This report focuses on changes in the enrollment of credit students at Hudson County Community College (HCCC) (New Jersey) during the period 1990-1999. The data permit two types of comparisons: HCCC over time and HCCC relative to the other 18 community colleges in New Jersey. Highlights include: (1) HCCC entered the decade as the 15th largest…

Data from a variety of sources are used to examine enrollment and employment trends in public higher education. U.S. public institutions of higher education are charged with supplying much of the human capital that will power the economy and with filling the pipeline of qualified workers. Data suggest that there are several important "disconnects"…

The State Center Community College District (SCCCD) 2002-2003 Fact Book presents institutional data on the following topics: (1) student and enrollment trends; (2) planning and decision making; and (3) service area demographics. The Student and Enrollment Chapter profiles the student body and contains demographic data self-reported on the…

This study of Wyoming citizen access to community college education explored several factors related to college enrollments over the period 1990-1997: age characteristics of the Wyoming population, age characteristics of credit headcount enrollments in the Wyoming College System, and penetration rates of Wyoming Colleges into Wyoming counties.…

Passed in 1997, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was designed to expand and complement the Medicaid program, thereby reducing the number of U.S. children without health insurance. However, as states implemented welfare reform, many children and parents lost welfare benefits, and thereby Medicaid coverage. This study examined…

Information is provided about student membership in the Colorado public schools in 1998. In fall 1998, there were 699,135 students in Colorado's public schools, an increase of 11,968 students (1.7%) from fall 1997. Fall membership grew by 58,614 students (9.2%) from fall 1994 to fall 1998. Beginning in fall 1990, membership each year has surpassed…

This 1999-2000 statistical report contains numerous data tables and figures on institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania. The data were compiled from annual surveys of the state's colleges and universities and are presented in the categories of basic student charges, fall enrollments, residence of students, degrees conferred, faculty and…

Highlights of this summary of trends in enrollment within the University of Wisconsin (UW) system include: fall 1998 full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment (128,371) was up 2.4 percent from fall 1997; fall 1998 headcount enrollment (152,926) was up 1.6 percent from fall 1997; and the UW system achieved its fall 1998 FTE enrollment target. Seven…

"The Condition of Education" summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report, which is required by law, is an indicator report intended for a general audience of readers who are interested in education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most…

This document is a quick look at general information about Alabama schools. The document contains 11 sections: (1) state statistics; (2) Alabama public schools; (3) Alabama board of education members; (4) financial data; (5) school size and enrollment; (6) transportation and school meals; (7) graduation requirements; (8) additional enrollment;…

This report summarizes the trends in transfer students at Maryland public higher education institutions during the past 10 years, 1993-2002. Specifically, the figures include the number of students enrolled at a community college in the fall of each year who transferred to a public four-year institution by the fall of the following year; the…

The report of the agricultural and mechanical colleges for the year 1916-17 has more than ordinary significance on account of the important relation of those institutions to the war. From the beginning they have cooperated closely with the Government in furnishing a large quota of men with military training. Courses have been added which will…

Text of an address delivered at the Simcoe County Professional Development Day, Barrie, Ontario, February 16, 1973. (RL)

Author looks at three little discussed issues which throw doubts on the basic philosophy underlying the White Paper. (Editor/RK)