Descriptions of 592 institutions that offer baccalaureate, graduate, and postdoctoral nursing programs in the United States and Canada are provided. An introductory section discusses the history and nature of university-based nursing education, both baccalaureate and graduate. The profiles, which include a general description of the college, cover…

Lists, by state, colleges and universities that offer licensure or certification programs for entry-level professional positions in school library media programs, including bachelor's, postbachelor's, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees. Contact information and accreditation status are provided. Institutions in Canada and Puerto Rico are…

Makes a case for United States community college baccalaureate degrees by focusing on the Canadian college and university system, which allows its community colleges to grant baccalaureate degrees. Argues that more students will earn bachelors degrees at lower costs to both students and taxpayers without disrupting the community college mission.…

It is a well-known but highly misunderstood fact that Black and Hispanic students who start out at community colleges are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree with six years than their White or Asian peers. In this article, the author discusses several factors that account for this trend: (1) Black and Hispanic students who start their…

This paper focuses on the discussion of community colleges as baccalaureate-degree granting institutions. The discussion is based on research projects undertaken in both the U.S. and Canada that investigate the institutionalization of degree programs at community colleges. Colleges in British Columbia and Alberta are baccalaureate as well as…

Trends in degrees awarded nationwide and in the South are reported, with attention to degrees awarded by level, field, and sex, as well as a comparison for the nation and the South. In addition to narrative explanations, data are provided on: degrees awarded from 1969-1970 to 1982-1983 at the doctoral, master's, bachelor's, and first-professional…

Using two highly comparable surveys of British and American college graduates seven years after graduation, an analysis of the cross-national predictors of occupational status attainment of the women graduates was developed to test differences in the structural and socialization effects of the two educational systems. Comparative path analyses…

This book analyzes the emerging trend of the community college baccalaureate degree in the United States and Canada in order to contribute to the development of policy. The authors aim to describe, document, and explain this significant development in higher education. They present the background, examples of practice and different models of…

This paper advocates the community college bachelor's degree (BA). The author presents the Canadian system as a possible model for the emerging United States trend toward community college BA programs. He argues that the U.S. binary educational system is vertical, separating institutions according to levels of learning, while the European and…

Findings from the 1987 Early National Estimates survey of more than 600 institutions of higher education show that the U.S. higher education enrollment continues to hold steady even though the traditional college-age population of 18- to 24-year-olds is still declining. The data also show that: (1) total college enrollment is approximately 12.5…

The directory lists and describes university programs for teachers of English to speakers of other Languages (TESOL) at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States and Canada. Lists are presented by country, and within country, alphabetically by the name of the offering institution. There are 194 U.S. institutions listed, offering…

Data in this report on earned degrees conferred in the aggregate United States are based on survey instruments from the eighth and ninth annual Higher Education General Information Surveys (HEGIS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). These instruments, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," covered the…

This brochure presents 30 reprints of short articles selected from American Education from November 1971 through November 1972. (EA)

In this paper the authors identified the size of America's home market as a crucial component of its historical comparative advantage. The authors showed that over the last four decades nearly 60 percent of per capita U.S. growth has been dependent upon growth in the domestic consumption. Thus, a comprehensive demand side strategy also must target…

Up-to-date information on Canadian and U.S. baccalaureate, master's, nontraditional, and doctoral programs in health services administration is presented. After an introduction to the field, information about accreditation for health services administration programs is provided. For U.S. and Canadian baccalaureate and master's programs, each entry…