This user's guide documents the procedures used to collect, process, and summarize data from the 2009 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2009). Chapters detail the sampling of schools and graduates (chapters 2 and 3), data collection procedures (chapter 4), data processing procedures (chapter 5), and weighting procedures (chapter 6). Chapter 7…

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC), founded in 1997, is dedicated to improving academic degree and certificate programs for professional educators--those who teach and lead in schools, pre-K through grade 12, and to assuring the public of their quality. TEAC accredits undergraduate and graduate programs, including alternate route…

Database documentation is provided for a data file containing survey statistics on students graduating during the 1983-84 academic year from colleges and universities in the continental United States, with particular emphasis on students who were newly qualified to teach. The 39-item questionnaire focused on respondents' educational and…

This report provides data on public and private high school graduates and dropouts in Kentucky. The introduction contains tables and graphs comparing the career directions (attending college or trade school, military, working, at home, unemployed, deceased, homemakers, and unknown) of Kentucky graduates in 1968 and 1983 and enrollment patterns…

Results of the American Sociological Association's first survey of graduate departments in sociology shows a striking similarity among programs in terms of course requirements, number of credits, and thesis requirements. Authors suggest that the apparent absence of diversity may be a matter of concern for the discipline. (Author/DH)

This technical report documents the procedures used to collect and summarize data from the 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2005). The transcript studies serve as a barometer for changes in high school graduates' course-taking patterns; these patterns provide information about the rigor of high school curricula followed across the nation.…

As part of the third follow-up to the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, the Third Follow-Up Questionnaire was administered to a sample of the members of the high school class of 1972 who had been surveyed in 1972 and 1974. The questionnaire contains 158 items about education and work experience and is divided into the…

This comprehensive volume offers a snapshot profile of every public school district in the United States serving 1,500 or more students and provides pertinent evaluative and demographic statistics necessary to evaluate educational programs nationwide. "The Comparative Guide to American Elementary & Secondary Schools" is a…

Reviews actual and projected college enrollments from 1970s through the 1990s. Speculates that programs which were slow to expand their curricula to include sociological practice when the job market contracted in late 1970s, may reestablish narrow curricula once the academic market expands in late 1990s. Concludes that students are unlikely to be…

Information on job market trends for 1985-1986 college graduates is presented in narrative summaries and statistical tables. Attention is directed to trends in hiring, expected starting salaries, campus recruiting activities, and other related topics, based on a survey of a cross-section of 710 employers from business, industry, government, and…

Information on managing debt acquired by St. John's University graduate students is provided. The cost of education for a graduate student includes tuition, fees, books, home maintenance, personal expenses, and transportation. Student budgets for 1984-1985 and 1985-1986 (estimated) are provided by students' dependency status (dependent 9 months,…

This is the 22nd edition of a guide to institutions of theological education covering data supplied in the fall of 1991 and providing information on parallel patterns for ready comparisons across the years. The report includes information on enrollment, admissions, administrative staff, and faculty salaries for the current year. It also includes…

Shortfalls in the number of doctoral-level natural scientists and engineers are expected to grow rapidly by the year 2000. Tables show the number of master's and doctoral degrees awarded in engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, and computer and information sciences in 1980 and 1985 by public universities in the United States, in the…

The manual was designed to aid members of admissions committees in the use of the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) for the selection of applicants, and to familiarize health professions advisors and other groups of the basic characteristics of the test and its selection and counseling functions. The first chapter includes a rationale for…

Using spring 1990 data from Association of Theological Schools' Annual Report Forms, this book provides information on parallel patterns and trends among theological schools for long-range planning and for visiting accreditation teams who seek to monitor a school's progress. The first chapter consists of seven tables describing institutions in…