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Philadelphia Board of Public Education, PA. Special Committee on Nondiscrimination. – 1964
THIS REPORT STEMS FROM AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND PRACTICES IN THE PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S INTEGRATION POLICY AND CONTAINS…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Curriculum
New Educational Directions, Crawfordsville, IN. – 1977
The objectives of a study were (1) to describe the various reasons why vocational decisions which are incongruent with measured interest patterns, but which appear to be governed by traditional sex roles, are made; (2) to determine the extent to which such incongruities are attributable to sex stereotyping; and (3) to assess the probability that…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning
Bailey, Stephen K. – 1977
The greatest watershed in federal higher education policy was the Educational Admendments of 1972 that involved the federal government in support of higher education through aid to students. Future fruitful steps in federal legislation would be student-aid policies that allow recipients more institutional choice; meet the needs of part-time…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Federal Aid
New Jersey State Commission on Financing Postsecondary Education, Trenton. – 1977
In 1974 the New Jersey Board of Higher Education appointed an independent Commission on Financing Postsecondary Education to develop a long-range financing plan for education beyond high school. Data were analyzed, issues debated, and alternative financing plans discussed regarding the Commission charge to: (1) develop policies to promote access…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Cost Indexes, Costs
Scott, Robert Allyn – 1976
The admissions process to post secondary schooling is examined, and the complex of academic, financial, geographic, and motivational barriers to access that are currently being overcome are identified in this dissertation. The objectives are to analyze and discuss various topics and to use them to illuminate institutional policies and practices to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, College Bound Students
Gibson, Juanita M.; And Others – 1974
This report presents the findings and recommendations of a consulting team dedicated to helping the Florida Division of Community Colleges achieve its goal of enrolling and employing Blacks and other minorities in approximate proportion to the 18- to 64-year-old population of the State by 1980. This report includes: (1) a detailed description of a…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Civil Rights, College Desegregation
Halsey, Albert H. – 1974
Three major sections compose this paper: (1) education, equality, and mobility; (2) social origin and educational experience; (3) educational antecedents of occupational groups. Basically the paper discusses where Britain stands in what has been described as the 'century of the child' and in a period of high educational aspirations and hopes for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports, Educational Background, Educational Benefits
Shannon, Robin – 1974
The major purpose of this paper are to survey the published data on the size distribution of personal income in a number of countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), to point out the shortcomings of currently collected data, and to propose improvements. An important conclusion concerning the first…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Economic Development
Thomas, Stephen B., Ed.; Floyd, Koy M., Ed. – 1975
This Publication consists of nine articles that were originally prepared for a 1975 conference on "Critical Issues in Educational Finance," which was cosponsored by the Virginia Institute for Educational Finance, the Institutes on Education (Madison College), and the Virginia Association of School Executives. Included are the following articles:…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Colleges, Conference Reports, Cost Indexes
Lamel, Linda – 1974
Career education's goal of increasing career opportunities is admirable and sound, but the usual approach (interjecting career information into existing curricula) will not in itself increase students' opportunities, for existing factors limit students' perceptions of what constitutes a real career choice. The conflict between women's changed role…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education
Jordan, K. Forbis; Alexander, Kern – 1974
This study focuses on the distribution portion of the State school program. It examines the shortcomings of the present system and makes recommendations for changes. The study also considers school transportation in Indiana, school facilities funding, fiscal ability and effort of Indiana school corporations, and compensatory education programs.…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Crowson, Robert L.; Wilbur, Thomas P. – 1970
The Michigan Assessment Program was proposed and designed to provide an improved information base for research and planning. Its assumptions were that education is an important investiment in human welfare, both school and non-school inputs influence educational performance, educational services are inequitably distributed, and resources available…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Educational Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Appropriations. – 1974
In this volume, the Commissioner of Education, Dr. John Ottina, and the Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE), Dr. Thomas K. Glennan, Jr., present their budget proposals for fiscal year 1975 and discuss the numerous programs under their direction. The material in this volume consists of formal, prepared material concerning the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Budgets, Compensatory Education
Governor's Commission on Schools, Springfield, IL. – 1972
This report presents an analysis of Illinois' present educational finance system and makes recommendations for future legislation to improve the system. The report discusses (1) State constitutional provisions, (2) the present tax structure and alternative taxing methods, (3) proposed distribution formulas and equalization methods, (4) financing…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Bus Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance
Bowman, Mary Jean; And Others – 1970
This report presents detailed procedures and findings of research on Japanese high school seniors, their choice of courses, educational and career expectations and preferences, and the extent to which these attitudes conform to relationships in Japanese labor markets. Data came from a 1966 survey of 7,000 male high school seniors enrolled in…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Educational Objectives
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