This report presents the results from the third biennial Texas OER Landscape Survey, administered in 2023 and commissioned by the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex) and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). The survey aimed to explore the open educational resources (OER) landscape, policies, and practices at…

This study compared and contrasted preferences and experiences of traditional and nontraditional students. Students at a midsized state university in the southeast region of the United States were surveyed to determine the number of hours spent working off campus, hours spent studying, their preferred learning format, and current grade point…

The North Dakota University System (NDUS) "2015-2016 Annual Enrollment Report" is an effort to report system wide, duplicated and unduplicated student headcount by combining degree credit and non-degree credit enrollments across the eleven NDUS institutions for an entire academic year. Additionally, non-credit enrollments provided…

To improve student access and success in North Dakota University System institutions, the State Board of Higher Education has implemented enrollment policies that better reflect the differentiated missions of research universities, regional universities, and community colleges. This report addresses the transition in policy by grouping data by…

A study was conducted by the University of California (UC) to investigate trends in community college transfer rates between 1965 and 1987; institutional origins, characteristics, and first-year performance of transfer students; and student persistence and graduation rates. Study findings included the following: (1) between 1965 and the peak year…

The productivity of selected Georgia state universities is compared as measured by total degrees conferred for fiscal years 1974-1983. The number of degrees conferred in the university system has been stable over the 10-year period, but trends can be seen for groups of institutions within the system. Degree output by the universities and senior…

Data are reported that allow assessment of the possibilities for faculty development. The main source of data is a survey administered within the State University of New York, through which presidents, faculty leaders, and other faculty members expressed opinions about the value of a number of faculty development activities and assigned priorities…

A study of state coordinated research and development efforts for education in Florida public schools was conducted in response to proviso language in the 1976 Legislature's Appropriations Act. The study concluded that the continuation of campus laboratory schools could be justified only if their central mission became that of research and high…

This document is the fourth in an annual survey series summarizing data from the Colleges of Education in Florida's nine state universities. At the end of each quarter, each university forwards a report to a central university system office containing information on students who were assigned to schools to fulfill field experience internship…

A study was conducted to compare remedial/developmental programs of study in the community college system of Kansas with those offered by the state's university system for the fiscal year 1985. Study findings included the following: (1) all of the Regents' universities and all of the state's community colleges offered remedial/developmental…

Discusses a study of the extent to which the use of 21 grading criteria was comparable among community college and university English faculty. Reports no differences in criteria selected for normal grading situations. Indicates that university faculty gave more importance to "adherence to due dates" in borderline situations. (DMM)

The availability of campus child care, day care needs, and parents' preferences for day care were examined at the 42 public supported postsecondary institutions or districts in Wisconsin: the vocational-technical districts, the 4-year universities, and the 2-year university center system campuses. The districts in Wisconsin were surveyed to…

In December of 1983, the Kansas Council of Community College Presidents commissioned a study of former Kansas community college students enrolled in the Kansas Regents Universities. The study was conducted in three parts focusing on the number and characteristics of students moving from Kansas community colleges to state universities; how these…

A statistical study was conducted to provide information about the flow of transfer students from California community colleges to the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) in 1981-82 and to gather data on the ages, majors, and ethnicity of those who transferred at the upper-division level. Study findings include…

This report containing the evaluation of state university laboratory schools in Florida is part of a study of state coordination of research and development efforts for education in Florida. It includes: (1) recommendations from the 1969 study on laboratory schools by the State University System of Florida and a review of the current status of…