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Kristin C. Scott; Mitchell Adrian; Jiun-Shiu Chen; Grace C. Su – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2023
Two-year public colleges educate more than 50% of all U.S. undergraduates, yet graduation rates (29%) fall far below their 4-year counterparts (63%). It is critical for students of 2-year public institutions that their faculty have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to effectively guide students toward graduation. This study…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Two Year Colleges, Public Colleges
Kissel, Adam; Laura Beltz,; Robinson, Jenna A. – James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 2022
The U.S. and West Virginia constitutions acknowledge the right to free speech, which must be protected at public colleges, but Senate Bill 657, which became law in 2021, requires that public colleges protect "any lawful verbal and nonverbal speech." Furthermore, many private colleges also promise free speech to their students. However a…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, College Students
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Alice L. Daugherty; Stephen G. Katsinas; Noel Keeney – Journal of Education Finance, 2022
The Pell Grant is the foundational need-based student aid program in the United States, providing students of lower socio-economic status a pathway to afford college costs and educational expenses. Currently, over one-third of all U.S. undergraduate students receive Pell. This paper examines federal Pell assistance and institutional costs for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Public Colleges, Regional Schools, Grants
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Lee, Jungmin – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2016
This study tested the Bennett hypothesis by examining whether four-year colleges changed listed tuition and fees, the amount of institutional grants per student, and room and board charges after their states implemented statewide merit-based aid programs. According to the Bennett hypothesis, increases in government financial aid make it easier for…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Costs, Hypothesis Testing, Change
Hamilton, Kendra – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2005
This article presents the results of "The Status of Race Equity and Diversity in Public Higher Education in the South," an analysis of trends in admissions, enrollment and completion at public colleges and universities in the 19 Southern and border states that maintained segregated systems of higher education in 1954. While work on the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Public Colleges, Racial Composition, Equal Education
West Virginia State Coll. and University Systems, Charleston. – 1991
This report summarizes data on enrollment, degrees conferred, faculty characteristics, and fiscal data submitted by West Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education for 1989-90 and 1990-91. Chapter 1 provides a snapshot of the enrollment status 10 days following registration for the semester. Ten-year tables show trends in…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Faculty, College Students, Comparative Analysis