Designed as an aid in evaluating the past academic year by summarizing and consolidating college and districtwide information, this annual report provides technical information about the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) for 1984-85. After initial sections offer a district overview and data summary, the bulk of the report presents…

A study examined ways in which Technical and Further Education (TAFE) services might be delivered to persons living in outlying areas of Australia. The study concentrated on the tristate area served by the Broken Hill, Riverland, and Sunraysia colleges. The following means of providing TAFE services were studied: self-study centers, residential…

"Crime on Campus, 1978-1979: A Survey of 150 College Campuses and Cities" is a machine-readable data file (MRDF) that includes statistics (in the form of 80 variables) on violent crimes and property crimes occurring on campuses and in the cities and municipalities associated with them. Information is given on the number of police on the campus and…

This discussion of how the effectiveness of federal student aid can be evaluated is framed in terms of three questions: (1) Has federal student aid expanded educational opportunity; that is, has it encouraged the enrollment and broadened the educational choices of disadvantaged students? (2) Has federal student aid made the distribution of higher…

The concept of barrier-free transfer from two-year to four-year colleges is an important element in planning for student access to the baccalaureate. While it seems clear that transfer works reasonably well for most students most of the time, evidence suggests that transfer may be a qualitatively and quantitatively different experience at the…

This annual publication presents a core of relevant information about the Rochester (New York) City School District, including enrollment, achievement, and attendance data. It provides a forum for reporting and exploring items of interest to the district. Focus is on providing systematic and reliable information for school district assessment,…

This report compares regional and subregional division characteristics of public elementary and secondary education in the United States. Selected key statistics are presented for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Information is presented on the public school districts, elementary and secondary schools, students, staff members,…

This report is an analysis of statistical data covering public education revenues between school years 1981-82 and 1985-86. The data comes from the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey, an annual collection of information on public elementary and secondary schools derived from the administrative and fiscal records of the state departments of…

Designed to present descriptive data on previous and current Central Community College (CCC) students, this report contains tables and graphs showing the characteristics of 1986-87 students at the three CCC campuses, the sources of CCC's students, significant enrollment trends, and graduation rates. Specifically, the report focuses on: (1) 1986-87…

Data concerning the places of residence of students who were enrolled in Maryland colleges during fall 1982 are presented, along with a brief narrative section. The information is intended primarily for use as a reference to study the enrollment patterns of the residents of the state's major political subdivisions at Maryland institutions. Of the…

The 1982 annual report of the State University of New York on the age group and sex of students is presented. The major statistical tables array four student characteristics: age group, sex, level (undergraduate/graduate), and load (part-time/full-time). Part one contains summary data for the entire system and each institution within the system.…

Fall 1982 statistics on the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York are presented. This first of two volumes presents three types of summary information that uses the individual institution (or institutional type) as the unit of analysis. Statistical tables summarize the…

Fiscal reductions as well as growing conservatism may have a profound impact on many university programs, including Chicano Studies programs, which are expanding into research, publications, and other areas. To frame the issues of greatest concern to Chicano Studies programs, a small research effort at the University of New Mexico involved the…

This study relates the personal characteristics, high school experiences, and college experiences of students pursuing a baccalaureate degree to the type of institution they attended and their ethnicity. Multivariate analysis was performed on data drawn from the High School and Beyond database. Summary conclusions include the following: (1)…

This teaching guide is premised on the ideas that economic development is the best means to a better life for the three-quarters of the world's people who live in developing countries, and that economic development will also contribute to a healthy and vigorous world economy. The goals of the guide are to increase student understanding and…