Data on degrees conferred by Connecticut institutions of higher education for the academic year 1980-1981 are examined. After rising steadily through 1973-1974, the number of degrees conferred stabilized between 26,000 and 27,000; 26,939 degrees were conferred by Connecticut institutions of higher education in 1980-1981. The total number of…

This seven-part factbook contains statistical data on the enrollments, graduates, programs, and financial status of New Mexico's 2-year colleges and vocational schools during 1980-81. Part I reviews spring, fall, and summer institutional headcount enrollment by college in academic, vocational, and community service programs. Part II looks at…

Data and narrative information are presented on college enrollments, based on a survey of institutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories. The total four-year college enrollment for fall 1981 was 7,530,013, of which 5,306,832 were full-time and 2,223,181 were part-time. The total two-year college enrollment for fall 1981 was…

A ten-part questionnaire was administered to deans and directors of all engineering programs of the University of California, California State University, University of the Pacific, and Loyola Marymount University. This seven-part report is based on responses obtained by the questionnaires. The first part describes differing opinions about…

Access to higher education in Western industrialized countries in the 1960s and 1970s and structural policies are reviewed, along with policies on institutional patterns in the Federal Republic of Germany and the outcomes of the policies. Higher education policy in almost all Western industrial societies neither expanded in response to the…

Results of the 1981 American Council on Education (ACE) freshmen survey for Saint Mary's College, Indiana, are examined. A total of 403 freshmen at Saint Mary's, 82 percent of the incoming class, participated. Comparative data for 1976-81 are presented for Saint Mary's freshmen. Three types of national norms were used: women at all four-year…

The historical and descriptive data provided in this report offer an overview of enrollments and finances in the community colleges of Maryland. Section 1 reviews enrollments in postsecondary education between 1955 and 1982, percentages of residents enrolled in colleges by city or county, birth rates between 1961 and 1981, and actual and projected…

In 1981, selected data about nonreturning occupational/technical students were collected at Yavapai College using the TEX-SIS follow-up system, which was developed by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Coordinating Board for Universities and Colleges. A sample of 449 students was selected from the approximately 900 students who had enrolled in…

The needs and characteristics of urban students at 10 urban U.S. colleges and universities were surveyed in 1983. Attention was directed to students' personal characteristics and educational and financial background, why students select and attend the institutions, and how students view programs and services. The campuses were primarily…

In 1983-1984 the adult literacy program in the State of New York served 78,195 adults. Fifty-one percent were female, 17 percent had completed less than 5 years of formal education, 24 percent considered a language other than English as their native language, 46 percent were between the ages of 16 and 24, 42 percent were between the ages of 25 and…

The evaluation report describes the state program activities, the 16 regular year and 14 summer programs, and the 3 support services provided for migrant children throughout the state in 1981-82. An introduction presents a brief program description, the report's purpose and format, the approach to evaluation in 1981-1982, the national goals for…

This document is an amendment to and extension of the "Revised North Carolina State Plan for the Further Elimination of Racial Duality in Public Post-Secondary Education Systems" (called the State Plan), which was submitted in response to actions of HEW in its capacity as defendent in the case Adams v. Califano. Sections of the report…

The report has two purposes: (1) to describe the current status of high school courses in four midwestern states, and (2) to describe in specific terms the status of social studies programs in those states. For both studies, 265 schools in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska were grouped by enrollment figures into five classifications ranging…

The history, administration, and structure of education in the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, are described. In general, administration is centralized at the state level. Each state issues its own course of study, conducts secondary level examinations, revises curriculum, and approves textbooks. Building and equipment maintenance…

This third in a series of ten learning modules on coordination of cooperative education is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teacher-coordinators aid in (1) promoting student interest in the cooperative program, (2) helping students gather information about themselves in order to determine whether the cooperative program fits…