The automotive industry continues to be the only industry that has set national standards for vocational-technical education and certification programs that meet those standards. The certification program for automotive technician training has proved that it improves the quality of training in programs at secondary and postsecondary levels.…

Statistical data on Pennsylvania higher education faculty and staff for 1982-1983 and previous years are presented. Tables provide the following information: mean salaries of full-time instructional faculty employed on a 9-month contract for selected ranks by type of institutional control and by selected institutional categories, 1973-1974 through…

The 1983 report of the New Mexico State Commission on Postsecondary Education first outlines the statutory responsibilities of the Commission and the Board of Educational Finance, and then provides brief descriptions of the state universities, community and junior colleges, vocational and technical schools, and four-year private colleges and…

Types of student financial aid are described, and data are presented on student financial aid at Arizona postsecondary institutions for 1972-1981. In 1980-1981, 214,107 or 92.1 percent of the total students in all Arizona postsecondary institutions were surveyed. Enrollment data are presented for public universities, private four-year and graduate…

This collection of 33 tables provides data on various aspects of higher education in Maryland. The first table provides comparative statistics for Maryland and the country at large in the areas of educational achievement, composite SAT scores (1997), enrollment, campus mix in enrollment, degrees conferred, average resident undergraduate tuition…

Data on student financial aid in Texas are presented. Tables cover financial aid resources for students in Texas postsecondary institutions by program for 1982-1983, 1984-1985 and 1985-1986. For 17 state aid programs and 6 federal programs, the amount of funding is indicated for the state as a whole and for the following categories of colleges:…

Data and summary information for 1981-1982 Georgia postsecondary education are presented. For each institution, categorized by level and sector, data are presented on headcount enrollment, number of full-time faculty, expenditures, and numbers of certificates and degrees awarded. The location (county) of vocational/technical schools, hospital…

Data on 1980-81 enrollments in U.S. four-year and two-year higher education institutions are presented and interpreted. Data from 1,818 four-year institutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Territories indicated a total enrollment for fall 1980 of over 7 million, of which over 5 million were full-time and slightly over 2 million…

Declines in financial resources and enrollment, and competition for students, are seen to be the principal factors in the future of community colleges. Financial resources have been diminished by cutbacks in federal and state funds, declining enrollment and the underrepresentation of nontraditional students in formula funding, and inflation.…

Information on degree and certificate programs offered and student completions for fiscal year 1978-79 in North Dakota postsecondary educational institutions is compiled in this report. In Section I information on program offerings by subject and student program completions are tabulated for one-year programs, two-year programs, bachelor's degree…

Student costs and financing of college were studied in Washington State using the College Scholarship Service's Student Expense and Resource Survey (SEARS). The study population consisted of: (1) full-time undergraduate students and full-time graduate students in master's or traditional doctoral level programs at state institutions; (2) full-time…

This annotated bibliography covers 34 topics and over 100 subtopics in the field of higher education and emphasizes observations, findings, and recommendations prepared by more than 80 contributers. The majority of the materials are published books and major journal articles. A subject taxonomy and author index are provided. Major categories are…

This study examines postsecondary, less-than-baccalaureate occupational education opportunities in Kentucky, focusing on governance, coordination, availability, and participation in such programs. Program offerings and enrollments were determined through a survey of state vocational-technical schools, community colleges, four-year colleges and…

Data on professional and support personnel are presented, arranged according to the variables of institution type, occupational activity, employment status, and sex. Variables for data on faculty are institution type, academic area, sex, and employment status (full-time, part-time, and full-time equivalent). Salary and fringe benefits data are…

The overall purpose of the study was to identify relationships between perceptions of vocational female faculty and vocational administrators in four types of vocational institutions: area vocational school, community college, comprehensive high school, and postsecondary proprietary school. Data was obtained from 1,404 vocational female faculty…