This summary report presents data from the National Center for Education Statistics' annual survey of degrees conferred, covering associate degrees and other formal awards granted for less than four years of college-level work at postsecondary institutions for the year 1978-79. Highlighted findings include the following: (1) 515,371 students…

The relationship between starting wage rates and level of education attained by young adults was studied, based on findings of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. According to 1972-1979 data, the greater the educational attainment of the young adults, the higher their starting wage rates. Although the wage rates of…

Predictors of attrition from the nursing profession among graduates of an associate degree nursing program at Lakeland Community College, Ohio, were investigated during 1970-1979, based on an earlier study that identified predictors of attrition from the degree program. Two groups were evaluated: 91 nursing graduates for whom both file record and…

Data derived from National Center for Education Statistics files are presented in two tables. The first gives total bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first-professional degrees awarded in the United States, the Southern Regional Education Board area, and each of the Southern States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,…

Data on the application and enrollment patterns of transfer students at the undergraduate level at the State University of New York (SUNY) are presented. The basic statistics show the relation of the transfer student's prior institution, current SUNY institution, and entry level. This information is provided for individual institutions,…

Weekend College at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis is described with attention to learning later in life. In the first 10 years, Weekend College has offered 325 courses. Students have come long distances, some more than 100 miles, to attend classes. The following advantages of Weekend College have been cited by students:…

In 1983-84, a feasibility study was conducted to determine the viability of establishing a comprehensive alternative energy technology program at Southeastern Illinois College (SIC). The study involved an examination of a number of exemplary associate degree programs in alternative energy, through on-site visits and telephone surveys; a survey of…

A project was conducted by Manchester Community College and Howell Cheney Vocational Technical School in Connecticut to develop a joint curriculum for a two-year computer technology and maintenance program. During the year the project was conducted, a high technology advisory council was formed, consisting of industry and faculty representatives…

Information on the 27,063 degrees conferred in Connecticut colleges and universities in 1983-1984 is presented, with attention to discipline and level of the degree and the recipients' gender and minority status. Trends include the following: the total number of degrees conferred showed little change from the previous year in either the public or…

The experience of Kendall College, Illinois, a small liberal arts college, in developing a human services program is described. Attention is directed to the history of the college, the growth of the program, the curriculum content, and its benefits to both college and community. The associate degree program which admitted its first students in…

Types of degrees offered by Arkansas colleges and universities are described, and information on degrees conferred and output trends are examined. Data are presented from 1972-73 through 1979-80. In this time period, public institutions had overall increases of 15.3 percent in the number of degrees awarded, with the greater percentage of increase…

Information on cooperative education programs gathered by survey is presented. Listed are 992 programs operational with 459 junior-college programs and 533 four-year-college programs. In addition to listing the colleges and universities with such programs, six categories of information about the institution and the program are provided if known.…

Despite some initial hesitancy in the first half of the twentieth century to award associate degrees, since the end of World War II, the associate degree has become as widely accepted by two-year colleges as the baccalaureate degree is by four-year colleges. This is evidenced by the steady increase in the number of associate degrees awarded…

Data and descriptive analyses concerning degrees awarded in the U.S. and the South in 1977-78 are presented, based on National Center for Education Statistics information. One extensive table shows, for the United States, the Southern Regional Education Board region, and each of the southern states, the total number of degrees awarded at the…

Data about degrees awarded at Montana colleges and universities for 1978-79 and 1979-80 are presented. Data indicate that there was an increase in all categories of degree awards except associate degrees and that bachelor's degrees account for approximately 75 percent of all awards. Units of the Montana University System award 87 percent of…