Designed to provide information about the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers a summary and overview of all aspects of community college functioning in the state. Section I provides a general overview of higher education in Maryland, presenting a higher education organizational chart, a…

Designed to provide information about the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers a summary and overview of all aspects of community college functioning in the state. Section I provides an organizational chart of higher education in Maryland; and data on undergraduate credit enrollments, and…

Designed to inform decisions about the University of Alaska's (UA's) budget, direction, scope, and academic thrusts, this report provides statewide, unit, and campus data for the two- and four-year colleges in the university system. First, a systemwide summary offers information on finances, enrollments, student loan program participation,…

The Career Planning Profile (CPP) national norms presented in this document provide comprehensive information on the abilities, interests, and other personal characteristics of a cross section of vocational and technical students enrolled in a wide range of programs. It was developed to help young people consider a broad range of occupations and…

As the public segments of postsecondary education begin a second decade of efforts to achieve equal educational opportunity in California, plans are announced in this report to expand opportunities for ethnic minorities, women, and low-income students. The commission stresses the need for intersegmental cooperation in working toward this goal.…

Research co-sponsored by the Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools and the Southern Regional Education Board on the duration of doctoral study is reported in this book. Over 1,900 recipients of a doctoral degree (representing over l20 graduate departments) cooperated along with the graduate deans and selected faculty representatives.…

Data tables relating to the 16 Mississippi public junior college districts were compiled from the 1976-77 annual report to the Junior College Commission, the FY 1979 budget requests to the Commission on Budget and Accounting, and other available sources. The report was prepared to enable junior college administrators to reflect on norms and trends…

This report summarizes personal and academic characteristics of the 27,100 students enrolled at Hawaii's seven community colleges in spring 1978. Although the report emphasizes students in credit programs, registration counts of non-credit program students are included. The statistics come from Student Enrollment Reports, personal history forms,…

The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) is a large-scale longitudinal survey effort. The current data tapes contain base-year (1972) survey data integrated with first follow-up (1973) survey data. The base-year data consist of responses to a Student Questionnaire, the results of an ability test, and information from…

This report presents and analyzes data gathered as one part of a multi-phase, multi-method, comprehensive study of several aspects of the House Plan as it exists at Cypress College. All day (458) and evening (128) students, entering February 1976 and registered for six units or more, were surveyed. The survey instrument tested students' general…

This evaluation of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools Career Education Project investigated student self concept, student relationships with the world of work, student attitudes toward career davelopment, decision making skills, educator attitudes, and community involvement. The project was designed for inner city students in all grade levels.…

A series of tables and graphs comparing student enrollment and migration in 1968 and 1975 is presented. The report compares headcount enrollment for the two years at Vermont higher education institutions, public and private, by home state of students. It also compares enrollment of Vermonters in public and private institutions of other New England…

Results of the Annual Salary Questionnaire for Medical School Faculties are presented for fiscal year 1969-70, based on returns from 90 medical schools. Salaries on 4,153 basic scientists and 11,755 clinical faculty are reported. Figures on strict full-time faculty are reasonably complete and are reliable, but they do not reflect the cost of the…

To clarify the factors interacting with poverty which make families more likely to abuse and neglect their children, interviews were conducted with families indicating neglect only (n=246), neglect and abuse (n=106), and abuse only (n=28). Interviews conducted with the maltreating group were compared with a group of poverty level nonmaltreating…

Tabular data on New York State are presented for: (1) degrees conferred in institutions of higher education by level of degree and institutional classi- fication, 1975-76; (2) degree trends in institutions of higher education by type of institution, level of degree, and year, 1971-72 to 1975-76; (3) degrees conferred by institution, level of…