
Education and Literacy;Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Provides data on university foundations in China, including geographical distribution, university type, focus areas, projects, Web site construction, size of initial fund, assets, and other financials. Discusses their role in the philanthropic sector.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: Asia (Eastern) / China / Beijing Municipality

Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Highlights data on the scope and scale of financial insecurity among households in Dallas, including income and asset poverty rates by demographics, education, and geography. Lists examples of city-level strategies to build residents' financial security.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:

Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Provides state-by-state rankings with respect to asset poverty rates; indicators in the areas of financial assets and income, businesses and jobs, housing and homeownership, health care, and education; and policies that bolster financial security.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Community and Economic Development, Education and Literacy, Housing and Homelessness
Provides data on ten quality-of-life indicators, including cost of living, schools, health care, economy, nonprofit/volunteer sector, outdoor activities and community events, family-oriented environment, and safety, in Wisconsin's lower Fox River region.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Wisconsin

Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
Based on surveys, analyzes the relationship between college students' academic engagement and growth and life outcomes two years after graduation, including employment, income, student loans, credit card debt, parental assistance, and civic engagement.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Education and Literacy;Poverty;Race and Ethnicity
Persistent school segregation does not mean just that children of dierent racial and ethnic backgrounds attend dierent schools, but that their schools are also unequal in their students' performance. This study documents nationally the extent of disparities in student performance between schools attended by whites and Asians compared to blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. The analysis shows that a focus solely on schools at the bottom of the distribution as in No Child Left Behind would only modestly reduce the wide disparities between groups.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
Examines lifetime earnings by educational attainment, occupation, age, gender, and race/ethnicity; variations in earnings at the same degree level by occupation and in the same occupation by degree level; and top-earning occupations by degree level.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Education and Literacy;Immigration;Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Examines government and college tenure systems and how they affect organizational goals. Outlines options for reforming design elements of K-12 teacher tenure, including time-to-tenure, criteria, and process, or replacing tenure with other incentives.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States