This report provides information on degree and certificate programs offered and student program completions for fiscal year 1993-94 in North Dakota's public and private postsecondary educational institutions. The first table lists all programs offered, coded in accordance with the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP Code) system. For…

This research brief summarizes data available on master's degree students and recipients, including data on characteristics of master's degree students; financial support for master's students; growth in number of master's degrees awarded; number of master's degrees earned by gender and by race/ethnicity; the most popular fields, by gender,…

In 1989, Midlands Technical College implemented a comprehensive student tracking and retention reporting system to provide data on first-time students beginning in fall 1988. Highlighted findings for 1988 through 1991 included the following: (1) the freshman to sophomore retention rate for the fall 1990 cohort was 53.8%, a 6.4% increase over the…

Focusing on the period from 1991 to 1997, this report offers current data and projections regarding enrollments, programs, and faculty at Hudson County Community College (HCCC) in New Jersey. Data are provided on actual and projected enrollments in credit and degree programs, enrollments by academic division, continuing education and community…

The wages and benefits of students enrolled in college-level cooperative education programs throughout the Midwest are compared in this report. It describes the survey process, in which 119 college cooperative education program directors received 3,890 survey questionnaires and accompanying materials to forward to employers they had selected to…

An 8-year study of academic achievement, student performance, and education costs in rural northeastern Brazil investigated the presumption that students automatically perform better when more school resources are provided. Two main topics were examined: the success of EDURURAL, an educational intervention project in rural Brazil sponsored by the…

The New York Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) studies of public schools continue with this report on course work for gifted students and public middle school students in general. Fourteen ACORN volunteers made 52 visits to 28 schools studied in 1996. Findings from these visits and the review of school system documents…

The Chabot College (California) Student Outcomes Report, fall 1996, is a compilation of data and trends in four major areas of the college's student outcomes: (1) course success and withdrawal; (2) persistence; (3) degree and certificate completion; and (4) transfer. These data provide information on all students, according to their status such as…

A study was done to determine the extent to which children in public high and low poverty schools receive similar services and levels of supports, and whether public schools receiving Chapter 1 assistance appear to have more services and support than do similar non-Chapter 1 schools. The study used data from the base year Schools and Staffing…

The status of the California Community Colleges (CCC) Library and Learning Resources Program (LLRP) is described in this report, which reviews a systemwide survey of the LLRP completed in the 1988-89 academic year; and provides a national and statewide context for ongoing discussions of the relationship between the LLRP and the CCC Board of…

This report presents the results of the third national survey of state activities in the assessment of educational outcomes for students with disabilities. The report does not contain actual outcomes data on students with disabilities. Twenty-three tables present data on: number of students in general education and special education in each state;…

Statistics on education in New York State for 1991-92 and trends from earlier years are reported in this series of tables. Emphasis is placed on summary tables and figures, but details for separate school districts are provided. Information is reported for elementary, secondary, higher, and professional education, as well as libraries and special…

This report presents summary statistics on application and registration data for Fall 1992 in Ontario (Canada) universities. Tables and figures, which comprise the entire document, show the following information: (1) applications and registration summary and ratios; (2) applications and registrations by university and category and by gender; (3)…

Differences in education and labor market outcomes across groups completing high school at different ages and by different means (e.g., by graduation as compared with receiving a general education development diploma) may be due to a variety of factors, including all those that influence a person to leave school early. For an early school-leaver,…

This statistical profile of Oregon's Community Colleges (OCC) provides 1992-93 information on students, faculty and staff, finances, programs, and services. The following student data are included: full-time equivalent (FTE) and headcount trends by category, by program by institution, and by term by institution; unduplicated headcount by program…