Key indicators of educational progress in South Dakota are presented for the 1996-97 school year to fulfill the legislative requirement for reporting. The publication includes attendance and dropout rates, achievement test scores, American College Testing assessment scores, and feedback from the Board of Regents on students entering state colleges…

This brochure provides a complete listing of the approved undergraduate and graduate professional education programs including majors, minors, and concentrations offered at all of the public universities and independent colleges and universities in Wisconsin. Individuals interested in pursuing a career in the education professions may use this…

This report summarizes findings of focus groups of recent high school graduates conducted during new student orientation at Carroll Community College (CCC) in fall 1999. Students were invited to participate in focus groups at the conclusion of the all-day orientation. Three focus groups were held, two with six participants and one with five…

This report summarizes the progress made by the Commission on Higher Education and the faculty and administrators at New Mexico's 25 postsecondary campuses in facilitating student transfer between institutions. New Mexico's colleges and universities have steadily improved their working relationships, which is based on an increased rate of transfer…

The document presents the survey results on the employment and continuing status of the 1999 graduates of the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI). The statistical breakdown reveals that 80.4 percent of the 1999 graduates are employed (48.7 percent full-time), 33.4 percent are continuing their education (11.9 percent full-time), and 4.8…

This report presents the results of the Survey of Advising and Admissions Personnel on Administrative Systems Related to Transfer questionnaire as prepared by the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer's Task Force on Standards and Processes. Responses from 98 individual counselors were received. By far the most common type of…

This report presents statewide, complex area, and individual school summaries of students? post-secondary plans for the year following their completion of high school. The Senior Exit Plans Survey (SEPS) Coordinator at each school, usually a school counselor, was responsible for distributing, collecting, checking, and returning the completed…

This document presents an assortment of statistical data about Maryland postsecondary education. The information is presented for a period of years, so that trends can be highlighted. The Trend Book is organized into nine sections: (1) Factors Affecting Enrollments; (2) Enrollment; (3) Retention, Transfer and Graduation; (4) Degrees; (5) Graduate…

This report presents evidence that links participation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) in high school with higher SAT Reasoning Test™ (SAT®) scores. Using structural equation models (SEMs) with latent means, we analyzed data from a national sample of college-bound high school students. A series of structural equation models--isolating the…

Panel members (George A. Schlekat, David Johnson, Silas Purnell) agree that aid does not go to those most in need, and until system is revamped, our colleges will remain closed to those too disadvantaged to achieve well on standard tests, or to raise minimum personal funds. (CJ)

Outlines the operation of preparatory divisions, which are being established in order to improve the level of general educational preparation of youth, and to create conditions for entry into higher educational institutions. (JB)

File and survey data are used to determine the characteristics of students receiving college acceptances who decide to enroll full- or parttime rather than decline the admission offer. The objective was to distinguish between factors of eligibility for college and the personal and social factors affecting student self-selection for attendance.…

File and survey data are used to determine the characteristics of students receiving college acceptances who decide to enroll full- or part-time rather than decline the admission offer. The objective was to distinguish between factors of eligibility for college and the personal and social factors affecting student self-selection for attendance.…