Fall 1984 data on enrollments, student characteristics, and personnel at Washington community colleges are provided in this report and contrasted with historical data for fall quarters 1980 through 1983. First, report highlights are presented, indicating: (1) restoration of evening and off-campus enrollment was the principal trend evident in the…

This report to the Illinois Senate Committee on Higher Education assesses the extent to which students in metropolitan Chicago have real access to higher education and choice among postsecondary institutions. The chapters in part I address issues related to inequality in higher education in Chicago, providing analyses of the causes of inequality,…

Results of the 1982-1983 census of foreign students in the United States are presented. In addition to an overview of foreign study in the United States and other countries, data are provided on students' nationality, academic characteristics, personal characteristics, distribution by state, distribution in two- and four-year institutions, and in…

Sources and impacts of foreign student flows are addressed in two papers from the Institute of International Education's 1984 conference. Summaries of conference sessions and assessments of the meaning of student flows, particularly from the viewpoints of different types of higher education institutions, are also provided. In…

Results of the 1983-1984 census of foreign students in the United States are presented. In addition to an overview of foreign study in the United States and other countries, data are provided on students' nationality, academic characteristics, personal characteristics, distribution by state, distribution in two- and four-year institutions, and in…

Data on 1982 summer and fall college enrollments in Pennsylvania are presented, along with brief narrative explanations. Tables are presented on the following: total enrollments in higher education institutions by type of institution, fall 1974-1983; enrollments in institutions by sex, fall 1974-1983; summer school registrations, 1974-1983; total…

An evaluation report on foreign language activities in the 39 state-supported institutions in Virginia is presented. After an overview of the state of the foreign language discipline, extensive information is provided for the state's two- and four-year institutions on foreign language offerings, enrollments, degrees, class size, state aid,…

Data tables relating to the 16 Mississippi public junior college districts were compiled from the 1976-77 annual report to the Junior College Commission, the FY 1979 budget requests to the Commission on Budget and Accounting, and other available sources. The report was prepared to enable junior college administrators to reflect on norms and trends…

This report summarizes personal and academic characteristics of the 27,100 students enrolled at Hawaii's seven community colleges in spring 1978. Although the report emphasizes students in credit programs, registration counts of non-credit program students are included. The statistics come from Student Enrollment Reports, personal history forms,…

A series of tables and graphs comparing student enrollment and migration in 1968 and 1975 is presented. The report compares headcount enrollment for the two years at Vermont higher education institutions, public and private, by home state of students. It also compares enrollment of Vermonters in public and private institutions of other New England…

Data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics on the survey instrument "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," as part of the annual Higher Education General Information Survey are presented. The period covered by the report, 1971 through 1980, was one of considerable change for higher education. Enrollments…

A bibliography of publications authored, coauthored, or edited by Martin A. Trow on the transition from elite to mass higher education is presented. The specific topics of the publications, which cover 1957-1982, include the following: confronting the challenge of underprepared students, comparative perspectives on access, liberal education and…

Literature on Chicano students in American higher education is reviewed and criticized. The following topics are addressed: the difficulty of defining "Chicano;" problems in working with Chicano census data; the United State Chicano population in terms of age, family size, as a percentage of all United States Hispanics, and geographical…

A bibliography of Harold L. Hodgkinson's works on structure and process in higher education is presented. Specific topics include the following: college administration, changing patterns of college enrollment, new learners in college, priorities in educational research, federal policy and research issues, educational research and development,…

Data on black college students and black colleges for 1980-81 are presented and briefly described. More than a million black students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities in fall 1980, and slightly more than half of these students attended colleges in the Southern and border states. Over a third of the black students in the Southern/border…