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Download full textRhodes, Frank H. T. – 1987
Issues concerning participation by minority groups in higher education in the United States are considered, along with some criticisms of higher education concerning: the substance and style of undergraduate education; efficiency and cost of college; a confusion of aims, missions, and goals among colleges and universities; and access, choice, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Access to Education, College Attendance
Schutze, Hans G., Ed.; Istance, David, Ed. – 1987
Participation in recurrent education and the financing of recurrent education are discussed from the experiences of countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Recurrent education encompasses lifelong learning. The influences of socioeconomic and technological change on recurrent education and employment are…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Clagett, Craig A. – 1987
Information provided by the Maryland State Board for Higher Education permitted Prince George's Community College (PGCC) to determine the proportion of Prince George's County residents attending various colleges and universities in the state and to analyze trends in PGCC's market shares from 1982 to 1987. Findings regarding full- and part-time…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Freshmen, College Students, Community Colleges
Paul, Faith – 1988
Examination of college enrollment in Atlanta, Georgia, showed the starkest contrasts between White gains and Black declines of any of the five metropolitan regions studied by the University of Chicago's Metropolitan Opportunity Project: while there were no declines in enrollment for White or Hispanic students, there were substantial declines for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Education, Black Students, College Attendance
St. Thomas, Sister – 1988
A survey was conducted of the chairs of the collegiate associate degree and baccalaureate degree nursing programs in New England. The questionnaire concerned curriculum needs for nursing programs, based on a model emphasizing that the fourth year of a nursing program should be a paid clinical practicum. The response rate was 72% (n=45). Results…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Burnout
Clagett, Craig A. – 1988
A study was conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) to examine student retention in two ways. First, the percentage of fall 1987 students who returned for classes the following spring was calculated for several student groups. Second, students entering PGCC for the first time in 1980 were tracked in terms of attendance and degree…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, College Graduates, Community Colleges
Hart, Philip S. – 1984
Factors that are most important to institutional effectiveness in the production of black baccalaureates were studied. A further concern was how these factors can be translated into policies and practices for undergraduate institutions that have not traditionally served black students. An effectiveness quotient was developed as an overall measure…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Graduates
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1983
The 1981-1982 report on postsecondary desegregation progress in Maryland is presented. The goals of the 1980-85 plan and the status of attainment of the goals are discussed. Data are presented on enrollments, degrees granted, employment, and governing boards. For each state institution, a chart provides information on goals and recommendations,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Black Students, Change Strategies, College Desegregation
Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior Coll., Perkinston. – 1983
Developed to highlight the annual progress of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (MGCJC) and to consolidate the statistical data relevant to the planning and reporting activities of the college, this report examines the achievements of the college during 1982-83 and presents longitudinal and current statistics describing college operations.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Faculty, College Programs, Community Characteristics
Alaska State Commission on Postsecondary Education, Juneau. – 1984
A review of the University of Alaska's operating and capital budget submission for fiscal year 1986 is presented, directed at the educational and programmatic impact of the budget request. Five recommendations endorsed by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education are analyzed. Additional contents include: summary information for the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgets, College Credits, College Programs
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1985
Financial and enrollment data for Maryland community colleges are provided in this report. Section I presents statewide data for higher education in general, including statistics on credit enrollments by educational segment and political subdivision, and on actual and projected births and high school graduates for 1961-1994. Section II provides…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends
Cohen, Barry Gerald – 1983
The effectiveness of strategies employed by colleges and universities to reverse a trend of declining enrollment was studied. A comparison was undertaken of 59 institutions that were successful (S) and 54 institutions that were unsuccessful (U) in reversing enrollment decline. In addition to questionnaire response data, extensive demographic data…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, College Programs, College Role
Grubb, W. Norton – 1983
This analysis assesses alternative explanations of the robust enrollment growth in community colleges in the 1970's, part of a larger trend of increased vocationalization of education. The conventional explanation is that community colleges offer the most appropriate training for rapidly increasing jobs requiring middle-level skills. Various other…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demand Occupations, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Influences
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. Research Div. – 1984
Summary statistics on fall 1983 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Choice, College Freshmen, College Programs
Howard Community Coll., Columbia, MD. Office of Research and Planning. – 1989
This databook provides tables, charts, and graphs illustrating trends in enrollments, credit instruction and degrees awarded, continuing education, faculty, and finances at Howard Community College (HCC) in Maryland. Part 1 examines changes in enrollments and student characteristics over the past 5 to 10 years. Enrollment data are broken down by…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
