As the price of a public college education has risen at well above the rate of inflation for decades, college affordability has become a key concern in public policy discussions. At the same time, recent high school graduates from lower-income and middle-income families are nearly 20 percentage points less likely to enroll in college the following…

At the request of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) conducted a review of Oklahoma's Promise program between August 2017 and February 2018. This report summarizes findings and observations from the review and provides recommendations. The review is organized around five areas of interest…

More than 100 U.S. institutions of higher education hosted Confucius Institutes (CIs), Chinese government-funded language and culture centers, on campus during the late 2000s and 2010s. While CIs provided a source of funding and other resources that enabled U.S. colleges and universities to build capacity, offer supplemental programming, and…

Contains detailed information on colleges and universities, sources for financial assistance, professional and student societies, and teacher workshops that practicing and prospective journalism educators will find useful. (RB)

Various newspaper articles report that British ministers, university representatives, exam chiefs and business bodies agree that foreign languages skills in primary, secondary and tertiary UK education are in crisis. Lower funding and policy changes have caused language skills deficiencies felt gravely in the business sectors. Funding and support…

This directory provides information on specific colleges and universities with a black heritage, including the academic and monetary requirements, financial aid, student activities, military programs, academic programs, a brief faculty profile, and campus characteristics. Institutions are listed in alphabetical order with cross reference tables…

This report contains a discussion of various practices reported at 73 independent study-by-correspondence programs, which are located at institutions in the United States that were members of the National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) during 1984-85. Data were gathered through a mailed survey to NUCEA member institutions,…

This report describes the activities of the Manitoba Universities Grants Commission, which was established in 1967 to advise the provincial minister of education on the amount of financial assistance which should be provided to Manitoba universities by the government. The commission is also responsible for allocating these funds to the…

This annual report includes narrative reports about the nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), summarizing college achievements and problems encountered during the 1983-84 academic year. An overview of the LACCD discusses problems related to fiscal reductions and indecision regarding tuition and funding; the…

This annual report presents narrative descriptions of the achievements realized and the problems encountered during 1984-85 by the nine colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District. First, a district overview highlights the imposition of a $50 fee, funding and enrollment declines, vocational instruction growth and development,…

Results from the first federally sponsored study of the chiropractic health care profession are presented, and a broad range of facts and issues of concern to policy-makers, the profession, and the public are described. The two-year project included three national surveys of: service providers (doctors of chiropractic in practice more than two…

Educational programs geared for older adults are a recent development in colleges. While certain physical handicaps may occur older persons can learn, nonetheless. Older adults are interested in learning new things and are excited by interacting with younger people in intergenerational college courses. Many programs are being built on the 1965…

This five-part report offers background information and data from 1994-95 on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents a general orientation to the system, including information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC…

This five-part report offers background information and 1993-94 data on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents a general orientation to the system, including information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC…

This five-part report offers background information and current data on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents an overview of the system, including general information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC Foundation,…