It is the purpose of this study (1) to explore the factors which influence junior college attendance, (2) to predict the junior college enrollments for the study area, by year, from 1963 to 1980, (3) to predict the enrollment for the three individual attendance areas, by year, from 1963 to 1980, and (4) to propose the date of establishment and the general locations of addition junior colleges.

<p>This research report investigated the impact of the decrease in numbers of learners at a working class high school in Cape Town. The decrease is a consequence of the early school leaving and learner migration.</p>

Despite increased diversity noted in undergraduate education in recent years (Antonio, 2003), students from non-majority groups continue to be underrepresented in graduate school. Many research studies (Perna, 2000, 2004; Perna & Titus, 2005; Rowan-Kenyon, 2007; Walpole, 2003, 2007b) have used measures of cultural and social capital to increase the explanatory power of the traditional econometric framework in college choice models, but have not used these sociological variables as a primary focus. The purpose of this correlational study was to explore the influence of cultural capital and social capital on the decision of bachelor’s degree completers to enter graduate school and ultimately to degree achievement. The study is an extension of Perna’s 2004 work, which examined similar relationships of cultural and social capital variables via use of the Baccalaureate & Beyond: 93/97 study. Based on Walpole’s findings (2003), variables related to socioeconomic status (SES) were also included in my analysis. The data used to answer the research questions were collected as part of a longitudinal study, the Baccalaureate & Beyond: 93/03. Participants in the Baccalaureate & Beyond: 93/03 study were students in the U.S. who earned a bachelor’s degree during the 1992-1993 academic year, representing a population of 1.2 million individuals (Choy, Bradburn, & Carroll, 2008). My findings revealed that measures of cultural and social capital have a significant influence on graduate school enrollment and degree completion. Among low SES students (as designated by family income) cultural and social capital variables substantially increased the likelihood of graduate degree attainment.

Neste trabalho é avaliado o impacto da interoperabilidade intergovernamental na melhoria da eficiência nos processos de governo eletrônico, em especial entre estados e municípios. Governo Eletrônico é visto como o uso intensivo de tecnologia da informação para atender às necessidades do Estado com foco nos cidadãos, visando otimizar os processos governamentais. A Interoperabilidade é a capacidade de troca transparente de dados entre sistemas. A união dos dois conceitos, aplicada nas relações intergovernamentais, tem como objetivo propiciar, principalmente ao poder executivo nas três instâncias - união, estados e municípios -, a troca de dados de forma transparente e desburocratizada, buscando a melhoria do atendimento ao cidadão e da eficiência, eficácia e efetividade entre os entes federados. Para compreender a influência da interoperabilidade na eficiência destes processos foi analisado o processo de matrículas escolares entre os sistemas do estado e do município de São Paulo. No Estado de São Paulo são realizadas, anualmente, cerca de dez milhões de matrículas no ensino básico, sendo um terço (três milhões e meio aproximadamente) no município de São Paulo. Partindo-se da descrição histórica do processo de implantação, são apresentadas as motivações que levaram à criação de interoperabilidade entre os sistemas de matrícula dos dois entes federados, barreiras encontradas para a implantação, como foram enfrentadas e o impacto na eficiência tanto nos processos internos quanto no atendimento à população. Além do processo ter sido simplificado com a interoperabilidade, conclui-se que o impacto na eficiência dos processos internos de controle e gestão dos sistemas foi grande, principalmente nas secretarias de escolas, onde foram percebidas melhorias significativas, apesar de persistirem outros problemas no processo como um todo. A inexistência da interoperabilidade entre os sistemas dos outros estados da federação faz com que o tempo de matrícula de um aluno transferido de fora do Estado de São Paulo seja muito superior ao tempo de confirmação de aluno transferido no Estado de São Paulo. / In this paper, the impact of intergovernmental interoperability in improving e-government processes efficiency between states and municipalities is evaluated. E-Government is considered the intensive use of information technology to meet the state\'s needs with a focus on citizens in order to optimize governmental processes. Interoperability is the ability of transparent data exchange between systems. The joint of the two concepts, applied to intergovernmental relations, aims to provide, mainly to the executive in three instances -union, states and municipalities-, to exchange data seamlessly, without bureaucracy, seeking to improve public service and the state\'s efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness. In order to understand interoperability\'s influence in the efficiency of these processes we have analyzed school enrollment\'s process among São Paulo city and state\'s systems. In São Paulo state annually about ten million enrollments in primary education are performed, being a third part (three and a half million approximately) in São Paulo city. Based on the historical description of the deployment process, in this paper are presented the motivations that led to the creation of interoperability between registration\'s systems of the two federal entities, the barriers encountered to the deployment and how they were faced, and the impact on efficiency in both internal processes and in the service to population. We also conclude that the impact on efficiency of internal control processes and management systems was of great deal, as well as in the schools secretariats, where significant improvements in efficiency were perceived, although other problems persist in the process as a whole. Due to the lack of interoperability between systems of other federation states, the time of transferring a student registration from outside of São Paulo is higher than the time transferring from São Paulo municipalities. Besides this, interoperability simplified processes between both systems.

This dissertation models K-12 enrollment within an urban school district using two grade progression ratio (gpr)-based and two housing choice methods. The housing choice methods provide, for the first time, a new spatio-demographic model for projecting school enrollments by grade for any flexibly defined set of individual catchment areas. All methods use the geocoded pattern of individual, address-matched, enrollments within the study district but are different in the way they model this data to estimate key parameters. The conventional method projects the intra-urban pattern of enrollment by assuming no change in grade progression ratios (gprs), which are themselves functions of enrollment change. The adaptive kernel ratio estimation (KRE) of local gprs successfully predicts local changes in gprs from three preceding two-year periods of gpr change. The two housing choice methods are based on different mixtures of a generalized linear and a periodic model, each of which use housing counts and characteristics. Results are clearly sensitive to these differences. Using the above predictions of gpr change, the adaptive KRE enrollment projections are 4.1% better than those made using the conventional model. The two housing choice models were 2.0% less accurate than the conventional model for the first three years of the projection but were 5.1% more accurate than this model for the fourth and fifth years of the projection. Limitations are discussed. These findings help close a major gap in the literature of small-area enrollment projections, shed new light on spatial dynamics collected at areas below the scale of the school district, and permit new kinds of investigations of urban/suburban school district demography.

This study investigates whether the girls' education project "Haydi Kzlar Okula!" was able to increase girls' schooling and to what extent it was effective. In Turkey, there is still gender disparity in primary education although it is compulsory. "Haydi Kzlar Okula!" is UNICEF and Turkish Ministry of Education's joint project, which aims to increase girls' primary enrollment. The project consists of increasing public awareness, free books and incentives (in the form of conditional cash transfer) for female students. To find the magnitude of the program's impact, data is collected from Turkish and European statistical databases and a panel data analysis is employed. The results show that if the program has been implemented in a province, girls' enrollment rate increases by 1.310-2 units and total schooling increases by 1.410-2 units. Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) found to have a bigger impact on girls' enrollment rates than total enrollment rates but the impact is not statistically significant. When a dummy for poverty is included in the model, then CCT becomes significant and the impact can be interpreted as; 1% increase in the conditional cash paid to a province results in 1.310-4 units increase in girls' enrollment rates. It is concluded that the project's impact is statistically significant but the magnitude is smaller than expected. Improvements are needed for increasing the effectiveness of the project. New cash transfer schemes should be implemented and community contribution should be encouraged. Another result of the analysis show that school buildings and adult literacy have greater impacts than the girls' education project.

<p>This research report investigated the impact of the decrease in numbers of learners at a working class high school in Cape Town. The decrease is a consequence of the early school leaving and learner migration.</p>

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2007. / Title from title page screen, viewed on February 15, 2008. Dissertation Committee: Edward R. Hines (chair), Patricia H. Klass, Ross A. Hodel, W. Paul Vogt. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-203) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ed.D.) -- Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Pearl R. Kane. Dissertation Committee: Robert T. Carter. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-113).

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-79).