Shows how one Texas school district analyzed student records to assess its success in preparing students for post secondary study. For the 1997-98 senior cohort, subsequent college enrollment varied significantly by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and high school attended. White and Asian students had greater enrollment rates than blacks and…

Assesses whether college administrators are planning and building adequately to meet the the educational demand for space over the next 20 years. Trends in construction dollars expenditures over the past two decades are presented. (GR)

Presents statistics on the status of African Americans in U.S. institutions of higher education, examining the following issues: the black-white higher education equality index, the state of racial inequality, state-by-state projections of African American college enrollments for 1995-2015, and the history and status of African Americans in higher…

Charts depict trends in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees awarded by subject between 1982-83 and 1994-95, with projections to 2006. The data show the total number of degrees earned by women increased 35%; women now earn more degrees than men. By 1994, 21% of college students were over age 35. (SK)

Reviews the increasing participation of people of color in architecture, with an emphasis on architecture education at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Includes statistics on architecture enrollment and graduation by gender and race, and architecture faculty data (such as racial breakdown and average salaries). Notes the relatively few…

Discusses why an increasing number of Hispanics will come to rely on community colleges to provide a foot in the door of higher education, largely because community colleges are affordable, accessible, and flexible enough to meet the needs of Hispanic students. (EV)

With new programs, new facilities and new training options, a number of technical schools and community colleges are experiencing a tremendous growth spurt. The latest survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics indicates an interesting trend in public two-year college enrollments. Findings…

In his 20 years as a superintendent in five school districts across a wide swath of New York state, Paul Doyle has seen just about every grade-level configuration under the sun when it comes to public schools. In the 8,000-student Rome district where Doyle started as a superintendent back in 1985, campuses followed a K-6 configuration. Rome had an…

Recent national budget shortfalls in the United States have caused many states to evaluate various ways to cut their budgets--including cutting education expenditures--while community college enrollments have continued to explode. The combination of these 2 factors threatens the traditional open door policy of public community colleges.

Though studies have been conducted to find out the effect of unemployment on credit enrollment in community colleges, none have been done to find the effect of unemployment on non-credit enrollment. The present study explores the following question: "When the economy is on a downward curve, does non-credit enrollment decrease and credit…

This report, issued by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, reports on trends in higher education for the year 2010. Six goals are presented, each with indicators. Each indicator is broken down into the following subsections: About This Indicator; Highlights; and In the Future. Most indicators also include statistical tables and figures…

This report provides an comprehensive analysis of the way recession is impacting upon graduate outcomes. Data used in this report reflects the current level of applications to higher education (HE) for 2010 entry, but, due to data collection timing differences, the employment and training destinations of the graduating cohorts of 2005/06-2008/09.…

This is the full report, and a separate research brief also was published. Austin Independent School District (AISD) served 5,450 pre-K students in 2009-2010. Approximately 70% of sampled English-speaking pre-K students and 74% of sampled Spanish-speaking pre-K students had faster than the expected growth rate on an assessment of receptive…

"Open Doors" is a comprehensive information resource on the 690,923 international students in the United States in 2009/10 and on the 260,327 U.S. students who studied abroad for academic credit in 2008/09. The Institute of International Education (IIE), one of the largest and most experienced higher education exchange agencies in the…

Doubts about effectiveness and relevancy have made the academic preparation of superintendents a reform issue in most states. Attention being given to this topic has inevitably rekindled several fundamental questions such as: To what extent is the academic preparation of superintendents consistent among and within states? What forces control…