ERIC Number: ED269083
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 49
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Fall Quarter Report, 1985. Washington Community Colleges.
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia.
Fall 1985 data on enrollments, student characteristics, and personnel at Washington's community colleges are provided in this report and contrasted with historical data for fall quarters 1980 through 1984. Report highlights are presented, indicating: (1) in fall 1985, the Washington community college system served 153,460 students, 130,498 of whom took at least one state-funded course; (2) there was a 1% drop in the full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment of students under the age of 30, while the FTE enrollment of students 30 and over continued to increase; (3) enrollment in basic skills courses continued a 5-year pattern of growth; and (4) patterns of enrollment by full-/part-time status, sex, race, and on-/off-campus attendance were unchanged from the previous fall. The next section of the report focuses on student characteristics, including statewide and college data on enrollment by full-/part-time status, age, sex, and ethnic group, The report offers FTE enrollment data by funding source, course intent, instructional subject areas, and time and location of classes. The final section contains employment status data on faculty, administrators, and staff. (AYC)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrators, Age, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Courses, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups, Females, Financial Support, Full Time Equivalency, Males, Personnel Data, Salaries, School Personnel, State Surveys, Student Characteristics, Trend Analysis, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers; Practitioners; Community
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia.
Identifiers - Location: Washington
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