Prepared for students, parents, teachers, counselors, and librarians, this reference guide provides descriptions of 399 majors offered at U.S. colleges and universities. The guide includes only those majors in which an associate, baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral level degree can be obtained. Majors are arranged alphabetically and descriptions…

Lists Canadian undergraduate programs in environmental studies that integrate both a scientific and a social perspective on environmental issues. Organized by province. (DDR)

This brochure describes the Challenging Athletes Minds for Personal Success (CHAMPS)/Life Skills program that was launched by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1994. The program was created to support the student development initiatives of its member institutions and to enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience…

The directory provides current information designed to assist college students desiring to transfer in the selection of their new college or university. The handbook provides the specific information needed about transfer policies at 2,800 two-year and four-year U.S. colleges. College descriptions are alphabetical by state. In addition to general…

The directory provides current information and statistical data concerning New York's more than 250 public and private two-year and four-year colleges. The directory also supplies data, supplied by the colleges themselves, in such specific areas as: enrollment; freshman admissions requirements and procedures; major fields of study; special…

The directory provides current information concerning New England's public and private two-year and four-year colleges to assist college bound students in choosing the college or university they wish to attend. College descriptions are presented alphabetically by state (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).…

This publication is divided into three sections that provide profiles of the colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, program listings, and information on student aid. The guide is designed to help high school students and their counselors select those programs and institutions of higher education that best match the students' needs, interests,…

This paper describes Swedish higher education, its place in the overall education system, enrollments, standards, graduate education, teachers, and organization. A brief history of the system focuses on reforms since the 1950s that have dramatically changed all of education in Sweden. Data on enrollment show that 35 percent of young people attend…