The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and other U.S. jurisdictions. This First Look presents findings from the provisional data of the IPEDS winter 2017-2018 data collection, which included five survey…

This First Look report presents selected findings from the 2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17), a nationally representative survey of undergraduates who entered postsecondary education for the first time in the 2011-12 academic year. BPS:12/17 covers the experiences of these first-time beginning postsecondary…

This report explores the supply of part-time higher education in the UK, with particular consideration to the study of part-time undergraduate provision in England. It is the final publication in the series of reports on individual student markets that were commissioned by Universities UK following the publication of the reports on the Future size…

There has been considerable discussion in the literature of higher education regarding significant changes in student body characteristics. The data in this document examines distribution of students at the State University of New York system by age group and sex. Tables array four fundamental student characteristics: age, sex, level…

The 1974-75 academic year is the first in which student credit hours have been accumulated for the entire University of Maine, utilizing uniform definitions. The purpose of this document is to summarize those data for both semesters. A total of 578,457 student credit hours were generated by all campuses of the University of Maine during the…

This report uses the 2003-04 NPSAS data to describe the characteristics of graduate and first professional students and how they finance their education, with a section focusing on students who attend exclusively part time. The report also includes a compendium of tables providing detailed data on student and enrollment characteristics, types of…

The 1989-90 report of enrollments at public, four-year colleges and universities reports data on 552 institutions. The data for the report are from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grand Colleges (NASULGC) annual survey which in 1989 drew a 96 percent…

This analysis studied combinations of different types and sources of undergraduate financial aid, called packages, and showed the percentage of undergraduates receiving these packages and the average amount awarded in each types of package. The 1989-90 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:90) provided the data used for the study.…

To study the effect on library use, of additional expenditure on accounting textbooks needed by part-time business students, a study was conducted in the spring of 1980 at the City of London Polytechnic. Three techniques were used: (1) a questionnaire distributed to all part-time students in the Accountancy Department and, as a control group, all…

Conducted by the University of Alabama Committee on Adult and Part-Time Students, the 1974-75 study is concerned with identifying characteristics of adult and part-time students at the University of Alabama and drawing inferences from these attributes. A random sample of 284 of 2,021 part-time students at the university was selected. Of the 179…

The results of the State University of New York's (SUNY) annual survey of the geographical origins of first-time students is presented. Data are provided on the permanent residence of all first-time credit course students attending SUNY institutions. A first-time student is defined as a student who, prior to being reported as a first-time student…

Reviews distance education in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and discusses its impact on the country. Programs highlighted include the College of External Studies, the correspondence school of the National Department of Education; the University of Papua New Guinea; programs offered by corporations and government departments; and courses from outside PNG.…

Describes the components of distance education at the University of South Carolina and uses trend analysis to examine the impact of distance education on overall enrollment, part-time student enrollment, and average class size. (CLB)

The part-time and extension student population of Mercer County Community College was surveyed in the fall of 1973 to provide information about the characteristics, perceptions, and activities of these students. The survey instrument developed for the study was the "Part Time and Extension Student Survey." A computer program for…

A 50-state survey found that 22 states have policies for determining tuition and fees, based on state education costs, cost indexes, or peer institutions' charges. Tuition may vary by institutional level and students' graduate or undergraduate status, full- or part-time attendance, and residence in or out of state. (RW)