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Download full textACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four-Year Colleges/Universities with greater than or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Enrollment Trends
Govindan, Indira – 1996
This study developed a profile of college freshman children of immigrant parents and identified differences in the entering characteristics of these students and the freshman children of native born parents. Data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program survey were evaluated for 97 freshmen with foreign-born parents and 334 freshmen…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Freshmen
Lucas, Tamara – 1993
A method for evaluating and improving the secondary school environment for limited-English-proficient students is presented. The first section outlines research findings about elements in the school context, curriculum, and staffing found effective in serving LEP students. Desirable factors in the school context include: valuing of students'…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, English (Second Language)
MMWR, 1997
This report summarizes recommendations for encouraging physical activity among young people so they will continue to engage in physical activity in adulthood and obtain the benefits of physical activity throughout life. The guidelines are based on an in-depth review of research, theory, and current practice in physical education, exercise science,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Comprehensive School Health Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
Veale, James R. – 1993
The School-based Youth Services Program (SBYSP) provides a one-stop location or center accessible to teens within or close to the public school. It is designed to help at-risk students by coordinating services between the community and the school, with the goal of keeping students in school and helping them gain skills that lead to employment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Case Studies, Community Services
Berney, Tomi D.; Alvarez, Rosalyn – 1989
Project BECA (the Bilingual Education and Career Awareness program) served 346 students at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in New York City in its second year of extension funding. Participating students received instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), native language arts (NLA), content area subjects, bilingual industrial arts, and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Business Education, Career Awareness
Barr, Margaret J.; And Others – 1988
An overview is provided of issues influencing student affairs practice, designed to assist practitioners in applying legal principles in their daily work. The following chapters are presented in three sections (legal foundations and student affairs practice; key areas of legal responsibility and liability; and strengthening the legal basis of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Civil Rights, College Administration, College Admission
Ekstrom, Ruth B.; And Others – 1988
The book is the outgrowth of two studies: a cross-sectional analysis comparing the experiences and tested achievement of high school seniors over the decade 1972 to 1982, and a longitudinal analysis relating cognitive growth (particularly in mathematical skills) of 1980 high school sophomores to their schooling experiences over the period 1980 to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Demography
Burt, Ruth Fredine; Douglas, Marcia – 1977
The booklet is a guide for community resource people who have agreed to share their job experiences with high school students involved in experience-based learning programs. The programs allow students to observe and participate in the daily routines required in careers they may wish to pursue. Resource people can use this booklet to determine how…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Community Role
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
Students participating in community-based job exploration programs will complete forms in this booklet at various times throughout the experience. The programs allow students to observe and participate in the daily routine of selected jobs with selected community resource persons. These forms serve as a diary of experiences. Preliminary sections…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Community Resources, Extracurricular Activities, Field Experience Programs
Van Raalte, Robert C.; And Others – 1978
The annual report presents activities for the 1976-77 school year, the thirtieth year that the Johnson O'Malley Act (JOM) has provided impetus for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) as a subcontractor to provide supplementary services necessary to carry out educational programs afforded Indian children in public schools. Part I…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Cultural Enrichment
Bennedsen, Dorte – 1980
Consolidation of two earlier Danish Ministry of Education Acts in 1980 resulted in a 12-part Act which outlines programs and activities in leisure-time education for children and adults. Sections of the Act cover: (1) youth schools; (2) leisure-time activities for children and young people, including interest-groups, youth clubs and use of school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Compensation (Remuneration), Correspondence Study
Covelli, Nicholas J.; Campbell, Jeanette – 1980
This self-evaluation report presents information gathered by Gateway Technical Institute in partial fulfillment of reaffirmation for accreditation as a single, multi-campus institution. Included in the report are ten chapters dealing with: (1) the college's philosophy and objectives; (2) the geographic, demographic, and economic characteristics of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Administrators, Ancillary Services
Potter, David A. – 1980
Because courts have required that selection tests be job-related, this study was undertaken to provide a practical means of performing a job analysis of teaching. Several court decisions are discussed, including Griggs v. Duke Power Company and Chance v. Board of Examiners, with respect to both Fourteenth Amendment and statutory issues. In the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
Saint Louis Public Schools, MO. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE STATUS OF QUALITY INTEGRATED EDUCATION IN THE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED ARE--(1) BUS TRANSPORTATION TO RELIEVE OVERCROWDING IN THE SCHOOLS, (2) RACIAL INTEGRATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND NONPROFESSIONAL SCHOOL STAFF, (3) A PROGRAM FOR TRAINING APPRENTICE…
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
