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Direct linkRindermann, Heiner; Ceci, Stephen J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2018
In 19 (sub)samples from seven countries (United States, Austria, Germany, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Vietnam, Brazil), we analyzed the impact of parental education compared with wealth on the cognitive ability of children (aged 4-22 years, total N = 15,297). The background of their families ranged from poor indigenous remote villagers to academic…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Parent Child Relationship, Intelligence
Download full textWells, Xanthe E.; Foster, Nigel; Finch, Adam; Elsum, Ian – Journal of Research Administration, 2017
Sufficient and state-of-the-art research equipment is one component required to maintain the research competitiveness of a R&D organisation. This paper describes an approach to inform more optimal allocation of equipment expenditure levels in a large and diverse R&D organisation, such as CSIRO. CSIRO is Australia's national science agency,…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Research and Development, Equipment, Expenditures
Larkin, Derek; Huett, Kim C. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2013
This paper seeks to add to the discussion surrounding young adults' relationship and engagement with learning technologies, exploring whether they naturally engage with these technologies when the use of them is either compulsory or optional. We discuss our findings in relation to whether young people are truly engaging with technologies or…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Undergraduate Students, Interviews
Donaldson, Joe F.; Townsend, Barbara K. – Journal of Higher Education, 2007
In 1999-2000, 7.1 million adults age 24 or older constituted 43% of all undergraduates in U.S. institutions of higher education, compared to 5.73 million adult students enrolled a decade earlier (1989-1990). The growing proportion of adult undergraduates has become a significant source of enrollment and income for numerous institutions for which…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Periodicals, Adult Education, Undergraduate Students
Leach, Laura – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2012
Each year for the past 13 years, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has conducted a survey of graduate management education students in their final year of business school. The Global Management Education Graduate Survey is distributed to students at participating schools. The survey allows students to express their opinions about…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Graduate Students, Student Surveys, Graduates
Tai, Robert H.; Sadler, Philip M.; Mintzes, Joel J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
In this paper, the authors report some of the salient findings of a large-scale, four-year national study, conducted at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, entitled "Factors Influencing College Science Success" (FICSS), which surveyed college students who enrolled in first-year biology, chemistry, and physics courses…
Descriptors: College Science, Undergraduate Students, Science Achievement, Success
Cahalan, Margaret W.; Ingels, Steven J.; Burns, Laura J.; Planty, Michael; Daniel, Bruce – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report presents information on similarities and differences between U.S. high school sophomores as studied at three points in time over the past 22 years, with a focus on cohort demographics, academic programs and performance, extracurricular activities, life values, and educational/occupational aspirations. It provides an update to the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Occupational Aspiration, Extracurricular Activities, High School Students
Syverson, Peter D. – 1982
Results of the 1980-81 Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted by the National Research Council, are summarized in tabular, graphic, and narrative form. Research and applied-research degrees are included, but professional degrees are not. Highlights include these: total doctorates awarded were 31,319, 1 percent increase from the previous year; the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Background
del Pinal, Jorge H., Comp.; Garcia, Jesus M., Comp. – Current Population Reports, 1993
Americans of Hispanic origin are one of the fastest growing segments of the nation's population. This report presents data on a wide range of topics, including the following: (1) population growth, composition, and distribution; (2) age; (3) family composition; (4) educational attainment; (5) language and nativity; (6) labor force and occupation;…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
