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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of the Professions. – 1984
The underrepresentation of minority groups in graduate and professional education in New York State and approaches to address this problem are discussed. Components include: limited awareness of professional career options among minority students; inadequate counseling at important stages of education; lack of minority professional role models;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Degrees (Academic), Elementary Secondary Education
Arizona State Board of Directors for Community Colleges, Phoenix. – 1985
This five-part annual report provides information for fiscal year 1984-85 on the Arizona State Board of Directors for Community Colleges; the state's community college districts; college finances and enrollments; and vocational education. Section I presents the Board's statement of philosophy, delineates general expenditures, and indicates the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Lewis, Jean; And Others – 1976
Designed as a component of a pilot career exploration project at Vale Middle School, Vale, Oregon, this guide is directed toward helping any school implement the concept of career education. The guide is divided into three sections. Section 1 offers ideas that give support to the background and justification for the concept of career education.…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Boards of Education
Malakoff, Eve H., Ed. – 1981
Eight papers originally presented during the 1981 annual meeting of the National School Boards Association's Council of School Attorneys are collected in this publication. The topics, of interest particularly to school attorneys, include text and library book selection and the First Amendment; the courts' criteria for awarding attorney fees…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Boards of Education, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Kohler, Lewis T., Ed. – 1980
Designed to help school business managers understand management-labor relations, this handbook outlines a managerial approach to negotiations designed to protect the local educational agency's needs. The principles and philosophy of negotiations as well as its legal setting are presented in the introduction and first two chapters. Chapters 3, 4,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Arbitration, Boards of Education
Kay, Steve; And Others – 1981
Schools in two neighboring rural Kentucky counties ("West" and "East") were studied to determine the effect of differing school organization on school functioning and community-school relations. Data gathered from public sources, attendance at faculty, staff and school board meetings, interviews, and faculty questionnaires…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Involvement
Smartt, Steven H. – 1981
The role of advanced programs in urban universities and the relationship between large public urban universities and comprehensive state universities in less-populated areas are addressed. An overview of the issues, case studies in three states, a study comparing students in two doctoral programs, and information on the characteristics of large…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Doctoral Programs, Financial Support, Graduate Study
Kintzer, Frederick C. – 1981
Approaches to articulation/transfer in several states and some individual colleges and universities are examined. Guidelines and/or policies from state commissions, agencies, or systems of higher education in Rhode Island, Maryland, Illinois, North Carolina, and South Carolina are described. In Rhode Island, a transfer guide presents broad policy…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Transfer Students, Comparative Analysis
Dunne, Faith; Carlsen, William S. – 1981
Small rural schools with fewer than 15 pupils per grade at the elementary level, fewer than 200 pupils in high schools, and fewer than 300 pupils in all grades at K-12 (or 1-12) schools or districts were profiled in 1980 by the National Institute of Education. Nearly 6,000 small schools were scattered throughout the country with the following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Boards of Education, Community Attitudes
Buchanan, W. Wray; And Others – 1978
The Tennessee State Board of Regents adopted a resolution at the March, 1977, meeting directing the staff to conduct a study of low producing degree programs in the System. Such a study was initiated using criteria for program review selected by the System's Academic Affairs Sub-Council. Members of this Sub-Council are the chief academic officers…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Planning, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Wahlstrom, M. W.; And Others – 1980
This document summarizes research into early childhood education programs for 3- to 8-year-old children in Ontario. The document focuses upon the problems, priorities, and practices which characterize these programs. Two factors in Ontario prompted research into its early childhood education programs: public concern over rising educational costs;…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Case Studies, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Banker, Nancy Sirmay – 1979
This case study of a small suburban school district in the San Francisco Bay Area examines the interplay among individuals and groups within the district who make and implement policy decisions. The issue of awarding credit for experience-based learning focuses and directs the study. As an introduction to examination of the ways decisions are…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Career Education, Case Studies, Credits
BUCHMILLER, A.A.; TEITEL, MARTIN – 1966
THIS ANALYSIS OF NORTHERN DE FACTO SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND RACIAL IMBALANCE REVIEWS THE LEGAL ISSUES AND COURT DECISIONS GERMANE TO VARIOUS DESEGREGATION EFFORTS. IT IS NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH HOUSING PATTERNS MAY ACCOUNT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE RACIAL IMBALANCE IN SCHOOLS, GERRYMANDERING OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES PLAYS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE. SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Cultural Enrichment
GITTELL, MARILYN; AND OTHERS – 1967
A TWO-PART COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IS MADE OF LARGE AND SMALL CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS. PART I ANALYZES A WIDE RANGE OF FISCAL AND NON-FISCAL VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH FISCAL STATUS OF CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS. IT COVERS THE 2,788 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH ENROLLMENTS OVER 3,000. COMPLEX INTERRELATIONSHIPS SURROUNDING FISCAL STATUS IN…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Boards of Education, Budgets, Civil Rights
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1964
THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THROUGH EXPANDING OPPORTUNITES. INSERVICE TRAINING COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR TEACHING PROGRAMS. TRAINING IS OFFERED IN LABORATORY SCHOOLS TO TEST NEW MATERIALS AND…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Action, Counseling Services, Curriculum Research
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