This report provides recent (1991-92) facts and figures, about higher education in the United States. Sections of the report present statistical data concerning the following areas: student enrollment, student financial aid, tuition and fees, faculty and staff, educational finances, degrees awarded, research activity, and results from extension…

A follow-up study of students who earned at least 12 credit hours was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), in Palatine, Illinois, to determine their employment and education status after leaving WRHC. Utilizing the National Transfer Rate Study format, over 1,000 former WRHC students in each of three cohort years (1988, 1986, and…

This report presents comparative data governing the financing of public higher education in each state and the District of Columbia. The model used in data analysis involves the following nine data elements: population, number of high school graduates, public full-time equivalent enrollment, taxable resources, tax revenue collected, state and…

Expenditures on further education (FE) in England were examined as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which was a zero-based budgeting exercise performed by the Labour government for a 3-year period covering 1999-2002. The CSR increased total FE funding by 7% in 1999-2000. When the anticipated 5% increase in FE enrollments and…

This document presents 47 tables showing the Oregon college choices of 1997 Oregon high school graduates. Two summary tables are provided. The first shows 1997 high school graduates admitted in 1997 to Oregon colleges by county of origin and type of college. Of a total of 30,330 graduates, 12,762 enrolled in Oregon colleges; the second summary…

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is a national association representing two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico where Hispanic students constitute at least 25% of the total student enrollment. Following a brief introduction and letters from the HACU chair and president, this…

A survey was conducted to examine the depth and breadth of Japanese language instruction offered in the United States, to analyze the impact of mainstreaming instruction in one of the most difficult languages to teach, and to make recommendations leading to increased instructional effectiveness. Teachers, administrators, and students were surveyed…

These three issues of "Research in Developmental Education," examine the demographic characteristics and academic achievement of developmental students. Included are the following: (1) "Demographics and Developmental Education," by Hunter R. Boylan, which examines trends in the developmental student population and their college enrollments;…

Information about limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) is summarized. In the 1990-91 school year, 5,047 students in the AISD were served in LEP programs at elementary schools (3,933 students), middle schools (555 students), and secondary schools (559 students). Most were Spanish…

This volume (second of three) contains statistical tables displaying origin or origin grouping of credit course students attending the State University of New York System. The volume contains six parts: Part 1 contains separate tables for each New York State county; Part 2 displays the permanent residence of students from outside of New York State…

This is the 25th annual report of data on the distribution of minority group students in the public schools of Connecticut for the fall of 1990, and the 23rd to report data on minority staff members. The data, collected under a legislative mandate, are used to monitor any possible imbalance of white and minority students in the public schools. In…

The third implementation year of foreign language magnet programs in two elementary schools in the school district of Kansas City, Missouri, is evaluated. The schools, New West and Melcher, each had site task forces to develop planning outlines, which emphasized the teaching of foreign language to students and the exposure of students to foreign…

This report analyzes the progress made in implementing the Illinois Board of Higher Education's policies on undergraduate education, with particular attention to the status of policy implementation concerning student achievement, scholarship, and general education. The report examines recent trends in the number of Illinois high school graduating…

Following the introduction of first-time student fees in the California Community Colleges (CCC) in 1984, minority student enrollments decreased markedly. A special statewide symposium was convened by the Board of Governors (BOG) of the CCC, and in 1986 a major policy statement was adopted to improve minority student access and achievement. In…

This publication reports data on financial aid available to students at New York's degree-granting postsecondary institutions. As an opening overview details, the tables are based on data provided by postsecondary institutions by the Higher Education Services Corporation and units of the State Education Department responsible for administering…