Statistical data and reference information on Alabama's 57 public institutions of higher education and 17 private universities and colleges are presented. Seven sections provide tables on the following subjects: (1) current enrollment (i.e. general characteristics, total public for fall 1977-1987, and racial composition); (2) first-time entering…

Drawing from the experiences of Oglala Lakota College (OLC) in South Dakota, this paper points to the philosophical and operational changes colleges and universities must make if they truly desire to recruit and retain significant numbers of minority students. The first section discusses the philosophical bases of tribal colleges, arguing that one…

Drawing from data collected by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, as well as government and other publications from 1987-88, this report presents a statistical portrait of the community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States. Data are provided on the following topics: (1) the number of two-year colleges in…

Current and historical data on the Connecticut State Technical College System and its five component parts are provided in this report. Section I presents information on headcount and full-time enrollment trends by program and campus; credit and contact hours; student attrition by term; full- and part-time enrollments; and student characteristics…

This statistical digest provides 1987-88 information on the enrollments, students, programs and services, finances, and personnel resources of the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD's) nine campuses. Following a glossary of terms, the report provides an overview of major findings. These include the following: (1) an estimated 4.6…

As part of an effort by William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine the educational needs of minorities on campus and in the community, a study was conducted of the academic performance of different ethnic groups. Using student transcripts, the longitudinal performances of 100-student samples each of Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics were…

The testimony presented in this report addresses the effects of recent reforms on the achievement of disadvantaged students, their dropout rates, and their enrollments in vocational education. An evaluation of programs in four large-city school districts revealed that educational reform has been neither a disaster nor a boon for the performance of…

This report attempts to remedy the neglect of educational equality in recent educational reports by discussing both the educational status of black Americans and recent policy trends as they affect black students. Following an overview, trends in income and employment, family characteristics, and the degree of social mobility are discussed as a…

Two trends will impact the academic labor force through the rest of this century: approximately half of the existing professorial positions are held by persons within 15 years of retirement, and demographic projections are that by the year 2000, ethnic minority groups will constitute 30% of the national population. Underrepresented minority…

The annual survey of all regionally accredited U.S. institutions of higher education provides aggregate data on the total number of foreign students in the United States, the number of students from a particular country, the distribution of foreign students among different fields of study, and the geographic distribution of foreign students within…

Las Cruces Public Schools (Dona Ana County, New Mexico) is the second largest school district in New Mexico serving 6% of the state's public school students. Enrollment, declining in the late 1970s to a 1980-81 low of 15,349 students, has increased steadily through the 1986-87 school year, when 17,207 students were enrolled, primarily in grades…

Information on the geographic and institutional origins of students at Arkansas state and private colleges and universities in fall 1984 is presented in tabular, geographic, and narrative form. Entering students numbered 13,072 in fall 1983, a 3.32% decline from the fall 1982 figure of 13,521. The college-bound rate of Arkansas high school…

In the last decade there has been a noticeable decrease in the number of minorities recruited and retained in graduate professional education programs for human communication sciences and disorders and in the number of minority members of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). A number of causes have contributed to the decline,…

The relationship between college desegregation and minority enrollments across different educational levels and U.S. regions was investigated. The analysis was based on data from the U.S. Department of Education's 1976 survey of racial and ethnic enrollments at all 3,068 U.S. institutions, focusing on two- and four-year, graduate, and professional…

Trends in overall college enrollments and in Black and Hispanic enrollments in the nation and in the South in 1980 are examined, based on data from National Center for Education Statistics' surveys. Attention is also directed to enrollment by type of institution, enrollment in selected fields, enrollment trends during 1976-1980, enrollment in…