The admissions offices of 103 large, U.S. universities provided information regarding their admissions and retention of minority students for the eighth consecutive year. Results showed that black freshman enrollment was three percent in fall, 1969 and only five percent in fall, 1976, down from a high of six percent in 1973. Non-black minority…

Although deeply concerned, community college faculty often have not been prepared through preservice education or previous teaching experiences to teach adult students with the variety of needs and orientations now characteristic of the community college population. This paper proposes a total staff development program involving a partnership…

Herein are contained abstracts of state laws and regulations governing postsecondary education in three sectors: public, private degree-granting, and private nondegree-granting. With some exceptions, all obtainable statutes having the force of law are included. The statutes are arranged by state. Each abstract includes basic identifying data,…

Arizona's medical laboratory personnel training programs were examined in relation to the nationwide development and distribution of laboratory personnel classifications (Medical Technologist--MT, Medical Laboratory Technician--MLT, and Certified Laboratory Assistant--CLA) and the national educational response which has resulted in an increase in…

Presented are the number of degrees granted by academic field and sex for public and private institutions. One tables presents an aggregation of the 50 states and the District of Columbia; a second table is a regional aggregation of the 14 states in the south (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North…

The third annual report to the Florida Legislature and the State Board of Education reiterates the background and reasons for time shortened education, the methods of student acceleration, and the financial implications of acceleration. Progress in student acceleration in Florida through year-round matriculation, credit verified proficiency,…

Fluctuations in higher education enrollments in the 1970's are interpreted as they may affect enrollments in the next decade. For his analysis the author draws on his own study of enrollments in four-year colleges in 1976-77 as well as other data. Some attention is given to these factors in the future: long-range planning; "endangered species" of…

The report is intended to follow up a May 1977 survey of anticipated fall enrollment. A stratified sample of 135 institutions represents a universe of l157 institutions, or all of the independent sector except autonomous professional schools. Two-year colleges are included. The response rate was 94 percent. Among the findings were that: (1) the…

Data in this statistical summary relates to the students, staff, and the financing of provincially-assisted postsecondary educational institutions in Ontario. The 1975-76 edition of this book indicated continued stabilization of growth in full-time postsecondary enrollment at both colleges and universities. The data show an enrollment increase…

The Graduate Information Survey instrument was designed to gather a variety of biographic and demographic data, as well as data on the students' college experiences, career plans, and attitudes. Data are presented on the characteristics of 1972 graduates from public and private universities. Seventeen four-year colleges and universities provided…

This 1976 handbook is directed toward all persons occupying positions designated by the Chancellor as being in the unclassified professional service in New York's state university system. It is divided into six major sections: introduction, governance, personnel policies and procedures, benefits, other general policies, and lists of professional…

Data on the major fields chosen by students enrolled for their third year of undergraduate study in 1973 and 1974 were collected from 482 institutions. The survey was designed to produce information useful in forecasting trends in career choice, shifts in graduate school enrollments, and available college-educated manpower. The findings indicate a…

The Special Committee to Assess University Policies and Plans was assigned the task of assessing the goals, policies and plans of the Ontario university system for the remainder of the 1970s and 1980s in the light of the competing governmental priorities, possible financial prospects and the anticipated numbers of qualified students. The proposals…

The topic of this lecture is building a base of support for research and development in agriculture. First discussed is some of the history of agriculture education in America, including (1) the Morrill Act, which gave public lands to states for agricultural colleges; (2) the Hatch Act, the purpose of which was to promote investigation,…

The Texas A and M University faculty and staff handbook is an informational guide to the general organizational structure of the University and is not intended to be a formal statement of rules and regulations. The handbook gives a history of the development of the Unniversity and its supporting organizations. It also details the state systems and…