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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
Researchers from the Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce, Anthony Carnevale and Nicole Smith, examine the challenges working students face and the impacts of these challenges on completion and debt. Working and paying tuition and fees "as you go" is no longer an option for the majority of America's college students;…
Descriptors: College Students, Low Income Students, Student Employment, Barriers
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Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
Producing sufficient numbers of graduates who are prepared for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations has become a national priority in the United States. To attain this goal, some policymakers have targeted reducing STEM attrition in college, arguing that retaining more students in STEM fields in college is a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Attrition, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
Perry, Mary; Bahr, Peter Riley; Rosin, Matthew; Woodward, Kathryn Morgan – EdSource, 2010
The visibility of developmental education--or basic skills education as it is called most often in California--has increased in recent years. One major catalyst was a comprehensive community college strategic planning process completed in 2004 that listed basic skills as a critical area of focus. Another was an increase in the system's minimum…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Basic Skills, Strategic Planning, Associate Degrees
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2010
The "Tennessee County Higher Education Profiles 2010" provide basic information with respect to higher education for each county in Tennessee. The 2010 "Profiles" represent the fourth year for this report. In the demographic and enrollment sections, a few changes were made to better meet the needs of policymakers. This document…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Family Income, Community Surveys, Bachelors Degrees
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Melton, Michelle – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) state-level analysis provides policymakers, educators, state government officials, and others with details on the projections of STEM jobs through 2018. This report delivers a state-by-state snapshot of the demand for STEM jobs, including: (1) The number of forecast net new and…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Technical Occupations, Mathematics, Professional Occupations
Ellis, Richard A. – Engineering Education, 1990
Presents statistical data for engineering technology degrees, engineering undergraduates, and graduate degrees in 1989. Discusses trends for women, minorities, and foreign students. Includes data for many individual schools. (YP)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Engineering Education
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Borman, Stu – Chemical and Engineering News, 1990
Announced is an approval service for associate degree programs in chemical technology at two-year colleges. Features of the program and ways that institutions may become involved in the program are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Chemistry, College Science, Educational Assessment
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1999
This study examined the percentage of Oklahoma residents who graduate from Oklahoma public colleges and universities and remain in the state, and the impact of educational level on salaries. Data on Oklahoma state system degree recipients from 1992-1993 through 1996-1997 were obtained from the State Regents' Unitized Data System. It was found that…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Degrees (Academic), Employment Patterns, Graduate Study
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. – 1993
This report provides information on all approved programs offered at Colorado's public postsecondary institutions as of December 31, 1993, including the 44 programs approved during the past year. There are currently 1,086 approved, operating degree programs in Colorado's public postsecondary system: 803 at four-year institutions and 283 at…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
Connecticut State Board of Higher Education, Hartford. – 1986
Information on 27,016 degrees conferred in Connecticut colleges and universities in 1984-1985 is presented, with attention to discipline and level of the degree and the recipients' gender and minority status. Trends include the following: over the past 10 years, the proportion of bachelor's and master's degrees awarded in the public sector has…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Degrees (Academic)
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. – 1993
This report provides information on the number of degrees awarded at Colorado public universities and colleges. Comparisons are made to the base year of 1982-83, allowing for 10-year comparisons. Detail by ethnicity and gender are available beginning in fiscal year (FY) 1985-86 and analyses by institutional sector, by degree level, and by program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Clark, Neil; Smith, David – 1984
Nursing personnel demands and resources in North Dakota were assessed as part of a statewide nursing study. The objective was to determine the number and types of nurses needed in 1984 and 1986, and to compare anticipated nursing personnel supply and demand. The projections for the state as a whole and for regions within the state were designed to…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Florida State Board of Community Colleges, Tallahassee. – 1991
In the Florida Community College System (FCCS) the Associate in Arts (A.A.) program provides students with a two-year transfer degree. In an effort to determine the need for state initiatives, policy changes, and funding priorities, a program review was conducted which examined a series of 19 issues regarding student characteristics, student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Faculty
Hill, Susan T. – 1984
Changes in the traditionally black institutions (TBIs) from 1954 to the early 1980s are summarized, with a focus on the 1970s. A statistical overview of the development of TBIs during 1860-1970 is also provided. Based on federal government surveys, the following topics are covered: growth in enrollment in the 1970s; changes in graduate enrollment;…
Descriptors: Administrators, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Black Colleges
Marks, Joseph L.; Diaz, Alicia A. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
The "Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fact Book on Higher Education" is one of the nation's most comprehensive collections of comparative data on higher education. For decades, state leaders, policy-makers, researchers and journalists have used the "Fact Book" to find useful data quickly--and to learn more about…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Technical Institutes, Tuition
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