Indicates that stipends for teaching assistants (TAs) are larger now than they have been and that the number of TAs is still considerable. (AEA)

This directory provides detailed data on unionization activities among college and university faculty in 1996 in the United States and Canada. Highlights indicate that academic unions now represent 250,716 professors, an increase of 1.8 percent from the previous year; there are now 509 bargaining agents on 1,097 campuses (92 are at private…

Data are presented on the financial support of full-time graduate students in each of four divisions in each Ontario university in this eighth in a series of annual reports which commenced with the 1971-72 academic year. Data are presented in tables, with little narrative analysis. Tables show: number of full-time graduate students registered…

This report presents information on faculty contracts and bargaining agents in public and private institutions of higher education. It begins with a listing of higher education institutions, by state, indicating the bargaining agent representing the regular college faculty, the unit size, date of current agent election, date of initial contract,…

Data on graduate study enrollment and financial aid include public, private, master's-granting, and doctorate-granting institution and total figures for total graduate enrollment; first-time graduate students; applicants received; graduate assistants; graduate fellows; average stipends for teaching assistants in chemistry, economics, electrical…

Information is presented on graduate student enrollments, applications for graduate study, availability of assistantships and fellowships, graduate degrees awarded, and stipends for teaching assistants, based on the 1981-1982 Survey of Graduate Enrollment of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)-Graduate Record Examinations Board. Of the survey…

Results of the 1980-81 Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted by the National Research Council, are summarized in tabular, graphic, and narrative form. Research and applied-research degrees are included, but professional degrees are not. Highlights include these: total doctorates awarded were 31,319, 1 percent increase from the previous year; the…

This report describes findings of a study concerned with identifying environments of support to increase the participation and success of African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, and U.S.-born Asian Americans in doctoral programs. The project found that supportive environments include: (1) aggressive and targeted recruitment efforts; (2)…

The study analyzes (1) expenditure patterns that relate costs per full-time equivalent student to faculty salaries and benefits, direct instructional support costs and indirect of overhead support costs; (2) overall student/faculty ratios, and (3) average salaries and benefits for three categories of faculty (full-time, part-time, and graduate…

The "Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fact Book on Higher Education" is one of the nation's most comprehensive collections of comparative data on higher education. For decades, state leaders, policy-makers, researchers and journalists have used the "Fact Book" to find useful data quickly--and to learn more about…

Results of the American Institute of Physics' 1986-87 annual enrollment and degree survey for physics and astronomy are presented. The summary report contains information about the degree recipients of 1986 and enrollments for 1986-87. Ten-year trends are presented to illustrate change. The data are presented in tables accompanied by narrative…

The annual report on the state of Missouri higher education provides information on system finance, operations, and planning at the state level. First, highlights are identified in the areas of: enhancements, a new state technical college, Missouri Student Loan Program innovations, performance funding, and a new blueprint for higher education. An…