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Vetter, Betty M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Presents degree and employment statistics on women scientists and engineers, outlining variations through the years and by fields. Several factors contributing to the difference between women's proportion of degrees and their proportion of the labor force are discussed. Also presents starting salary differences and types of employers. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Degrees (Academic), Employment Statistics, Engineering

Chase, Darrell; Hamrick, Michael H. – Journal of Health Education, 1996
Data depicting the number and characteristics of new doctorates in health education for the period 1983-92 are provided. During this period 274 doctorates were awarded to men and 636 to women. Ethnic minorities received 7.6% of doctorates. No trends toward increasing minority numbers within the health education professoriate were found.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees, Ethnic Groups, Health Education
Bae, Yupin; Smith, Thomas M. – 1997
This report reviews the most current data on women's progress in mathematics and science achievement, attitudes, course-taking patterns, and college majors. Results of recent studies suggest that many factors such as parental encouragement, teacher preparation, teacher student interactions, curriculum content, hands-on laboratory experiences,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Course Selection (Students), Elementary Secondary Education
Molenaar, Marie – 1983
The two reports compiled here are intended as aids in evaluating and planning future educational efforts for handicapped students in New Jersey. The reports include a census of handicapped pupils, their programs, the service delivery personnel and special education due process cases for the 1980-81, 1981-82, and 1982-83 school years. Each report…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Disabilities, Due Process

Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1998
This report presents tables detailing enrollment data for fall 1998 at Maryland's public and independent colleges and universities. Highlights include: (1) total headcount enrollment increased by 3,000 to 264,802, which was the greatest one-year increase since 1990; (2) nearly all the increase was due to a sharp rise in number of full-time…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends
Blum, Debra E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
A National Collegiate Athletic Association report on athletes' graduation rates provides data that can support either side of the debate over academic standards. Rising academic requirements for incoming athletes may cause higher graduation rates, but may also force blacks out of sports in disproportionate numbers. Graduation data for 1987-88 and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Athletes

Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report presents statistical data in charts, graphs and tables illustrating trends in undergraduate medical school applicants and matriculants over the past decade. It highlights information at the milepost years of 1983, 1987, 1991, and 1992. Major trends are identified in the following areas: (1) the applicant pool (has been increasing since…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diversity (Student), Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups
McMillen, Marilyn – 1992
This report presents data from the 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88), which started with an eighth grade cohort and aimed to provide data on dropout experiences as students made the transition into high school and to examine the contextual school and family factors associated with dropping out. The report offers extensive…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Grade 10, Grade 8, Grade 9
Keith, Jo Ann; And Others – 1990
Ten tables, four graphs, and summary discussions of salient statistics present pertinent information on dropout and high school graduation rates for Colorado public schools for the 1989-90 school year. Tabulated data, along with illustrative figures, indicate: (1) graduation rates by ethnic/racial group, gender, and size of school district; and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Dropout Rate, Educational Trends, Ethnicity
Lockhart, Madelyn M.; And Others – 1988
The report presents a summary of selected quantitative measures for August 1987 through July 1988 of students who applied for University of Florida graduate school admission, those who were accepted by academic departments, and those who subsequently enrolled. A brief introduction and listing of procedural assumptions precede the two figures and…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Students
Morris, Lorenzo; And Others – 1981
This fourth report of the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy examines the status of black Americans in higher education from 1970 to 1979, with special consideration to a discussion of a basis of parity which takes into account the rapid growth of the black population and to enrollment patterns in traditionally black institutions of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Differences, Black Achievement, Black Institutions
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1993
This report provides statistical tables on the age groups and sex of full-time and part-time graduate and undergraduate students in the State University of New York (SUNY) system for Fall 1992. Part 1 contains data for the entire system including headcount tables with corresponding percent distribution arrays. Part 2 displays headcount and…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Demography, Enrollment, Full Time Students
Smith, Leslie Whitener; Rowe, Gene – 1978
The report presents data on demographic, social and economic characteristics of 2.8 million persons 14 years of age and over who did farmwork for cash wages or salary in 1976, and summarizes some of the more pertinent changes in the size, composition, and employment patterns of hired farmworkers. Data, taken from a survey conducted by the Bureau…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Employed Women
Williams-Robertson, Lydia – 1990
The achievement of students at the Science Academy of Austin, an academy located within a high school, is profiled. A study was conducted to compare Science Academy students to other high-achieving students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) and to predict levels of achievement. The results of this study indicate that Academy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis
Connecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. – 1987
The twelfth annual report on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores of Connecticut's college-bound seniors analyzes their characteristics, high school records, and college plans. This report is based upon the most recent responses of 28,302 1985-86. seniors who participated in the College Board's Admission Testing Program at any time during…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis
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