This paper looks at meeting Colorado student expectations of higher education by looking at demographic trends within Colorado's current undergraduate student population and some of the factors that may influence future student needs. Section I looks at the state's student population and notes that, though nationally 33 percent of undergraduates…

This collection of 13 papers offers an international perspective on future directions of staff development at colleges and universities, focusing on academic staff development, higher education teaching networks, and managerial and human resource development. Papers are: (1) "Higher Education Staff Development for the 21st Century: Directions…

In March 1992, a team of Big Bend Community College (BBCC) faculty members traveled to Washington State University (WSU) to survey and interview former BBCC students enrolled at WSU. The purpose of the investigation was to assess the effectiveness of BBCC in preparing students for transfer to and continued success at the four-year college level,…

This report presents 28 tables of data about staff employed by postsecondary institutions in the fall of 1991, using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The data indicate the number of staff employed by postsecondary institutions by staff categories such as faculty, managers, and research assistants and by…

This document provides data and reference information on Alabama's public institutions of higher education as well as private universities and colleges. It is composed entirely of statistical tables, charts, and graphs that reveal the results from comparative analyses and trend data in the following areas: (1) enrollment for the 1990-91 academic…

In 1991, an analysis of student graduation, transfer, and persistence rates throughout the Colorado publicly supported postsecondary system was conducted by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Data were drawn from files submitted to the Commission by institutions from fall 1986 through fall 1990. Selected findings included the following:…

"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the two issues of volume XIII contain: (1) "Focus: The…

Two studies were performed to examine the transfer rates of first-time freshmen in the Business Administration (BA) major at a public two-year college to senior colleges or universities in the University System of Georgia (USG). The first study tracked students for 4 years, beginning in fall 1988, and the second study tracked students for 3 years,…

The National Agricultural Text Digitizing Project (NATDP) began in 1986 with cooperation between the National Agricultural Library and the University of Vermont, and then expanded to include 45 land-grant university libraries and 1 special library. The first activity was to evaluate the new technology of optical scanning. The project was designed…

This document provides comparative salary trend data for full-time faculty at 307 public institutions and 490 private colleges and universities based on two surveys, one for the baseline year 1993-94 and the other for the trend year 1996-97. For each of the 27 disciplines, a summary includes a definition of the discipline; information on average…

This book is designed to help students and their families plan for and meet college costs. Organized into three main sections the first, "Paying for College," contains 10 chapters as follows: (1) "What Does College Cost?"; (2) "How Much Will Youth Be Expected To Pay?"; (3) "How To Make Time Work for You";…

This report presents 14 recommended policies and related practices aimed toward meeting the needs of older, part-time students attending California State University (CSU) campuses. Focus is placed on part-time students who are 25 years of age and enrolled in less than 12 semester units, in undergraduate or graduate degree programs. The report also…

In this document, a state appointed task force commissioned to examine how Ohio state colleges and universities can sustain quality programs with the highest degree of efficiency during times of fiscal constraint reports on its findings and conclusions, and offers its recommendations. Following an executive summary the report is presented in four…

The collective bargaining agreement between Lake Superior State University (Michigan) and the Lake Superior State University Faculty Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association, covering the period September 1, 1988 to August 31, 1991 is presented. The agreement covers the following items: definitions; recognition; association…

This document contains formal papers, keynote speeches and selected panel presentations delivered at a conference that addressed the issues, responsibilities and challenges faced by institutional researchers now and in the future. Papers are as follows: "Attrition and C.I.R.P. Correlates of a Measure of Self-Confidence Regarding Transition…