Reported hate crimes have increased rapidly in recent years, including on college campuses. Concurrently, general racial animus has increased in the United States. Scholars have shown that the larger sociopolitical environment can directly impact the campus climate and experiences of all students, particularly students of color. However, little is…

For more than 25 years, thousands of colleges and universities have used the Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) Satisfaction-Priorities Surveys to assess their students, strengthen the student experience, increase student success and completion, and prioritize campus planning initiatives. The surveys are valued so highly because they reveal where…

Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill teamed up with UnidosUS to explore whether and how our debt-driven higher education system makes it difficult for students to finish a college program or degree. The quantitative research, gathered from more than 1,500 respondents from across the country, offers insight into the primary…

Higher education has seen significant changes in the student experience in the past 10 years. For the past decade, everything from student attitudes about college to the technology they use every day has impacted their satisfaction with, and perception of, the college experience. This report is a comparison of student satisfaction, separated by 10…

The Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) Satisfaction-Priorities Surveys are the national standard for benchmarking student satisfaction in higher education. Since 1994, more than 2,900 colleges and universities have used the surveys to evaluate students' concerns that influence student success, college completion, student recruitment, strategic planning,…

For more than two decades, the national standard for benchmarking student satisfaction in higher education has been the Ruffalo Noel Levitz Satisfaction-Priorities Surveys. Since their beginning in 1994, these benchmark surveys have been used by more than 2,900 U.S. colleges and universities to evaluate students' concerns that correspond with…

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), launched in 2000 and updated in 2013, documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent…

The document contains South Texas Community College (STCC) facts and data. It provides a college profile and information on access, completion, transfer rate and success, graduate employment, student development, TASP Test passage rate, academic progress of all students, stakeholder satisfaction, finance, facilities, and an appendix listing…

Discussion of the importance of continuing professional development activities for academic librarians focuses on a study that compared activities in Oklahoma academic libraries based on the type of institution, i.e., two year, four year, or doctorate granting. Demographic characteristics, institutional support, and level and type of professional…

Data on reported incidents of murder, forcible and nonforcible sexual offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor-vehicle theft and on arrests for liquor-law violations, drug use, and weapons possession are presented for 487 colleges and universities with populations of over 5,000 for both 1995 and 1996. For each institution…

This report summarizes findings and implications of a research project to explore ways educational institutions influence career development in women undergraduates. A three-page narrative first briefly describes collection of data between 1973 and 1975 from more than 1000 male and female freshmen and seniors at six coeducational New England…

The American Council on Education's (ACE) continuing project to monitor and report on changing practices in higher education, is reported in this fifth issue of "Campus Trends." The survey was conducted by ACE's Higher Education Panel, with questionnaires completed by senior administrators at 367 colleges and universities. Special…

This is the twelfth edition of the Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) Fact Book presented by the Office of Institutional Research. This edition is designed to serve as a readily available source of information about the college. The NVCC Fact Book contains chapters (1-6) on the college's student enrollments, graduates, personnel, finances…

This is the nineteenth publication of a comprehensive data book by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Sections focus on student characteristics, faculty and staff data, annual enrollment and completion data, financial data, and facilities data for the 48 community colleges in the system. Highlights for fall 2000 include: (1) 57% of…

This report on the Houston Community College System (HCCS) is divided into seven sections: General Information, Financial Information, Personnel Profile, Student Profile, Academic Achievement, Enrollment Trends, and Instructional Programs. Section 1, General Information, takes a look at Houston Community College System's (HCCS) vision, values,…