AGBRP@ASUACAD.BITNET (bridgett price) (02/08/90)
Thought some of you might be interested in this. Bridgett
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The following information is provided by the U.S. Department of
Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
Please feel welcome to distribute to your staff.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION OF THE DIGEST OF EDUCATION STATISTICS
NOW AVAILABLE
In the fall of 1988, more than 1 out of every 4 persons in the
U.S. participated in the educational process. A broad
statistical overview of the activities and accomplishments
of those approximately 65 million Americans is now available
from the National Center for Education Statistics with the
25th edition of the Digest of Education Statistics.
The Digest is divided into seven chapters: All Levels of
Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Postsecondary
Education, Federal Programs for Education and Related
Activities, Outcomes of Education, International Education,
and Learning Resources and Technology.
In addition to updating many of the statistics that have
appeared in previous years, this edition contains a
substantial amount of new material, including:
o Salaries for beginning teachers;
o New data from teacher and general public opinion polls;
o Data on handicapped students in higher education;
o International tests of education achievement in
mathematics and science;
o Profiles of persons earning doctor's degrees in
education, engineering, physical sciences, and social
sciences;
o Participation of college students in financial aid
programs; and
o Percentage of bachelor's degree recipients going to
graduate school.
If you are interested in what has happened in education over
time, you need this encyclopedic, 462-page volume of more than
375 tables and charts.
Copies of the Digest of Education Statistics; 1989 are
available for $25 each from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9371.
Ask for stock number 065-000-00391-1. You may pay
by check, money order, VISA, MasterCard. (Payable to the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office.