the students after completing or leaving the program as a measure of the success of the programs. The case studies in this…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Educational Improvement Center-South, Sewell, NJ. – 1981
Designed to help South Jersey school districts address the vocational developmental needs of their secondary gifted students, the Vocational Guidance/Instructional Program for Gifted/Talented Vocational Students (Project VGIP) involved a flexible consortium and development of a handbook of vocational counseling and teaching strategies for gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes, Career Counseling, Career Development
Yang, Shu-O Wu; Zak, Michele Wender – 1981
The nature and characteristics of part-time faculty members in the state of Ohio were studied, based on a survey of 22 institutions, including four-year public and private and two-year or community colleges. Questionnaire responses were analyzed from 1,590 part-time faculty members and 335 administrators. Case studies also were conducted to obtain…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Faculty
Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1975
This study, done at Syracuse University in 1975, investigated the multidimensional differences in freshman perceptions and experience of the academic and non-academic aspects of college associated with varying amounts of informal contact with faculty. Discriminant analysis indicated that factor dimensions, termed Interest Value, Practical Appeal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Faculty, College Freshmen
Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1978
The status of higher education in Texas is examined in this major report of changes in higher education over the past decade. Information on enrollment, cost, financial aid, job opportunities, and facilities in higher education institutions is given for private higher education, professional higher education, community colleges, and state colleges…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Colleges, Costs, Educational Demand
Pitzer, C. Lewis; Gurtner, Mary – 1977
This report contains excerpts from career education units which were developed by Roanoke City (Virginia) teachers for kindergarten through adult education. Areas presented are (1) career awareness for the kindergarten; (2) a career model for elementary education; (3) a plan for implementing career education concepts in the elementary school; (4)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Audiovisual Aids, Career Awareness
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