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Honeyman, David S.; And Others – 1989
This monograph investigates issues related to the financial support of rural schools. The first section describes various state formulas and the methods used to distribute funds to rural schools. It considers questions about the adequacy of funding adjustments based on sparsity and the relationship of such adjustments to equal educational…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Consolidated Schools, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Tsang, Sau-Lim; Wing, Linda C. – 1985
Noting the lack of a comprehensive body of knowledge about Asian American educational achievement and attainment, this document examines recent national data in order to develop an empirical profile of the educational status of Asian American secondary and postsecondary students. According to the data, higher proportions of Asian Americans than of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Demography, Educational Attainment
Walz, Garry R.; Leu, Jane – 1979
The ERIC Futures Issues Component (EFIC) of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services (ERIC/CAPS) created a survey with each of the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses and the University of Michigan School of Education to identify emerging social issues and developments with potential for significantly affecting education. Respondents (N=79)…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Washington, Valora; Harvey, William – 1989
The need for higher education to shift from a policy of nondiscrimination to one of affirmative action is examined, with note taken of the clear opportunity for higher education to take advantage of faculty positions being vacated due to retirement during the mid-to-late 1990s. Preparations can be made now to provide opportunities for minority…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Black Teachers, Civil Rights
Witty, Elaine P. – 1982
A survey of the literature on the issues and problems related to the preparation and survival of black public school teachers in the United States resulted in findings and recommendations in five areas. The first area considers literature on the underrepresentation of black teachers in public schools, studies on pupil/teacher ratios, expanded…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Education
Imel, Susan – 1986
Correctional education is a generic term describing a wide range of educational activities that take place in institutional and community settings. In 1986, 37 states and the District of Columbia provided correctional education to incarcerated adults directly through state departments of corrections. In addition, several states have created…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Correctional Education, Disabilities, Educational Needs