As part of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, testimony was heard on the Pell Grant program, the largest student grant program. Witnesses from all sectors of the postsecondary education system offered suggestions for program changes. The witnesses included the following: Robert L. Albright,…

This report presents statistical data and facts, covering a 10-year period, concerning college and university enrollment numbers, degrees conferred, faculty and staff status and compensation, financial status, and investments of Kentucky's higher educational institutions. Among the information revealed by the statistical data, which comprise over…

This document presents a summary of information and data on Washington's colleges and universities in the areas of enrollment, degrees granted, finance, and branch campuses. Introductory information explains responsibilities of the Higher Education Coordinating Board, lists and locates Washington's institutions of higher education, describes…

This report provides information on degree and certificate programs offered and student program completions for fiscal year 1992-93 in North Dakota's public and private postsecondary institutions. Institutional programs are coded in accordance with the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code system. Programs are organized by level of…

The complex rules and regulations of the student financial aid industry have alienated and confused both students and parents, especially those from lower income families. Unless simplified, the financial aid application process will continue to act as a deterrent to participation in the U.S. educational system. Families managing to overcome the…

Information about postsecondary education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia is presented into four main parts. The first part provides a narrative description of the state-level coordinating or governing agency, institutional governing boards, current master planning activities, the 1202 commission, the state student assistance agency,…

Due to concerns about increases in nonresident tuition levels, lack of a state policy for nonresident tuition, and the fact that nonresident tuition was higher at California State University (CSU) in 1986-87 and 1987-88 than at the University of California (UC), the California legislature requested the Postsecondary Education Commission to…

Findings of a national survey of Catholic schools' finances are presented in this report. Included are extensive data based on the 1988-89 school year on financing the schools (tuition, parish subsidy, endowments and fund raising); expenses (pre-pupil cost, principals, teachers, religious, other personnel, staff benefits, instructional materials);…

Six articles on recruitment and retention of black students are presented that cite dropping out as the factor most responsible for significantly impeding minority access to and successful progress in the collegiate experience. Increasingly, retention is becoming the ultimate yardstick for measuring institutional effectiveness, which translates…

Results of a study concerning the relationships between state policies and private college enrollments, enrollment demographics, and finance are presented. After considering national enrollment trends in the independent sector, attention is directed to the impacts on private colleges of state fiscal policies, including aid to private colleges and…

Current funds revenues and expenditures at two-year and four-year U.S. colleges and universities are reported for fiscal year (FY) 1985, based on findings from the Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education survey, which is part of the Higher Education General Information Survey. Narrative summaries of the findings are presented,…

This report is based on a randomly selected and stratified sample of 208 United States Catholic high schools. The sample was stratified by governance (diocesan, parochial/interparochial, and private); five categories of enrollment; and six regions. Data are compared with an earlier study, "The Catholic High School: A National Portrait" and show…

Information on current fund revenues and cost per student in New York State is presented for private colleges, State University of New York institutions, City University of New York institutions, and degree-granting proprietary colleges. A general overview of state fiscal support for postsecondary education is provided, along with data on total…

Because of the existence within the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia of pockets of populations near the state borders that are underserved in regard to access to higher education, an information Tri-State Reciprocity Committee (TSRC) was convened to investigate the possibility of developing a tri-state tuition reciprocity…

A biennial publication of data collections (historical, comparative, student, staffing, space, and financial) from Ohio's state-assisted colleges and universities is presented. Six sections provide information on the following: (1) historical data (student enrollment, U.S., Ohio public and private totals; student enrollment, Ohio public…