Spring 1983 course registration data are presented for regular credit programs at the six Hawaii community colleges (i.e., Honolulu, Kapiolani, Kauai, Leeward, Maui, and Windward). Table 1 provides a course registration summary by campus, contrasting fall 1981, spring 1982, fall 1982, and spring 1983 data on numbers of courses, classes, and…

Intended to make possible the comparison of staffing patterns in one school system with those in systems of similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report was developed through a national survey conducted in 1983-84 of 1,217 school systems. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate…

Drawing from two surveys of 442 public community and junior colleges from across the country, this report presents comparative financial statistics for 1981-82. Chapter 1 provides information on the use of the report in comparing institutional statistics with national and peer group medians; points out limitations of the data; and offers a summary…

Drawing from two surveys of 520 public community and junior colleges from across the country, this report presents comparative financial statistics for 1982-83. Chapter 1 provides information on the use of the report in comparing institutional statistics with national and peer group medians; points out limitations of the data; and offers a summary…

This report discusses Title I programs currently operating in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools and analyzes various budgeting options that would permit administrators to maintain educational quality in the face of reduced funding. Detailed descriptions, including data on pupil achievement, cost effectiveness, and implementation problems,…

The document establishes the minimum standards for program approval, pupil eligibility, and appropriate programing within the least restrictive environment as mandated by the Arkansas Act 102 of 1973, as amended by Act 641 of 1975 (the Handicapped Children's Act) and P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Part 1, on program…

This report, the fourth in a series of comparative data studies of public community and junior colleges in the United States, presents information derived from a sample of 420 colleges. After introductory material presents background on the study and its objectives, chapter 1 outlines possible uses of the study data, points out limitations and the…

Compiled to provide information on the outdoor education programs offered by 44 Canadian universities, this directory highlights the special characteristics of each program. The directory also provides the following information for each university: (1) contact person; (2) personnel involved in outdoor education and their degree qualifications and…

An alternative program for the preparation of elementary teachers, based in part on the assumption that the development of human relations is part of the total learning process is described. The program incorporates the following special features: (1) It concentrates most of the professional training component into three full-time semester blocks…

To help school administrators and others compare staffing patterns in their school systems with those in systems of a similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report provides data on pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate categories of professional personnel. The ratios analyzed in the report were…

This digest summarizes and condenses some of the information about higher education in the United States from 1973-74 through 1977-78 provided by the U.S. Office of Education and other public and private educational organizations. Eleven tables are presented on the following topics: number of institutions and branch campuses, by type and control;…

Because of the large number of vocational agriculture programs in Texas public schools and the large sum expended annually on their curriculum materials, a study was undertaken to determine the suitability of single topic student materials and of state adopted textbooks for both group and individual instructional purposes. From a random sample of…

School districts that survive declining enrollments will be the ones who recognize that the problem exists and build their programs and plans to meet the problem. It is necessary to know community demography and develop farsighted, actuarily sound projections of the effects. As money is basic to the problem, it is necessary to know the fiscal…

Based on an examination of financial data collected from a nationwide sample of 184 two-year colleges, this five-part report facilitates the comparison of an individual institution's financial status with national averages and with averages for other colleges of the same size. Part I discusses the use of the report as an aid in comparative…

Statistical data and descriptive analyses concerning higher education in the United States from 1975-80 are presented in summary form, based on information provided by the U.S. Office of Education and other public and private educational organizations. The 11 statistical tables cover the following areas: number of institutions (two-year,…