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Nesler, Mitchell S. – 1999
This study, conducted by Regents College (New York), a virtual university founded to serve the needs of adult learners, sought to determine factors associated with student retention in an external degree program. Assessment data for students enrolled in the Regents College undergraduate liberal arts program was derived solely from the student…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Adult Education, College Attendance
Cummins, Jim – 2000
One result of the all-time high in population mobility is that in many school systems monolingual and monocultural students are the exception rather than the rule, particularly in urban areas. This shift in demographic realities entails enormous challenges for educators and policymakers. What do teachers need to know in order to teach effectively…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Culturally Relevant Education
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McKay, Sandra Lee – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Examines demographic changes in the United States since 1980s influencing the recent effort to assert English over other languages. Key issues include: efforts to ensure English dominance in English-Only initiatives; court rulings on English-Only regulations in the workplace; and bilingual education legislation. Reviews current research on…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Competition, Court Litigation
Hodgkinson, Harold – School Business Affairs, 1999
This companion piece to a 1997 article examines United States demographic trends, such as diversity by age, "race" and U.S. Census racial classifications, wealth, transiency, suburbanization and sprawl, and immigration, focusing on differences among states and metro regions. Nothing, including achievement scores, social services, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Age Differences, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis
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Norlev, Jeanette; Davidsen, Michael; Sundaram, Vanita; Kjoller, Mette – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
In this study indicators associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a nationwide representative sample (N = 3,184) of Danes aged 16-35 years were examined. The study was cross-sectional and had three aims: (1) to draw a profile of persons with and without suicidal tendency established on a combined quartered variable on current…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Social Networks, Quality of Life, Suicide
Doucette, Don; Ventura-Merkel, Catherine – 1991
Part of an effort to expand and improve community college programs and services for older adults, this two-part report summarizes results from a national survey of older adult programs and provides an overview of current trends and their implications for action in community colleges. Following introductory sections, the report discusses a fall…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, College Role, Community Colleges
Montigny, G.; And Others – 1991
This two-part document summarizes and analyzes the implications of a national study of adult literacy in Canada that included home interviews with a representative sample of 13,571 Canadians between the ages of 16 and 69. Part 1 summarizes the study's objectives, methodology, and findings. Among the main findings are the following: (1) 16% of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Demography
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1993
This three-volume report presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the fall 1992 term. The first volume summarizes: (1) the distribution of all credit course students by load (full-time/part-time), level…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, College Transfer Students, Enrollment
Bobbett, Gordon C.; And Others – 1994
This paper presents the latest in a series of studies examining school district report cards for their usefulness planning and implementing school improvement. The 1992-93 Arkansas report cards were studied. These were similar to the report cards from Tennessee that were the subject of the initial study in that they used and reported a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations
Simons, Michele; And Others – 1994
In 1993-94, a random sample of 547 individuals authorized to perform marriages in Australia (marriage celebrants) and 560 couples from across Australia who had married in 1993 were surveyed regarding their views of premarriage education (PME) and the factors enhancing/inhibiting participation in PME programs (PMEPs). Of the marriage celebrants,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change
Harris, Roger; And Others – 1992
Concerns over the high incidence of divorce and domestic violence have prompted many Australian churches and some nonchurch agencies to offer premarriage education programs (PMEPs) to couples planning to marry. Unlike past PMEPs, which were often didactic, Australia's present-day PMEPs tend to be learner-centered programs that encourage…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change, Church Programs
New Hampshire State Dept. of Postsecondary Technical Education, Concord. – 1996
This annual report for the New Hampshire Technical Colleges and Institute System (NHTC&IS) includes information for 1995 on enrollments, outcomes, job placement, average salaries, transfer institutions, work force training, the Police Academy, finances, and governance. The following accomplishments are highlighted: (1) in 1995, the NHTC&IS…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment
Sum, Andrew; Fogg, W. Neal – 1996
A study examined the labor market problems of the United States' out-of-school youth population and trends in the development and attempted solution of those problems over the past 20 years. The study's major areas of focus were as follows: trends in the nation's out-of-school youth population's size and demographic composition; trends in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged
Oklahoma Inst. for Child Advocacy, Inc., Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Kids Count. – 1995
This Kids Count report details county and statewide trends in the well-being of Oklahoma's children. The statistical report is based on eight indicators of child well being: (1) percent low birthweight infants; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) births to unmarried teens; (4) child abuse and neglect rates; (5) child death rate; (6) children living in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Citizens for Missouri's Children, St. Louis. – 1994
This Kids Count report presents current information on adolescent pregnancy rates in Missouri. Part 1, "Overview of Adolescent Pregnancy in Missouri," discusses the changing pregnancy, abortion, and birth rates for 15- to 19-year-old adolescents, racial differences in pregnancy risk, regional differences suggesting a link between…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescents, Birth Rate, Births to Single Women
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