Patterns of enrollment at major U.S. research universities from 1965 to 1977 are examined in terms of headcounts, full-time equivalent students, and full-time and part-time students by type of institutional control, by sex, and by level of study. Data are presented for two groups of research universities: (1) the 51 leading universities in terms…

Data from a national higher-education database were used to analyze gender inequality among bachelor's-degree recipients. Women continue to receive degrees from institutions that fall below average on several criteria. However, gender differences are small and accounted for by women's relative absence from selective engineering programs and…

This report provides a statistical profile of enrollment trends, student characteristics, and challenges related to total enrollment and the enrollment of specific groups at New Jersey's Hudson County Community College (HCCC). Data and descriptions of trends are provided on student headcount enrollment for fall 1975-95; student gender, race, and…

College and university opening fall 1982 enrollment data for New York State are presented with statistical tables providing degree-credit enrollment data for specific institutions, as well as for various institutional classifications. In addition, enrollment trend data are included by sector for fall 1975 to fall 1982. Degree-credit enrollment…

College and university opening fall 1983 enrollment data for New York State are presented, with statistical tables providing degree-credit enrollment for specific institutions, as well as for various institutional classifications. In addition, enrollment trend data are included by sector for fall 1975 to fall 1983. Degree-credit enrollment data…

Data on fall 1980 enrollments in New Jersey colleges and universities are presented, along with comparisons between 1979 and 1980 fall enrollments and an analysis of enrollment trends over the past 10 years. Total fall 1980 headcount enrollment, both graduate and undergraduate, increased by 2.5 percent statewide over fall 1979. This growth…

As the first in a planned longitudinal series, this study examined the academic performance in the initial undergraduate year of a stratified, random sample of 100 students from Vancouver secondary schools who enrolled in September 1976 in a full-time academic program at the Langara Campus of Vancouver Community College (VCC), and measured it…

A University of Northumbria (England) survey found that Britain's new emphasis on experiential and active learning in higher education is more problematic for part-time than full-time students, despite greater life and work experience. Greater attention to these students' needs, motivations, learning attitudes, and existing knowledge and skill…

Current college enrollments in Ontario universities and future projections are considered. It is suggested that demographic changes and educational demand are basic factors affecting university enrollment. Difficulties in analyzing participation rates are identified, including the means of calculation, interprovincial student mobility, the…

The University Without Walls program at Hofstra University was approved as an experimental unit within New College in 1973. The UWW program is competency-based, with students developing individual programs of study. Educational plans and prior learning from college and life experience are stated in learning contracts with short- and long-term…

A total of 554 liberal arts colleges are analyzed in terms of stability or growth, full-time equivalence (FTE), part-time, female, undergraduate and graduate enrollment patterns. The institutions were divided into two groups: (1) 123 leading baccalaureate granting institutions classified by the Carnegie Council as Liberal Arts I (LA I) and (2) the…

Data in this statistical summary relates to the students, staff, and the financing of provincially-assisted postsecondary educational institutions in Ontario. The 1975-76 edition of this book indicated continued stabilization of growth in full-time postsecondary enrollment at both colleges and universities. The data show an enrollment increase…

Opinions were gathered from college faculty and industrial employees as to the number of college semester hours they felt they could take while employed full time. The sample included 268 randomly selected faculty members and administrators from seven universities in the western states, and 175 industrial personnel of eight firms in the area. Two…

Married mothers and their husbands were interviewed at the beginning and end of the women's first year of enrollment in a university to study changes in marital happiness when women return to school. Marital happiness declined over the year among couples in which wives were enrolled as full-time students. (Author/MLW)

From 1970 to 1983 the proportion of part-time college students increased steadily from 28 to nearly 40 percent. Enrollment at community colleges rose from 48 to 64 percent, while at four-year institutions the increase was from 20 to 23 percent. These trends are discussed and illustrated by tables. (MLW)