In its tenth edition, the guide is designed to assist college and university departments in answering the inquiries from students about graduate training in geography. One hundred twenty U.S. and 23 Canadian institutions are listed. The information given for each university includes: department name; degrees offered; number of degrees awarded in…

Data on 1980 engineering and technology degrees by schools, curriculum group, and degree level are presented. Degree data for each school are arranged in tabular form with columns for the 21 most prominent curriculum groups, totals for the school, and information on each school's accreditation and control status. There are separate tables for each…

Questionnaires which focused on attributes of undergraduate agriculture students and their reasons for enrolling in agriculture were returned by 3,182 students attending land-grant universities in the South, and a profile of Southern agriculture students evolved. During the 1970's, more women and fewer Blacks enrolled in agricultural curricula.…

Data were obtained in 1977 via mail questionnaires sent to students at all 1890 and 1860 Land Grant Universities in the South with programs in agriculture, to examine selected background characteristics and subjective perspectives of agricultural economics majors, compared with majors in production sciences and all agriculture curricula. The…

Because the number of students seeking admission to colleges of veterinary medicine exceeds the number that can be admitted, and because the changes that characterize veterinary students today have important implications for veterinary educators and administrators, this study focused on characteristics of undergraduate pre-veterinary students…

A survey was administered to 789 agricultural students in Korea, and to 1019 students in 1890 schools and 2535 students in 1862 schools in the southeastern United States; responses were compared to establish similarities and differences between Korean and American students attending agricultural colleges. Differences between Korean and 1890…

Programs serving underprepared college students at urban colleges and universities are examined in this bulletin. Pace University of New York City operates a one-year program for students who do not meet school requirements for admission in order to help them complete four years of college. Another program for students who cannot be admitted into…

Data for 1981-1981 on faculty salaries in California state colleges and universities are presented and interpreted. In addition to information on the University of California and the California State University and Colleges, salary data are also included for the California community colleges. Segmental salary requests and projections from the…

During the summer of 1978 the College Board sponsored a series of six seminars throughout the United States to provide a forum for discussion of the Supreme Court's decision on the case of Regents of the University of California v. Allan Bakke. The first section of this report summarizes the discussions in the seminars, outlining the salient…

The academic fate of students from different ethnic groups under open admissions at City University of New York is examined. Three central questions are addressed: (1) Who came and how was the ethnic composition of the university affected by open admissions? (2) To what degree did different parts of the university become ethnically integrated? (3)…

Trends in black enrollment in higher education in the U.S. and the South are reported. The first section examines characteristics of black enrollment in 1976 and includes total black enrollment (distribution by level), enrollment by type of institution (two-year or four-year, public or private), predominantly black institutions, and enrollment by…

Interviews with 814 applicants for admission to the University of Washington who were not offered admission, or who did not enroll, were conducted during the summer and autumn of 1978. The respondents, whether or not they met admission criteria, were highly similar in characteristics of background, career aspiration, and alternative educational…

The aim of this investigation was to determine whether biology majors' and non-biology majors' attitudes toward biology are changed as a result of a single semester of instruction in biology. This study also attempted to determine the direction, degree, and possible correlates of this modification. The Biology Attitude Scale was administered at…

This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Canada discusses the role of English within Canadian society and within the educational systems in the provinces. The discussion takes place within the context of the Official Languages Act of 1969, which declared English and French official languages for all government…

Data collected during the seventh and eighth annual studies of the application and enrollment patterns of State University of New York (SUNY) transfer students are tabulated. For the purpose of this study, transfer students were defined as undergraduate students who were enrolled at a SUNY institution for the first time in a fall term, but who had…