Latinos are the fastest growing college population in California, but less than one-quarter of all Latino adults in the state earn a college degree. To reverse this trend, both the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and the California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor launched new initiatives in 2017 to raise Latino…

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (the 50 states and the District of Columbia) and other jurisdictions, such as Puerto Rico. For IPEDS, a postsecondary institution is defined as an organization that is open to the public and has as its…

A study was done of Californians' attitudes toward public higher education and its future in comparison to attitudes across the nation. The study conducted eight focus groups in California and used those findings to generate hypotheses tested through two telephone surveys. A California survey was conducted with 832 residents 18 years of age or…

Fiscal year (FY) 1986 results of the annual unit cost study of the public community colleges in Illinois are presented, including basic data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs. After an introductory overview, data and analyses are provided, covering FY 1986 net instructional costs compared with previous years; net and full instructional…

This report provides descriptive information on ethnic diversity in enrollment, degrees granted, undergraduate applicants, and employment in Colorado public institutions of postsecondary education for the years 1986 to 1990. Most of the report was compiled from information provided by institutions through a Student Unit-Record Data System. Ethnic…