This paper contains a report concerning trends of enrollment and financial support in graduate science education submitted to the National Board on Graduate Education. For the study, three surveys were utilized: (1) National Science Foundation's (NSF) annual surveys of graduate student support, fiscal years 1968-73; (2) National Research Council…

Two projects, designed to serve as technical input to the developing Texas State Plan for Higher Continuing Education, focused on: (1) enrollment trends and needs, institutional activities, and statewide planning across the nation; and (2) higher education and community services. Both projects involved extensive survey work of institutional visits…

A report that describes some of the characteristics of Harford Community College students is summarized. The 12 variables investigated in order to develop a description of the student population and pinpoint trends were: (1) part-time students--the proportion of part-time students was found to be rising dramatically; (2) Age--the average age of…

Enrollment statistics for the state of Connecticut are presented. Highlights indicate: (1) Total enrollment in all colleges and universities in the state increased by 7.7 percent in fall 1974 over fall 1973, the largest percentage increase since 1970. (2) This increase in total enrollment resulted almost entirely from an increase in the number of…

The engineering manpower situation has changed within the last two years from shortage to surplus. Prediction indicates a continuing decline in demand until last 1970. The demand for engineers is predicted up to 1974, where it is estimated that the demand will exceed the supply by about 12,000. (PR)

This paper presents three arguments for maintaining the open-door policy in community colleges. One is the social demand argument. Since the Commission on Higher Education, appointed by President Truman in 1947, estimated that at least 49 per cent of the population had the mental ability to complete 14 years of schooling, various national…

To determine whether there is a trend toward using the summer session as a fourth quarter, the enrollment patterns of 3 groups of students at the University of Minnesota were compared over a 5-year period covering the 1964 to 1968 summer sessions and the 1963-1964 to 1967-1968 academic years. The student groups comprised degree candidates who…

This is a study of college enrollment trends in Louisiana. The rate of increase in enrollment in Louisiana's colleges and universities has been tapering off since 1964. An increasing proportion of students have been going to public rather than private schools--from a little over 50% in 1940 to 83.4% in 1968 and 1969. Fewer Louisiana students than…

Utilizing certain guidelines and assumptions, this report presents actual, estimated, and projected enrollment for Oregon's 38 institutions of higher education between 1959 and 1978. The report is composed mostly of statistical tables presenting data on the 12 community colleges, 9 public 4-year institutions, and 17 private and independent…

This study, based on national longitudinal data, was conducted to examine factors associated with: (1) transfer from 2- to 4-year colleges, and (2) positive and negative outcomes at the 4-year colleges. Analyses were based on data collected by the American Council on Education in its initial and followup surveys of the 1968 freshman class. This…

Discussed in this document are the changes within the physics profession, their causes and effect. Detailed statistical data are supplied concerning physics enrollments, the institutions where physics is taught, the faculty in physics departments, and the nonacademic employment of physicists. Other topics include employment, education, minority…

This factbook provides four major categories of data concerning Alabama colleges and universities: institutional characteristics, student enrollments, degrees and other formal awards, and numbers of deans and faculty. All data are divided into three parts. Part one presents state, southeast, and national data. Summary data for all state…

This document identifies characteristics of war veterans enrolled at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point campus. Data obtained from enrollments, geographic origins, age, marital status, class, teaching intent, high school rank, ACT (American College Testing) scores, and college of study. Characteristics of the veterans suggest most came…

This report is a result of a study of the state's physician manpower by representatives of the fields of medical education and professional practice in Georgia. Contents include introduction and principal findings, recommendations, and analysis of present supply of physicians and other data. Recommendations suggest improvement of the utilization…

This report is divided into two parts: headcount enrollment, and degrees granted at the institutions of higher education in New York. Each section contains a summary table for each type of institution followed by a table of statistics for each institution within that type. Summaries of statistics for all institutions of the State University of New…