Digest of Education Statistics, 1993

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U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993 - 571 pages
This document, consisting of 7 chapters, 34 figures, 412 tables, plus 20 appended tables, provides statistical data on most aspects of U.S. education, both public and private, from kindergarten through graduate school. The chapters cover the following topics: (1) "All Levels of Education"; (2) "Elementary and Secondary Education"; (3) "Postsecondary Education" which include college and university education as well as vocational and adult education; (4) "Federal Programs for Education and Related Activities"; (5) "Outcomes of Education"; (6) "International Comparisons of "Education"; and (7) "Learning Resources and Technology." The publication contains information on a variety of subjects including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, employment and income of graduates, libraries, and international education. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data. Included among data not appearing in previous editions are the following: teachers' opinions on the education system; financial statistics of urban, suburban, and rural school districts; plans and activities of high school sophomores; public elementary and secondary school expenditures, by function and state; and international literacy and geography achievements of students. A short introduction provides a brief overview of current trends in American education, and each chapter highlights significant trends. Guides to tabular presentations and sources are provided along with definitions and an index. (MLF)

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Highest degree earned and number of years teaching experience for teachers
78
Teachers opinions about the most important goals for education by type and control
85
198990 and 199091
86
Fall 1991
103
Percent of students at or above selected reading proficiency levels
115
1984 and 1990
116
199192
130
Percent of high school sophomores in general college preparatory
131
Vocational Education
132
Tenth graders who agree or strongly agree with statements on why they go
143
States using minimumcompetency testing by government level setting standards
149
Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education
156
Current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary
162
Postsecondary Education
165
Enrollment in and degrees conferred by institutions of higher education
172
Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education by type and control
178
Total firsttime freshmen fall enrollment in institutions of higher education
184
Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education by level of enrollment
196
Residence and migration of all new undergraduate students in institutions of higher
202
Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education by raceethnicity of student
208
Selected statistics for college and university campuses enrolling more than 14600
214
Fall 1991
220
Fulltime and parttime senior instructional faculty in institutions of higher education
227
Average salary of fulltime instructional faculty on 9month contracts in institutions
234
Fulltime instructional faculty with tenure for institutions reporting tenure status
239
Firstprofessional degrees conferred in institutions of higher education in dentistry
250
Bachelors degrees conferred by institutions of higher education by discipline
264

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Page 476 - A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.
Page 453 - Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to enable OCR to carry out its compliance responsibilities.
Page 476 - Specific learning disability" means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations.
Page 213 - SOURCE: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). "Fall Enrollment, 1991
Page 472 - The area title may include, in addition to the largest city, up to two city names on the basis and in the order of the following criteria: (1) The additional city has at least 250,000 inhabitants or (2) the additional city has a population of one-third or more of that of the largest city and a minimum population of 25,000.
Page 476 - GDP can be viewed in terms of expenditure categories which include purchases of goods and services by consumers and government, gross private domestic investment, and net exports of goods and services. The goods and services included are largely those bought for final use (excluding illegal transactions) in the market economy. A number of inclusions, however, represent imputed values, the most important of which is rental value of owner-occupied housing.
Page 439 - The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design.
Page 352 - AN ACT To further the development and maintenance of an adequate and well-balanced American merchant marine, to promote the commerce of the United States, to aid in the national defense, to repeal certain former legislation, and for other purposes.
Page 143 - SOURCE; US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988.
Page 448 - National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is the third major longitudinal study sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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