The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

This report compares the 1980-81 freshman and sophomore enrollments at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (MGCJC) with the 1979-80 lower-division enrollments at Mississippi's eight state universities and with the fall 1980 enrollments at the state's 15 other junior colleges. In the report six comparisons are made. First, MGCJC is compared with…

In June 1990, a statewide telephone survey was conducted of 1,200 former full- and part-time Michigan community college students who had not returned for classes in fall 1989. The 29 colleges were classified as urban, suburban, and regional institutions, and a total of 200 former full-time and 200 former part-time students were contacted from each…