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Download full textMaryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1999
This document presents trend data, covering approximately a ten-year span, on Maryland postsecondary schools. The tables are grouped into nine topics: (1) factors affecting enrollment trends in the college-going rates of Maryland high school seniors, their intended major, college admissions test scores, and performance in college; (2) enrollment…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Faculty, College Graduates
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1990
Eleven papers on theory and research in higher education have the following titles and authors: "A Paradigm for Research on Higher Education" (William F. Massy); "Minority Student Access to, and Persistence and Performance in College: A Review of the Trends and Research Literature" (Shirley L. Mow and Michael T. Nettles);…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Adult Development, College Students
National Inst. of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 1993
The objectives, curriculum, and role of higher education and key policy and practice issues were reassessed against the backdrop of recent and predicted demographic, economic, and political changes and trends in Great Britain. Special consideration was given to the fact that "mature" learners now constitute the majority of entrants into…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Education, Change Strategies
Tenison, Laurence J. – 1974
The National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972 collected data on the attributes of students attending postsecondary institutions. The NLS also collected the names of any postsecondary institutions this cohort of students attended and/or applied to during the first two years after high school. In order to provide a link…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Colleges
McIntosh, Billie Jane – 1987
Weak academic background, cultural shock, inadequate support services, English deficiency and other needs have been identified as reasons why only 10% of American Indian college freshmen graduate from college. A review of the literature shows that harmony and pride present a cultural conflict in adjusting to exposure to non-Indian society. Value…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, American Indian Education, American Indians, Career Guidance
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Engineering. – 1975
Two surveys were conducted to identify the essential characteristics of minority engineering programs and to provide summaries of ongoing minority programs in a broad sampling of engineering schools. The first surveyed colleges with the largest minority enrollments, including the 6 traditionally Black schools and 45 predominantly white schools.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, American Indians, Black Colleges, Black Students
Schrader, William B. – 1976
A trend analysis was undertaken to determine the extent to which Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) candidates were applying to various groups of colleges in 1960-61, 1966-67, and 1973-74. Its relevance to the question of the SAT score decline involves the effects of two developments on the SAT candidate group: (1) the widening of access to higher…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1976
A revised landmark Carnegie classification of institutions of higher education, which includes enrollment data, is presented. The classification divides institutions into 6 main categories and a number of subcategories, or 19 categories in all. For doctorate-granting institutions, the following types of institutions are distinguished: research…
Descriptors: Art Education, Business Education, Church Related Colleges, Classification
Lueck, Lowell A. – 1981
A bibliography containing about 135 annotated references to ERIC documents, higher education and related journal articles, and other materials containing long-range planning information of interest to higher education planners is presented. The main emphasis is on long-range planning in public four-year institutions of medium size (5,000-15,000),…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education), Budgeting
Office for Advancement of Public Negro Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1980
This brochure gives basic information and discusses the salient characteristics of historically black colleges and universities in the United States. Thirty-five institutions are included in this category, primarily in the southern states. The history of the colleges, as a group, is briefly given, and these topics are addressed: low-tuition…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Curriculum
STUART, ALLAN – 1966
A SURVEY WAS MADE OF PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES FOR ADULTS, PROVIDED BY 14 UNIVERSITIES IN NEW YORK CITY. YEARLY ENROLLMENTS VARIED FROM 350 TO 9,000. TEACHING METHODS VARIED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE INSTITUTION, AND CLASSES WERE MOSTLY HELD AT NIGHT IN SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. MORE MEN THAN WOMEN PARTICIPATED, THE AGES RANGED FROM 17…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Bender, Ignaz; Henning, Wolfgang – 1980
The management of universities in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands was studied as part of a 1979 survey of the present and future trends of university management in Europe. The survey addressed the organization of the university and its administration, the structure and process of decision-making, and the opinions of students, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes
Steen, Ralph W.; And Others – 1979
Explained and illustrated is the formula funding system used for colleges and universities in Texas. This system is considerably more complicated than the formulas used in other states. Data for institutions in the state system for fiscal 1978 are presented; actual appropriations are used rather than requests, and formula-produced amounts are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary Services, Budgeting, Budgets
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1978
The annual report outlines activities in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the period July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978. Among the information provided are: progress and plans both within the system as a whole and within the institutions; historical and statistical information (enrollment, degrees, accreditation, student aid, Title VII…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Budgets, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
Tibby, Edward R.; Hirabayashi, Judith Bonnett – 1977
A survey of 71 colleges showed relatively little change in recruitment, admissions, and placement policies or procedures despite commonly predicted declines in future enrollment. A similar questionnaire sent to ten regional executives tended to confirm this finding. The questionnaire responses showed wide variability in current practices. Few of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission
