This report was designed to examine access to postsecondary education and baccalaureate degrees in Florida and make recommendations to increase access opportunities for qualified students. It reviews state education policies concerning enrollment limits at state universities, admission criteria at state universities, admission to community…

This report describes how undergraduates finance their postsecondary education by presenting data from the 1990 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. The report discusses the characteristics of undergraduate students and where they attend school, as well as the costs of attendance, and the characteristics of the students who receive federal…

This report presents statistical data on the enrollment, degrees conferred, faculty, and financing of 26 West Virginia public and private higher education institutions. Five and 10-year trends show enrollment growth and progress in such areas as student access and diversity. Among the tables providing data are the following: (1) full-time…

Human service program directors were surveyed to identify difficulties of bachelor's level mental health/human service programs that coexist with an accredited bachelor's level social work program. Of 12 universities where the programs coexist, a sample of 7 was investigated, using current college bulletins of the respective programs. Data were…

Salary and compensation of faculty in Illinois public colleges and universities were studied using a cluster analytic approach. Twenty-seven institutional variables were factor analyzed to obtain a smaller set of closely related variables. Factor scores were obtained for each of the 1,126 institutions of higher education. A cluster analysis was…

A study of 185 undergraduate students withdrawing from a publicly-funded Canadian university compared student characteristics and experiences (demography, academic performance, employment, financial support, social integration, personal circumstances, and perception of university learning experience) for three discipline areas (arts, education,…

Characteristics of doctorate recipients in library science were compared with those in other disciplines to identify factors that may aid in the recruitment and retention of Ph.D. students. Factors explored include trends in annual production of doctoral degrees; characteristics of recipients, including gender, race, citizenship, undergraduate…

A study conducted at one large research university compared electronic mail and telephones as methods for gathering survey data from undergraduate students. Problems associated with electronic-mail use include higher rate of socially undesirable activity among respondents and difficulty in identifying the target population. Implications for campus…

This report examines the responses in a 1-year followup survey from over 13,000 baccalaureate graduates from Illinois public universities in 1991. The report presents a statewide profile of the Class of 1991 one year after graduation, examining their rates of employment, further education, and satisfaction with their undergraduate education.…

This paper examines the characteristics of high school and college as life stages of young people in Japan and the United States and suggests some of the ways in which these experiences mesh with the demands of the occupational structure. The paper first contrasts the differences in the Japanese and American student experience during their high…

This report presents trend data for institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) involving fixed and variable charges that are required of all full-time students, including tuition, college fees, activity fees, room and board, and supplies and other costs. Most of the report consists of statistical tables listing the trends in all basic…

This report proposes 25 guidelines that should be considered in making productivity improvements in the following five key areas: (1) instruction, (2) research and public service, (3) overall academic functions, (4) administrative functions, and (5) state policies affecting higher education. In some cases, data are presented that illustrate the…

Japan's postwar research and development (R&D) efforts have passed through several phases to bring the nation to what may be called "relative parity" with the United States. This document examines the characteristics of Japanese and U.S. R&D efforts. Topics compared include: national science resource patterns; science and…

Described here is the followup study of the educational and employment experiences of the graduates of a nontraditional degree program that allows students to design their own four-year programs. Graduates of the experimental Bachelor of Elected Studies (BES) program at the University of Minnesota are compared with regular liberal arts graduates…

The number of undergraduate credit hours taken in the sciences, engineering, and engineering technology, and in four major humanities fields (English, history, modern languages, and philosophy) for the fall semester, 1980-1981 was studied, based on a survey of 65 colleges and universities that are members of the American Council on Education's…