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Puyear, Donald E. – 1989
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) converted from a quarter to semester calendar at the beginning of the 1988-89 academic year. A study was conducted after the first year of the use of the new calendar to determine its effects on enrollment and student persistence. Full- and part-time enrollment data and student retention rates for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Full Time Equivalency
Download full textFarland, Ronnald W.; Anderson, Connie – 1989
In response to state-level concern about the efficacy of the transfer function of community colleges, this report summarizes the progress made since 1984 in strengthening transfer and articulation between the community colleges in California and the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU). Part I offers background…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Caldwell, Roger L.; Brown, Kenneth – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competiveness, this document discusses the national and state level for making judgments about future enrollment options for Arizona's universities. Relevant national and statewide trends are identified. Future challenges include…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Quality, Efficiency, Enrollment Projections
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1989
Reports and statistical data summarizing the events of 1988 with regard to higher education are provided. The following chapters are included: (1) "The Academy: A Statistical Profile" (nominal increase in enrollments expected for 1988-1989; decade-long trends continue in minority enrollments; California, New York and Texas lead in minority…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia. – 1988
Designed to answer those questions most frequently asked about the Washington Community Colleges by members of the legislature, state and external agencies, citizens, college administrators, faculty and students, this report presents data on enrollments, personnel, facilities, and finances for fall 1987 and the 1987-88 academic year. Introductory…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1987
Degree trends in 21 general fields of study and selected majors within the fields are reported for the University of California and California State University. Included are: changes in the number of degrees awarded from 1976-1977 through 1985-1986; the numbers of degrees awarded and percentage changes in specific majors; and changes in men's and…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Programs, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Hartleb, David – 1986
In recognition of the 25th anniversary of University College (UC), the first public two-year college in Ohio, this report presents an overview of the history and contributions of the college; a description of its students, student services, technical and transfer programs, developmental education programs, and community relations; and a discussion…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Programs, College Role, Developmental Studies Programs
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1985
In 1984-85, as part of its annual assessment of the character of remedial programs in New Jersey, the New Jersey Basic Skills Council (NJBSC) administered the Basic Skills Questionnaire to all county and state colleges and universities and requested information on enrollments, placement testing, students identified as needing remediation, students…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Arbeiter, Solomon – 1987
Factors that have affected the decline in black college enrollments in the 1980s are explored. Demographics of the teenage cohort during 1973-1983 are reviewed, and attributes of blacks and whites are compared to determine any significant changes among or between the black and white teenage populations that would account for the decline in black…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Students
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
The 1983-1984 report on the postsecondary desegregation progress in Maryland is presented. The goals of the 1980 plan, the status of attainment of the goals, and recommended corrective action are indicated. The goals concern the following areas: undergraduate accessibility; graduate/first professional accessibility; enrollment in fields where…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Black Students, Change Strategies, College Desegregation
Davison, Richard L.; And Others – 1985
Information on degree and certificate programs and the rate of student completions for fiscal year 1984-1985 at North Dakota postsecondary institutions is presented. Information is categorized by program level and by type of institution. For the two- and four-year institutions, the chief administrator is identified. Data are provided on tuition…
Descriptors: College Programs, Degrees (Academic), Enrollment Trends, Fees
Young, Frank – 1985
In 1984, a study was conducted in the San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD) to examine the state of transfer education in the district. During the first phase of the study, available data were gathered and examined with respect to: (1) flow of district transfers to the University of California (UC) and California State University…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
Mingle, James R. – 1987
Progress toward the full participation of minorities in higher education during the past three decades is reviewed. Attention is directed to: the potential pool of qualified high school graduates who could enter postsecondary education; the participation and enrollment rates of minorities; factors related to retention and success in undergraduate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans
Herman, Joseph – 1981
Admission policies and procedures in higher education institutions in East and West Europe were studied based on responses to a 1977 questionnaire sent to European countries and through additional study. The following topics are addressed: definitions of terms related to problems of access to postsecondary education; quantitative trends; admission…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Career Counseling, College Admission
Moore, Dan E.; Alter, Theodore R. – 1980
Enrollment changes between 1970 and 1976 in the 504 public school districts in Pennsylvania were examined in light of "turnaround" (revival of growth in nonmetropolitan areas). Each district was classified into one of four categories according to the size of the largest urban place in the district, so that enrollment changes within…
Descriptors: Community Services, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
