Despite agricultural education's prioritized efforts to increase diversity, people of color remain minimally represented. The overwhelming majority of all School-Based Agricultural Education (SBAE) teachers are White, non-Hispanic. The limitations of SBAE teachers' prior experiences or knowledge base of ethnic and racial diversity could lead to…

Participatory and anthropological studies have blended with library customer service design and feedback practices as ways to engage users in deeper and more meaningful conversations about their needs. Formal user studies can be cumbersome, expensive, and time consuming however. Sometimes asking a simple question will work just as effectively in…

Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, public colleges and universities have prioritized the health and safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors while continuing to offer an exceptional, affordable learning environment. Public higher education has been agile and responsive. In March 2020, the state system institutions transitioned more…

The SREB-State Data Exchange is a cooperative effort of SREB and the statewide higher education governing and coordinating boards in the South. Founded in 1969-1970, it is one of the nation's oldest, most comprehensive sources of comparative data on public higher education. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes the most…

The Southern Regional Education Board-State Data Exchange is a one-of-a-kind regional program with 23 statewide higher education governing and coordinating board partners. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes: (1) the most current and detailed comparative statistics on postsecondary education in the 16 SREB states; (2)…

This document reports on the salaries paid in faculty and selected administrative positions in the Oklahoma state system of higher education. The average salary for all full-time faculty equated to a 9-10 month basis in Oklahoma state-supported colleges and universities is $46,145 for the year 1998-99. This is an increase of $956 or 2.1% above…

The report presents data on the distribution of Native American students, faculty, and staff in Oklahoma's public postsecondary education institutions, including community colleges. Data (tables, charts, maps, and narrative) are presented for: Oklahoma's share of Native Americans within the U.S. population; the state's Native American population…