Included in this publication are the enrollment data supplied to the North Dakota University System (NDUS) by North Dakota institutions of postsecondary education. This paper contains the following sections: (1) Definitions; and (2) Institutional Abbreviations. Statistical data are presented in the following 17 tables: (1) Headcount Enrollment;…

This study presents the public costs of high school dropouts in Wisconsin. It examines how dropouts in the state dramatically impact state finances through reduced tax revenues, increased Medicaid costs, and high incarceration rates. It also examines just how much high school dropouts cost Wisconsin's taxpayers each year, and how much could be…

Federal higher education policy has shifted over the past few decades from grants to loans as the primary means for providing access to postsecondary education for low- and moderate-income families. With this shift, policy makers have begun tracking student loan default rates as a key indicator of the efficacy of student loan programs. This effort…

In this study an entering cohort of freshmen majors in mathematics and science at a land grant, research one institution was examined to first determine if a group of students who persisted in science and mathematics disciplines were different in terms of pre-college characteristics from a group of students who dropped with grade point averages…

For the thirty-third year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. This is Volume #2 of the 33rd "Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology." This volume includes…

Address at the meeting of the Eastern Association of College Deans and Advisers of Students in Atlantic City, December, 1967.

To the familiar list that usually includes the war in Viet Nam, racial discrimination, capitalistic exploitation of the consumer, a breakdown in family structure, political corruption, the weakening position of organized religion, and a shift in the values of a large segment of society as supposed causes of campus unrest, the author adds the…

A compulsory freshman orientation program at Tarrant County Junior College (Texas) required 18 hours of class contact. During the first two weeks of the program, freshmen were presented with general information about the college and introduced to college administrators. During the last six weeks, the students scheduled 10 hours (in any…

Guidelines for a student personnel program suggest that there should be clear-cut objectives and policies for each program function. In addition to personal, educational, and vocational counseling, the program can give assistance in housing, financial aid, job placement, and health care. Other student services include admissions, orientation,…

A survey questionnaire designed to determine whether faculty, students, and administrators were aware of the policies governing student rights, freedoms, and involvements at their college was responded to by 143 students and 142 faculty members from El Centro Junior College in Texas and Santa Fe Junior College in Florida. Data showed that there is…

Assesses the long-term effects of the May 1968 student riots which took place in Paris on student life in England and in other countries. Interviews two prominent leaders of the period, Rudi Dutschke and Daniel Cohn-Bendit. (Editor/RK)

Describes and documents the changing legal theories about the college-student relationship currently used by the courts. Notes that the most recent legal actions focus on contract law, landowner liability, guest and host, and negligence. Looks specifically at cases involving liability for sexual attacks on students and for alcohol-related…

Suggestions on how to improve the relationship between evening school students and colleges. (SP)

The function of education is to affirm the promise of human life, not to improve managerial efficiency. (Author/MF)