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Athletics and Sports;Education and Literacy
Provides an overview of trends in college sports in terms of expenses, revenues, construction, cost containment, Title IX and Olympic sports, commercialism, and links between donations and prospective students and between athletics success and revenue.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States
Education and Literacy
Examines changes between 1970 and 2007 in the percentage of adults who are married, the incomes and education levels of husbands and wives, and household incomes of the married and unmarried. Analyzes trends by gender, education, and race.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy, Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Examines the socioeconomic, educational, familial, and professional backgrounds of entrepreneurs in high-growth industries, their motivations for becoming entrepreneurs, and their beliefs. Explores the correlations between factors.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy, Race and Ethnicity
Presents data on the disparities in graduation rates among African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, and white students as well as between boys and girls within each group.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California
Education and Literacy
Explores teachers' and administrators' views on the causes of dropouts and support for reforms such as higher academic expectations, alternative learning environments, smaller classes, early detection, and better parental outreach. Makes recommendations.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Children and Youth, Education and Literacy
Provides data on state-funded pre-K programs for the 2008-09 school year and examines the recession's effects on expanding enrollment and raising standards. Ranks states by percentage of children enrolled, funding per child, and quality benchmarks met.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy, Religion
Examines the challenges inner-city Catholic schools face and provides guidance on supporting scholarships, performance-driven schools, new models, better governance, teacher recruitment and development, and parental choice policy. Includes case summaries.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Analyzes California's scores in the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education's report card of higher education as well as affordability, participation, completion, and other issues by region and race/ethnicity. Makes policy recommendations.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
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