During a period of projected declining enrollments some years ago, colleges and universities began looking to business and industry for models and methods to achieve stability and exhibit accountability. Zero-based budgeting, computerized record keeping, and planned-programmed-budgeting systems found their way to college campuses. A trend to…

Data on short-term (first-year) and long-term (four-year) retention in the University System of Georgia are presented. This report shows the first-year retention rates for all first-time, full-time freshmen students who entered a University System institution in the fall quarter of 1986. The aggregate 1-year rates for the system as a whole, for…

This report provides selected statistical data about the community colleges of New Jersey in the areas of enrollments, degrees conferred, skills data, finances, and faculty. Introductory material includes a fact sheet on the state's community colleges, a listing of State Board of Higher Education members, a list of colleges and their dates of…

Mississippi students are now being tested at almost every grade level. Passage of the Functional Literacy Examination (FLE) will be a prerequisite for a high school diploma beginning with the 1989 graduating class. This emphasis on testing, without an accompanying commitment to ensuring all students equal access to a full academic core curriculum,…

Testimony concerning innovative state and local programs which expand family choice in education, and the Federal government's role in facilitating such programs, is presented. Testimony reviews research findings that bear on the issue, variables involved in planning educational choice, reforms proposed in the Minnesota plan for K-12 education,…

The handbook is designed primarily as a preservice training guide for prospective immersion program teachers and secondarily as a resource for immersion program administrators and parents of prospective enrollees. It includes: (1) an overview of the immersion model, describing its historical context and key features and briefly reviewing research…

Comparative financial information for fiscal year 1986-87 is presented in this report, derived from two surveys of 535 public community and junior colleges. Chapter 1 provides guidance on the use of the report to compare institutional statistics with national and peer group medians; points out limitations of the data; and summarizes findings in…

The Division of Community Services (CS) is providing educational services to a growing percentage of the total student headcount enrolled at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP). Data from fall 1986 indicated that: (1) 51.1% of the students enrolled at CCP took their courses through the CS Division; (2) while credit-free enrollments grew,…

In 1987, a survey was conducted to determine the characteristics of music programs at a sample of public community colleges in six southern states. Survey instruments were mailed to the chief instructional administrators at 93 two-year colleges, requesting information on program size, credits offered, numbers of full- and part-time music teachers,…

Maryland's state postsecondary education system is described, along with actions to address state needs, and institutional roles and missions. The types of institutions are distinguished and information is provided on enrollments for individual community colleges, state universities and colleges, and private institutions. Planning assumptions are…

To provide longitudinal data on the effects of tutorial programs on retention/attrition, data were collected on 487 students tutored by Tutorial and Referral Services of the University of Cincinnati and on 292 non-tutored students who requested the program's assistance in 1978-1979. These students were tracked through the 1981-1982 school year.…

Trends in enrollments and degrees for physics and astronomy students are examined, based on the American Institute of Physics' annual Survey of Enrollments and Degrees. A total of 745 physics degree-granting institutions and 67 astronomy degree-granting departments were contacted. Information is included on: changes in the number of colleges…

This report lists contract salaries of superintendents and the minimum and maximum salaries scheduled in 1985-86 by 1,104 responding school systems for 21 other selected professional positions surveyed. The length of the school year is also noted. Eighteen summary tables show percentile distributions, means, and ranges of minimum and maximum…

This report looks at the 1985-86 contract salaries of superintendents and at salary data reported for each of the other professional positions by 1,104 public school systems surveyed in the fall of 1985. The number of persons employed in each category is also shown. Twenty-five summary tables show salary distributions, means, medians, and the…

Summary statistics on fall 1986 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…