The purpose of this explanatory, sequential mixed-methods (QUAN [right arrow] qual) study was to investigate undergraduates' attitudes toward mathematics and perceptions of a community of inquiry in the fully online (FO) mathematics learning environment. Specifically, the study aimed to learn more about relationships between undergraduates'…

A commonly used metric for measuring college costs, drawn from data in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), is expenditure per full-time equivalent (FTE) student. This article discusses an error in this per FTE calculation when using IPEDS data, especially with regard to community colleges. The problem is that expenditures…

College plays a critical role in providing opportunities for economic mobility, yet degree attainment by race is inequitable. Currently, more than half of young white adults hold at least a two-year college degree, compared to 37 percent of Black young adults. Less than a third of Hispanic, American Indian, and Hawaiian or Pacific Islander young…

Objective: College and university administrators have expressed concern that adoption of tobacco-free policies may reduce applications and enrollment. This study examines adoption and implementation of 100% tobacco-free campus policies by institutions of higher education on applications and enrollment. Participants: North Carolina private colleges…

The Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI) is a collaborative, multi-year grant program aimed at researching issues related to the scaling up of learning analytics technologies and solutions across all of higher education. The paper describes the goals and objectives of the OAAI, depicts the process and challenges of collecting, organizing and…

Schools and universities across the United States have been forced to cope with a grim financial situation that has left them without adequate resources. Administrators are cutting programs, reining in salaries and jettisoning employees to keep operating budgets in line. Education institutions also have had to shutter facilities or postpone,…

This State Profile from the Delta Cost Project presents data on key Delta metrics for public research, master's, bachelor's, and community college sectors in the state of North Carolina. The data are limited to a five-year period, showing data for the most recent year, and the five-year change.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the nation, the states, and colleges and universities began to grapple with the challenges of globalization, changing demography, the implications of the digital era, and of a less expansive public sector. Although not a transformative period for higher education, the decade saw significant innovations in…

Since 2003, more than 40 athletics programs have joined the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) ranks. Membership now represents about 500 colleges and the group's executive director expects to keep adding colleges. Membership in the association began declining slightly in the early 1990s, as private two-year colleges, many of…

Reports that North Carolina colleges are working together as never before to secure passage of the most expensive ($3.1 billion) statewide bond referendum package ever for the support of higher education in the United States. University and community college officials have cooperated in making the case across the state for the increased…

This publication presents the results of the 25th annual inventory and utilization study of the status of space in North Carolina institutions of higher education at the end of the fall term of 1991. The study provides data for 113 institutions including the public institutions which comprise the University of North Carolina, 39 private non-profit…

Results of the 1985 North Carolina Higher Education Facilities Inventory and Utilization Study are presented, based on data for 114 colleges. Tabular data and narratives appear under four topics: utilization of instructional space, interior space characteristics, building characteristics, and accessibility of facilities to the mobility impaired.…

This publication presents the results of the twenty-sixth annual inventory and utilization study of the status of space in North Carolina institutions of higher education at the end of the drop-add period of the 1992 fall term. The study provides data for 113 institutions, including the public institutions which comprise the University of North…

Results of the 1986 North Carolina Higher Education Facilities Inventory and Utilization Study are presented, based on data from 114 colleges. Tabular data and narratives appear under four headings: utilization of instructional space, interior space characteristics, building characteristics, and accessibility of facilities to the mobility…

This document reports the results of the 31st annual utilization study and inventory of space in North Carolina institutions of higher education as of the fall 1997 semester. Text and 26 tables present data on all branches of the University of North Carolina, all branches of the North Carolina community college system, three private research…