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Download full textBerve, Nancy M. – Higher Education in the States, 1983
Results of an updated survey on the basic legal structures and responsibilities of state coordinating or governing agencies and public institutional governing boards are presented. The data cover the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of January 1, 1983. For each state, information is presented on the following: (1) the structure of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, Budgeting, College Planning
Andersen, Charles J. – 1984
The level and composition of student financial aid for undergraduate students were estimated, with attention to estimated number of aid recipients, the total amount they received, the distribution of aided students by their families' income level, the composition of their aid packages, and the use of computers in the administration of aid. In…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Eligibility
Hauselman, A. J., Ed.; Tudor, Dan, Ed. – 1983
A history of the University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS) begins this presentation and analysis of data on UKCCS enrollment, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics. Section I looks at fall 1981 headcount enrollments for each of the 14 UKCCS campuses in terms of distribution by enrollment status,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Richardson, Richard C., Jr. – 1990
Information, analysis, and commentary are presented in a report that examines the progress and difficulties that states are having in assuming more of a moral and practical leadership role in achieving equity in higher education among minorities. The report discusses the fundamental dilemma states face in trying to foster greater institutional…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Civil Rights, Demography, Educational Change
Indiana State Commission for Higher Education, Indianapolis. – 1989
The study reported in this document tracked a cohort of Indiana freshmen (about 47,000) with reported majors and categorized them as associate and baccalaureate, resident and nonresident, and part-time and full-time students. The objective to determine how these students fared in the course of the 4 years examined (fiscal years 1985-88). Included…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Dropouts
Indiana State Commission for Higher Education, Indianapolis. – 1989
A 4-year study was made of attrition and persistence rates of 17,677 freshmen degree-seeking students enrolled in Indiana state vocational education programs in fiscal year 1985. The present report focuses on the experience of the 2,187 black students in that cohort. The study's findings include the following: (1) among full-time students, the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Students, Dropouts
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1986
Data on 1976-1984 college and university enrollment trends are presented, based on the Higher Education General Information Survey. Information is provided on higher education enrollments by control and level of institution, student sex, and full-time and part-time attendance status. Trends in enrollment are for the 50 states and the District of…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Females
Alabama State Commission on Higher Education, Montgomery. – 1987
Recommendations for appropriations to each public college and university in Alabama are presented by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) in its 1987-1988 unified budget report. For each institution and type of expenditure (e.g., academic, research, public service, and capital outlay), data are provided for: 1985-1986 appropriations,…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Credits, College Programs, Educational Finance
Connecticut State Board of Higher Education, Hartford. – 1987
Information on the 27,430 degrees conferred in Connecticut colleges in 1985-1986 is presented, with attention to discipline and level of the degree and the recipients' gender and minority status. Trends include the following: completion rates at private colleges are higher than at public colleges; the number of bachelor's degrees continued to rise…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Degrees (Academic)
Zikopoulos, Marianthi, Ed.; Julian, Alfred C., Ed. – 1986
Results of the 1985-1986 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: the number of students from regions and countries that sent the largest groups of foreign students to the United States; personal and academic…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Howe, Richard D.; Carlton, J. Beth – 1986
Average salary increases for 722 faculty in the field of counseling and personnel services are reported for 1982-1983 and 1985-1986, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 108,074 faculty at 174 public colleges and 193 private colleges, representing 41 academic…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
Brinkman, Paul T.; Jones, Dennis P. – 1985
The costs of directing additional instructional resources to lower-division instruction is assessed. "Frontloading," or directing additional resources toward lower-division students, was recommended by a national study group because first- and second-year students are frequently taught by junior instructors in large classes in which they…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Advanced Courses, College Faculty, College Freshmen
Connecticut State Board of Higher Education, Hartford. – 1986
Information on 27,016 degrees conferred in Connecticut colleges and universities in 1984-1985 is presented, with attention to discipline and level of the degree and the recipients' gender and minority status. Trends include the following: over the past 10 years, the proportion of bachelor's and master's degrees awarded in the public sector has…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Degrees (Academic)
Meredith, Mark – 1985
Strategic planning and management (SPM) methods and benefits/problems encountered are examined, based on a survey of postsecondary institutions. In addition to considering administrative, technical, and resource requirements and conditions, guidelines for conducting SPM are presented. After an initial questionnaire to determine whether…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Planning, Educational Objectives
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1984
Recommendations concerning postsecondary accreditation in California are presented, with attention to public reliance on nongovernmental accreditation. After a review of the history of accreditation and its role in institutional oversight, attention is directed to national accreditation of colleges, regional accreditation by the Western…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Certification
