The influence of enrollment growth and inflation on the costs of North Carolina's comprehensive and liberal arts colleges and universities were studied. comprehensive institutions were defined as those having more than 1,500 students, a liberal arts program, and at least one professional program; liberal arts colleges, as four-year colleges with…

In 1982, a study was conducted to identify the effects on Washington's community colleges of state legislation requiring tuition and fee increases for 1981-83 and altering residency policies. Presidents, deans of instruction, deans of students, admissions officers, financial aids officers, registrars, adult/continuing education directors, and…

Focusing primarily upon regular students in credit programs at six of Hawaii's community colleges, this report presents data tables summarizing enrollment trends and selected personal and academic student characteristics. The tables cover: (1) headcount enrollment for each college and training center in regular credit programs and in…

Faced with declining enrollments and decreasing resources, institutions of higher education need to consider new ways to conceptualize their purposes and the administrative processes relevant to those purposes. Asserting that the organizational structure of the institution and the learners, educators, and instructional methods interacting in that…

Postsecondary education data for California for the 1981-1982 academic year and comparative data from previous years are presented regarding enrollment, degrees conferred, faculty, finance, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores. Narrative sections that highlight trends and information sources are also included. Enrollment data are presented…

Summary statistics on fall 1981 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…

The impact of discontinuing an academic program at St. Edward's University, Texas, was assessed by measurement on three levels: first-level effects on students and faculty; second-level effects on auxiliary offices and related courses and majors; and third-level effects on productivity and a profile of majors. Majors with a higher than average…

A study was conducted at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Victoria (UV) to assess the academic performance of community college and technical institute transfer students in terms of baccalaureate degree attainment, time taken to complete the degree, rate of withdrawal, and final academic standing at the time the…

Data related to current and recent engineering manpower demand, engineering degrees and enrollments, supply and demand projections for engineering manpower, and results of an April 1982 survey of New York's engineering schools are presented and discussed in separate sections of this report. Based on these data, nine recommendations for the future…

As part of a statewide investigation of the reverse transfer student, a study of students transferring from four-year colleges and universities to community colleges was conducted in the Los Rios Community College District. The study sought to determine the relative size of the reverse transfer population; differences in the characteristics of…

Nursing education programs in Kentucky were surveyed in 1981 to assist the process of manpower planning and educational program development for registered nurses. The survey is part of a statewide coordinated system for nursing education developed through the Kentucky Nursing Education Project. Thirty-three nursing programs were surveyed that…

A study of students enrolled at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in fall 1981 was conducted to obtain demographic data and information on students' goals and relationship with the college, and to compare student data with community demographic data. A random sample of 500 traditional credit and 300 continuing education students was surveyed by…

This report provides selected information on minorities and women working in the health fields or preparing for them as students in health professions schools. The report is in two sections. The first section consists of tables presenting educational and employment data for racial and ethnic minorities in the health fields, with accompanying text.…

These two reports look at trends in fall and spring enrollments at Oklahoma City Community College in terms of the following categories: male, female, full-time, part-time, new students, returning students, graduates, single, married, divorced, average age, Black, White, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, international, other ethnic/no response,…

These two reports look at trends in fall and spring enrollments at Oklahoma City Community College in terms of the following categories: male, female, full-time, part-time, new students, returning students, graduates, single, married, divorced, average age, Black, White, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, international, other ethnic/no response,…