New Mexico Commission on Higher Education. (1994). Condition of Higher Education in New Mexico, 1993. This annual report presents information about New Mexico's colleges and universities and the students who attend these institutions. The report provides information, in text, graphs, and tables, about: (1) students (the numbers that enroll, transfer, and receive degrees by ethnic group and gender); (2) financial aid (current funding levels and number of aid recipients; (3) student tuition and fees (the current charges and the rate of increase); (4) higher education financing (revenue sources, institutional expenditures, and faculty compensation); and (5) special programs such as the Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program, Cooperative Education, and Educational Options Information Campaign. An executive summary points out that the number of high school graduates will increase by approximately 25 percent during the next 10 years, that 92 percent of the students enrolled in New Mexico's colleges and universities in fall 1993 were residents of New Mexico, that tuition and fees at public universities have increased by 42 percent over the past 5 years, and that the average statewide expenditure per full-time equivalent student is $5,614.   [More]  Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Degrees (Academic), Educational Finance, Enrollment

Becker, Thomas M.; And Others (1990). Violent Death in the West: Suicide and Homicide in New Mexico, 1958-1987, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Examined New Mexico vital statistics data for suicides and homicides among Hispanics, Native Americans, and non-Hispanic Whites from 1958 to 1987. Found high age-adjusted rates for suicides and homicides among Hispanic and Native American males and homicide rate increase for males in all groups over time. Low suicide rates among Native American women contrasted with high homicide rates. Descriptors: Age Differences, American Indians, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic Americans

New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe. (1975). TV and the Library: A Report on a Communications Plan Developed for the New Mexico State Library Commission, 1974-75. Owen G. Leach & Associates, under professional contract to the New Mexico State Library, conducted an opinion research study of New Mexico citizens. This study determined that 52.5 percent of adults needed and wanted information available from library networks, but did not realize that this information could be obtained through libraries. A statewide public service media campaign was developed to demonstrate the library's ability to provide relevant information and to show the capacity of libraries for sharing resources as a way of broadening the capacity to deliver information. A communications strategy was presented to librarians in six workshops. Booklets and poster ideas were distributed to support local tie-in campaigns. TV and radio stations broadcast $15,889 in public service announcements. The campaign was suspended after a free Inflation-Fighter Booklist campaign faltered due to less-than-expected local library participation.   [More]  Descriptors: Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks

New Mexico State Board of Educational Finance, Santa Fe. (1983). Unfinished Business in New Mexico Education. Recommendations of Quality Education Conference 3. The document presents recommendations voted by the Quality Education Conference III participants as the most pressing items of unfinished business in New Mexico education. Recommendations for public schools are listed under the following subheadings: curricular concerns, communication, staff improvement, and fiscal support. Recommendations for higher education concern curriculum, fiscal support, and governance. The final section briefly describes what the concerned citizen, the policymaker, and the educator can do to insure quality education at local and state levels. Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems

New Mexico Commission on Higher Education. (1988). Planning for the Class of 2005: A Vision for the Future. The Strategic Plan for Higher Education in New Mexico. This long-range plan for higher education in New Mexico is designed as a guide for decision making rather than a plan for individual colleges. Introductory sections explain the development of the plan; planning principles and assumptions; conclusions about economic development, demography, and education in New Mexico; goals and priorities; and a vision for the future of higher education in the state. The bulk of the report consists of 32 policy statements. The first set focuses on the development of the higher education system, including statements on institutional role and mission, 2-year postsecondary education, 2-year college role and mission, comprehensive institutional planning, consortia, and interstate compacts. The second group of policies deal with the quality of education in New Mexico, including statements on a statewide accountability program, state-level program review, accreditation, faculty quality and renewal, endowed faculty chairs, technology transfer, adequate and equitable funding, a system development fund, the use of research overhead, capital outlay, and athletics. The next set of policies offers guidelines for improving the relationships between public schools and higher education, including statements on linkages between higher education and public schools, student preparation for college, the education of teachers, early savings for college, and the New Mexico Educational Research Foundation. Policies on improving the participation of minorities in higher education are presented next, including statements on financial incentives for improved participation; professional shortages; linking costs, tuition, and financial aid; developmental education; diversification of the delivery of education; and statewide course articulation. Finally, policies are presented on the role of the Commission on Higher Education. Data tables and charts are provided throughout the report.   [More]  Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Planning, College Role, College School Cooperation

Ludutsky-Taylor, Tina; Halsey, Debra L. (1985). New Mexico Community College Task Force Final Report. In September 1985, the New Mexico Community College Task Force was created by the New Mexico Association of Community and Junior Colleges to conduct a coordinated statewide information campaign about the educational programs and services provided by the state's 17 two-year colleges; and to address the critical issues facing these institutions. This report provides a summary of the activities of the Task Force between September and December, 1985. Following an explanation of why the Task Force was created, the report identifies nine issues facing the community colleges and offers a series of related recommendations for improving institutional growth and development. The issues and recommendations focus on the community colleges' mission; the associate degree; funding; educational quality; governance; tuition; linkages with high schools, business, industry and government; marketing; and articulation. A list of task force members is followed by a section detailing task force activities during the 3-month period, including meetings, media contacts, speaking engagements, advertising, college contacts, legislative contacts, and informal surveys. Appendices provide employment projections, and a fact sheet on New Mexico's community colleges. Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges

Borrego, John G.; And Others (1971). A Study of New Mexico Migrant Agricultural Workers. The intent of this report, as stated, is to bring about an awareness of the kinds of problems faced by migrant agricultural workers (Mexican Americans and Navajos), by farmers, and by agencies offering services to these migrants in New Mexico. An overview of the national and state migrant situation is presented, as well as case studies of various New Mexico counties, a discussion of the overall lifestyles of the Mexican American of northern New Mexico and the Navajos on the reservation, economies of the 2 groups, and the role of technology and mechanization. Agency services are described in terms of such areas as housing conditions, health and sanitation, education, economic conditions, social services, labor management and crew leaders, and transportation. Migrant problems discussed include wages (annual average wage of $922); child labor (25% of the migrant work force are under age 16); education (average grade level was 8.6 in 1967, with 17% of these being functionally illiterate); health (per capita health expenditure in 1967 was $12 compared to $200 for the total population); inadequate housing; and benefits (exclusion of unemployment insurance, Social Security, and Workmen's Compensation). State resources, a listing of state agencies, and a bibliography are appended.   [More]  Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, American Indians, Cultural Influences, Economically Disadvantaged

New Mexico Commission on Higher Education. (1996). Bringing the Campus to the Student. New Mexico's Extended Learning Initiative: A Status Report. Each of New Mexico's public higher education institutions was asked to provide information on their extended learning activities in 1994-95, their planned activities for 1995-96, their funding needs and priorities, and preliminary extended learning cost information. Twenty of 24 institutions were able to provide the requested information. For this survey, extended learning was defined as the full range of available and developing modes for bringing instruction to learners and includes all off-campus courses offered within New Mexico for resident academic credit by the postsecondary educational institutions. Seventeen institutions reported extended learning activities, offering a total of 983 courses to students (51 percent of whom were at the undergraduate level). Two-thirds of the courses were provided by four-year institutions. Ten institutions used technological delivery of instruction; 13 institutions sent faculty to remote sites; and six institutions did both. The number of extended learning courses increased 45 percent over 1993-94 and the courses were available in 71 communities, primarily through the growing statewide Extended Learning Initiative. To insure the development of coordinated and interconnected regional and statewide extended learning programs, it is imperative that the state of New Mexico provide adequate financial support.   [More]  Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Change

DeVolder, Arthur L. (1974). Annual Report of the General Library, The University of New Mexico. Narrative and statistics are used to describe the activities of the University of New Mexico libraries in fiscal year 1973-74. The information given includes quantities of print and nonprint material acquired; changes in the administrative, readers' services, and technical processes divisions; the establishment of a collection development office; and activities of the Southwest Academic Library Consortium. A list of the library faculty and staff is appended.   [More]  Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition

Hudson, William E. (1978). Inventory and Analysis of Professional Tasks Engaged in by Teachers of Vocational Agriculture in the Secondary Schools of New Mexico. A Summary Report of Research. A study was conducted to develop job descriptions based on an analysis of time spent on tasks and duties performed by vocational agriculture teachers within the public secondary schools in New Mexico. Fifty vocational agriculture teachers who had taught vocational agriculture for at least one year and who were teaching during the 1976-77 school year returned task inventories sent out. The findings showed that, although differences in relative time spent on the 110 tasks did appear, the differences were not large enough to constitute different job types for those teachers involved. However, it was found that the relative time spent on tasks differentiated those teachers who were identified as superior among all others at the duty level. All 110 tasks inventoried were performed by at least one New Mexico vocational agriculture teacher. Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Comparative Analysis, Job Analysis, Occupational Information

Thomas, Ruth; Roberts, Susan (1980). New Mexico Courts: Information and Ideas for Teaching. This handbook provides background information and classroom activities that teachers can use to help students in grades 6-8 understand the New Mexico court system. Although intended for use in New Mexico, a great deal of the information provided can be used by teachers in other states. The information and activities can be incorporated into curricular areas such as civics, U.S. history, government, and social studies. A variety of resources are included. The handbook opens with narrative explanations of New Mexico's judicial history, the court system, and civil and criminal procedure. Tips for using lawyers and law related resource people in the classroom are then presented. So that students can learn the fundamentals of trial procedure before being introduced to all the elements of attorney questioning techniques, a scripted mock trial is included. Students can read it like a play. Four cases of relevance to young children are presented in pro-se court simulations. Simplified rules of evidence are discussed. A criminal law mock trial and a family law mock trial are provided. To help students learn about plea bargaining and practice representing their own point of view, a plea bargaining simulation is presented. An appellate court role play and a simulation dealing with juvenile hall are included. The handbook concludes with a glossary of legal terms. Descriptors: Court Role, Courts, Criminal Law, Glossaries

Barba, Alma Maria Acevedo (1973). New Mexico Migrant Project Aides: Perceptions of Their Functions. The doctoral dissertation focused on: the perceptions of school administrators, teachers, and aides on teacher aide functions in the New Mexico Migrant Project; comparing the results with student needs; functions not ascribed to aides within the State Department of Education and the National Migrant Project's guidelines; and making recommendations to the State Department of Education, the New Mexico Migrant Project, and the National Migrant Project. The study had 3 phases: a 250-item questionnaire given to the researcher's doctoral committee and 6 public school administrators; a revised questionnaire given to 15 experts on paraprofessionals in education; and a final questionnaire given to New Mexico Migrant Project personnel. Statistical analyses consisted of one-way analysis of variance and Duncan's Multiple Range Test. Findings showed no significant differences in the perceptions of the functions between aides and administrators and aides and teachers, but significant differences between teachers and administrators as to the bilingual and professional development functions; and between jury members and administrators, teachers, and aides as to the monitorial, school-community, bilingual, and professional development functions.   [More]  Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Doctoral Dissertations, Mexican Americans

Wallace, Gilbert A.; Thomas, Susan L. (1969). Performance of Senior High School Indians and Adult Indian Groups in New Mexico on the General Aptitude Test Battery, 1968-1969. Purposes of the research were (1) to gather data to provide occupational and employment counselors with statistical data on employment and occupational-aptitudinal information on New Mexico Indians and (2) to collect data concerning workers' aptitudinal characteristics frequently needed by private industry as criteria for determining plant location on Indian land. In keeping with these objectives, the New Mexico State Employment Service surveyed 145 high school graduating seniors and 438 adults entering or seeking entry into the labor market. Most individuals in the sample were living within or near the following Government reservations: Acoma, Cochiti, Laguna, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo, Zuni Pueblos, and Navajo. The instrument utilized was the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), which established the occupational aptitude patterns. After discussions of various aspects of the GATB, the document provides tables and histograms reflecting the profiles for the Indian groups surveyed. Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, American Indians, Aptitude Tests

Craven, Jean; And Others (1989). Middle School Social Studies: A Guide for Classroom Teachers. Eastern Hemisphere Studies, Western Hemisphere Studies, New Mexico History and Geography, United States History. The state of New Mexico requires all sixth grade students to take the year-long social studies course entitled Eastern Hemisphere Studies. Seventh grade students are required to take two semester-long courses, are in Western Hemisphere Studies and the other in New Mexico History and Geography. The year-long social studies course on U.S. History is required of all eighth graders. The organization and contents of this guide are intended to assist the teacher in identifying major ideas around which these courses might be organized. It should help teachers decide what to leave out at least as much as it helps them decide what to include. Various course outlines and timelines are offered for each course. The main themes are identified, outlines of those themes are given, key concepts, people, and events are presented, and expected student competencies are listed for each unit within each course. Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development

Cavatta, Jerry C., Comp.; Borgrink, Henry, Comp. (1983). New Mexico School District Profile: 1982-83 School Year. The purpose of this report is to provide a broad cross section of data on the operation and performance of New Mexico public schools. Data on school district characteristics (40-Day Average Daily Membership; and percent in kindergarten, bilingual, Chapter 1, and special education programs), teacher characteristics (pupil-teacher ratio, salaries, experience, education, and ethnicity), pupil characteristics (ethnicity, grade repeaters, dropout rate, and mobility), school finance (expenditures per pupil and income), high school graduates, and test results (American College Testing program, Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, and New Mexico High School Proficiency Exam) are presented for each school district. The profile has three major sections. Section I explains each variable, cites data sources, and briefly discusses the data. Section II contains tables of the actual value of variables used in Section III. Section III presents horizontal bar graph displays of school district and statewide data, arranged alphabetically by school district. The New Mexico school districts are very diverse in community resources and limitations which has a major impact on the data in this report. Conclusions about educational quality in a district or districts cannot be made without additional knowledge of non-educational parameters.   [More]  Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Institutional Characteristics, Profiles