How do we scale student participation in high-impact practices (HIPs) on campuses where there is limited supply? Student employment, not an official HIP yet, has potential to fill this gap. This article describes approaches taken by two campuses within the State University of New York (SUNY) system to transform work-study/student employment into…

This paper, based on data collected from questionnaires distributed among German students and from interviews with university professors and contacts in cooperating companies in both Germany and China, evaluates dual studies in Germany and their applicability to China. The study finds that most students are satisfied with the theory phase and the…

College students at 14 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in New Mexico and Texas were surveyed about their experiences in and perceptions of higher education. Three primary foci were students' employment status, work commitments, and means of financing college. Most of the informants reported working while in college and, similar to previously…

Aid to college students has increased by 82 percent over the past decade but still falls short of covering the average price of a college education, as the cost of attending the nation's public universities has continued to outpace inflation, family income, and sources of grant aid, according to two new surveys from the College Board. More than…

This author reports that, among high-school students who graduated in the bottom 40 percent of their classes, and whose first institutions were four-year colleges, two-thirds had not earned diplomas eight and a half years later. While four-year colleges admit and take money from hundreds of thousands of such students each year, the students who…

In December 1973 the Higher Education Panel conducted a survey of its 646 member institutions regarding their experiences in the fall of 1973 with the Office of Education student assistance programs. The data from responding institutions (515) were weighted statistically to develop population estimates of the number and type of students nationwide…

This study is comprised of three parts. The first part consists of a summary and analysis of arguments pro and contra year-round operation of the university. The second part makes a comparative analysis of the actual experience of year-round operation in three Canadian universities and five U.S. universities. The third part is a study proposal…

The ways in which 24 private and 24 public AAU universities have established this student assistance policy are examined. Consideration is given to some of the implications for universities and especially graduate students. (Author/LBH)

This document contains information for institutions of higher education concerning completion of the required Fiscal Operations Report (FISCOP) and an institutional application for participation in three federal programs providing student financial aid (FISAP). Programs covered include the Federal Perkins Loan Program, the Federal Supplemental…

To use the world to study reality, the alternative is offered of working in a developing country in place of some of the usual formal classroom course credits. A few universities have tried intern training programs to train Peace Corps (PC) volunteers in special fields; an aim of the program is to determine what part of the PC program can be…

The guide is intended for use by staff of governmental agencies that exercise regulatory authority over postsecondary educational institutions. It describes a simplified system for collecting, analyzing, and sharing information on the policies and practices of the regulated institutions. The policies and practices in question are those that relate…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report of the Sixth Annual Conference of Vice Chancellors of Universities in India. The Education Minister in his inaugural address referred to the large-scale expansion in the field of higher education and the problems and difficulties thus produced. Another important…

Brief descriptions are provided on 89 college and university programs offered in social work at the master or doctoral level. This report presents information about the programs of accredited graduate programs of social work and those schools working toward accreditation. The content areas of social welfare policy and services, human behavior and…

This issue--an international overview of cooperative/work experience education--contains ten case studies and four student viewpoints. It begins with an article discussing types of cooperative/work experience programs, including those focused on in the case studies. A second article previews the Second World Conference on Cooperative Education.…

This report analyzes the student aid needs in postsecondary education in Arkansas. Data were gathered by sending questionnaires to all the colleges and universities, vocational-technical schools, and proprietary schools in Arkansas, and to a random sample of all senior and junior students in Arkansas high schools. In addition, personal contacts…