This report presents statistical data in charts, graphs and tables illustrating trends in undergraduate medical school applicants and matriculants over the past decade. It highlights information at the milepost years of 1983, 1987, 1991, and 1992. Major trends are identified in the following areas: (1) the applicant pool (has been increasing since…

This annual publication from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) draws on information from AACC's database, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the U.S. Bureaus of the Census, Labor Statistics, and Economic Analysis to give a broad statistical overview of all the public and independent two-year colleges in the…

This statistical summary contains 14 tables, 17 figures, and narrative that detail data on Missouri's 85 certified private career schools for 1996-97. During this time, these schools enrolled 44,391 students in 732 instructional programs, with most enrolled in business-related and allied-health programs. Other findings note that the schools…

This report presents statistical and historical data on Mississippi's community and junior colleges for 1997-98. The first section provides a list of state board members and board staff, a directory of community and junior colleges in the state, a map of college districts, a schedule of college board of trustees meetings, and a brief foreward. The…

This middle school curriculum packet contains teaching ideas developed by United Kingdom professionals who then implemented the ideas in 15 day programs in West Yorkshire, England. The objectives were to stimulate communication and inquiry; to question accepted ideas on poverty; to challenge stereotypes; to value students' knowledge concerning…

This book offers an overview of the health and financing of higher education in the United States in an almanac form for 1992. Diverse and extensive types of information are arranged in three main sections, the first covering higher education in the nation as a whole, the second offering state-by-state reports and the last giving statistics on…

This 1989 report provides a statistical overview of followup surveys concerning college freshmen (in 1985 and 1987) students attending two- and four-year colleges and universities. The report's purpose is to contrast college freshmen responses with those given 2 and 4 years later to better examine how students change during the undergraduate…

This 1990 report provides a statistical overview of followup surveys concerning college freshmen students entering two- and four-year colleges and universities in 1986 and 1988. The study's purpose was to compare student responses as freshmen and later in their college careers. Additionally presented is a description of the methods used in…

This report provides a statistical overview of followup surveys concerning college freshmen entering two- and four-year colleges and universities in 1987 and 1989. The study's purpose was to contrast college freshmen responses with those given 2 and 4 years later to examine how students change during the undergraduate years. Additionally presented…

This report details information on the number of degrees conferred by the nation's postsecondary education institutions. The data are from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 1988-89 Completions Survey. Among the findings are the following: (1) the rate of growth in degrees conferred to females between 1986-87 and 1988-89…

The school-year and annual dropout counts for high schools in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District are summarized for the past 7 years, 1983-84 through 1989-90, and for grades 7 and 8 for the past 6 years. Also reported are the current status of entering ninth graders of 1983-84 through 1989-90, and of the entering seventh graders of…

The educational attainment of the adult population is examined, along with the fields in which adults received degrees, and their earnings in those fields. Figures from the Survey of Income and Program Participation are compared for 1984 and 1987. More adults (78%) had high school diplomas in 1987, and about 23% had earned a postsecondary degree.…

Seventeen tables present information about public school enrollment (PSE) and staffing in New York State for the 1990-91 school year. The tables include fall 1990 data on: (1) districts and pupils by type of district; (2) districts and pupils by size of district; (3) PSE by level; (4) number of professional staff members; (5) numbers of…

New York State's prisons today are a brooding omnipresence hanging over poor African American and Latino communities in the large urban centers of the state. On any given day, nearly 1 in 4 (over 23%) of young African American men is under control of the criminal justice system, which is 2 times more than all full-time Black male college enrollees…

The African American population has made remarkable progress since the 1960s, but recent trends may derail the progress of many American blacks. Compared to previous years, United States blacks, who number 30 million in 1991, are more educated, earn higher salaries, work in more prestigious jobs, and participate more fully in politics. However,…