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Garcia, David R.; Molnar, Alex; Merrill, Bruce – Arizona Education Policy Initiative, 2005
In 2004 the Arizona Education Policy Initiative (AEPI), a collaboration of Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona, conducted its first-annual survey of parents in a systematic effort to capture parent opinion and establish a framework for tracking parent views over time. Assessing parent opinion is…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Testing Programs, Parent Attitudes, State Standards
Molnar, Alex; Merrill, Bruce – Arizona Education Policy Initiative, 2004
The Arizona Education Policy Initiative (AEPI), a collaboration of Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona, conducted a statewide telephone survey to get parents' perspectives on the condition of education in the state. From March 17 to March 27, 2004, a statewide random sample of 400 Arizona parents…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Testing Programs, Parent Attitudes, State Standards
Habley, Wesley R.; McClanahan, Randy – ACT, Inc., 2004
This report reflects ACT's three-decade commitment to assist colleges and universities to better understand the impact of campus practices on college student retention and degree completion. This report focuses only on the data provided by two-year public colleges. (Contains 14 tables.) [For the main report, "What Works in Student Retention? All…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Two Year Colleges
Wagner, June G. – Keying In, 2002
This document contains three articles on teaching the growing population of nontraditional students. "The Changing Demographics of the Classroom" defines "nontraditional students"; reviews the characteristics, risk factors, and special needs of nontraditional students; and identifies the following services as particularly important to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Ground, Ian, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 41 plenary papers, speeches, papers, abstracts, and workshop presentations from a conference on continuing education, lifelong learning, equity, and inclusion in further education (FE) and higher education (HE). The following are among the papers included: "A New Way of Learning: The UfI (University for Industry)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Articulation (Education)
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, Rockville, MD. – 2000
The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) convened the Expert Workgroup on Diversity to advise the NACNEP on development of a national agenda for increasing workforce diversity. The workgroup's 18 members developed recommended goals and actions covering the following broad themes: (1) enhance efforts to increase the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Adult Education, Change Strategies
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2002
This document presents the of an annual educational research forum held at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) on December 11, 2002. A table of contents and 27 research studies of high school teaching are included. Studies include: Effects of the Earth/Environmental Science Requirement on High School Science Enrollment in North…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, French, Religious Factors, High Schools
Lopes da Silva, Aracy – 2000
Adult education for indigenous peoples in Brazil was examined. First, information on government institutions, indigenous organizations, international agencies, and nongovernmental organizations engaged in adult education for Brazil's indigenous peoples was compiled. Next, questionnaires and survey techniques were used to research the policy and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Page, Stephen, Ed. – CEIC Review, 2001
These six issues examine education in the inner cities. Titles include: "Pathways to School/Community/Family Partnership Results: Measures of Success and Student Learning" (e.g., promoting community partnerships and active learning through federal policy and linking child development knowledge with partnership evaluation); "Emerging…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Accountability
Sum, Andrew; Fogg, Neeta; Mangum, Garth – 2000
The labor market prospects of out-of-school young adults and options for improving the employment and earnings potential of all young adults were examined. The following issues were among those considered: demographic and social factors affecting young adults' employment prospects; employment trends and labor market problems in the United States…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adolescents, Apprenticeships, At Risk Persons
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2001
Eight tech prep consortia located across the United States were studied to assess their tech prep implementation and outcomes. Special attention was paid to the consortia's use of and success with the following tech prep components: formal articulation agreements; core curriculum; rigorous instruction emphasizing integration of academic and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Apprenticeships
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1936 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner's portion of this report is divided into three parts. Part I, General Outlook in Education, covers: (1) Developments during the Year (In Public Schools; In the Colleges; and…
Descriptors: Public Education, Higher Education, Emergency Programs, Conservation (Environment)
Stuart, Mary, Ed.; Thomson, Alistair, Ed. – 1995
This book, which is written for adult educators working in further and community education and university continuation in Great Britain, contains 12 papers about engaging with those students who have traditionally been excluded from the full range of educational learning opportunities: women, adults with learning difficulties, members of ethnic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals)
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
Department for Education and Employment, London (England). – 2001
This document outlines how the government of the United Kingdom intends to achieve and sustain full employment and social justice across the country. Chapter 1 discusses the United Kingdom's economic, educational, and social problems and details plans to solve them through a policy based on the following principles: (1) building an economy with…
Descriptors: Agency Role, At Risk Persons, Basic Skills, Change Strategies
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