Pilot projects to achieve sex equity in vocational programs at the community colleges of Hawaii have existed on an individual campus basis since 1977. The plan contained in this document continues the sex equity efforts of the community colleges and provides a new approach--based on systemwide coordination--to reducing sex bias and stereotyping in…

In six chapters and 118 tables with interpretive charts, this annual report presents data on the American educational system, including its students, its personnel, and its larger social context. Among its many findings are that Hispanics and students in central cities showed the highest dropout rates; that almost as many female as male high…

Trends in black enrollment in higher education in the U.S. and the South are reported. The first section examines characteristics of black enrollment in 1976 and includes total black enrollment (distribution by level), enrollment by type of institution (two-year or four-year, public or private), predominantly black institutions, and enrollment by…

Data collected during the seventh and eighth annual studies of the application and enrollment patterns of State University of New York (SUNY) transfer students are tabulated. For the purpose of this study, transfer students were defined as undergraduate students who were enrolled at a SUNY institution for the first time in a fall term, but who had…

In considering participation of Hispanic students in higher education, focus is on racial and ethnic data available, research on Hispanic students, education litigation and legal issues impacting on Hispanics, and recruitment. Though Hispanic enrollments in higher education have increased, high concentration of full-time undergraduates in two-year…

The ninth annual survey by the Office of Communications Services of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) shows total enrollment at state and land-grant universities dipped from 3,362,846 in 1977 (391 campuses reporting) to 3,231,948 in 1978 (354 campuses reporting), a drop of 4 percent. The Office of…

This study was conducted to identify successful foreign language programs in undergraduate institutions of higher learning and to examine those factors which were felt to have contributed to their success. The study attempted to find patterns and approaches to foreign language instruction which might be generalized, reproduced, or adapted by other…

Data relating to the 16 public junior college districts in Mississippi were compiled from the 1977-78 Annual Report to the Junior College Commission, the 1980 budget requests to the Commission on Budget and Accounting, and other sources available to the Division of Junior Colleges, Mississippi State Department of Education, so that Mississippi…

Recent interactions between the state government (and to a lesser extent the federal government) and public higher education in Wisconsin are examined, and some of the major issues and actions from 1965 to the present are reviewed in order to identify imbalances that could jeopardize a"health tension" between the two sectors. Some of the…

Four appendices are provided to the Market Research Task Force Report completed at Vancouver Community College (VCC). Appendix I describes, on a series of matrices, the programs offered at each of the three VCC campuses and in the college's continuing education department. The following information is included on the matrices for each college…

February 1980 Student Enrollment Reports were analyzed to determine selected personal and academic characteristics of students enrolled at the six Hawaii community colleges during Spring 1980. The analysis revealed that 26,029 students were enrolled; 68% were regular students in credit programs, 0.5% were early admits or concurrent registrants…

Data showing patterns in enrollment by institution and the demographic characteristics of students (part-time and full-time) at various program levels within the universities, colleges, and private trade schools in Ontario are examined, and emerging trends are assessed. Analysis is provided by institution, sex, age, legal status, province of…

Enrollment of full-time first-time freshmen in New Jersey colleges and universities has remained stable since 1975. Enrollment decrease was greatest at Rutgers University. Eighteen colleges were regional in their drawing power, enrolling less than 50 percent from the home county and contiguous counties but at least 85 percent from within the…

THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRESPONDENCE STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STRESSED LIBERAL ARTS CREDIT COURSES DURING ITS EARLY PERIOD. EXCEPT DURING 1933-37, GROWTH BETWEEN 1913 AND 1953 WAS RAPID AND QUITE CONSISTENT, RISING FROM 83 REGISTRATIONS IN 1913-14 TO 3,458 IN 1952-53. TEACHERS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PREPARING FOR COLLEGE,…

ALTHOUGH LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, THROUGH TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND EVENING INSTITUTES, ARE THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF ADULT EDUCATION IN BRITAIN, LIBERAL STUDIES ARE DOMINATED BY THE UNIVERSITIES AND BY THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEA). LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES HAVE TENDED TO FAVOR A NON-UNIVERSITY APPROACH BY PROVIDING CLASSES IN A…