The New Mexico (NM) higher education state attainment goal -- the Route to 66 -- has been a driving force for many of the initiatives undertaken in New Mexico. The New Mexico Higher Education Department (HED) works energetically and collaboratively with 31 public higher education institutions (HEIs) across the State. The HED also registers and…

This annual report provides the details of how some of New Mexico Higher Education Department's (NMHED) accomplishments will improve the lives of New Mexico's students. New for 2018, in addition to NMHED-led programs, this report includes profiles of each of New Mexico's public higher education institutions (HEIs) to the report. Each profile is a…

This annual report provides details on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the New Mexico Higher Education Department's (NMHED) operations and the impact on New Mexico's students, faculty, and staff. All colleges and universities prepared and followed detailed plans on how they would operate to continue to deliver quality education while keeping…

In this study, the authors use college enrollment and migration data to test the brain drain hypothesis. Their results suggest that state merit scholarship programs do indeed stanch the migration of "best and brightest" students to other states. In the aggregate and on average, the implementation of state merit aid programs increases the…

This State Profile from the Delta Cost Project presents data on key Delta metrics for public research, master's, bachelor's, and community college sectors in the state of New Mexico. The data are limited to a five-year period, showing data for the most recent year, and the five-year change.

This annual report describes the recent history of higher education in New Mexico, but it is also intended to provide information useful in preparing for the expanded roles education must play if it is to meet the needs of the state in the coming years. The report begins with summary statements about students and their progress, tuition and…

This document is the annual report of factual information about New Mexico's public colleges and universities and their student customers. It contains demographic information about the students, their completion of degree programs, the tuition and fees paid, and financial aid received by students, and the revenues and institutional expenditures…

The 2007 Hawai'i State Legislature passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 118 S.D.1 HD 1 Improving the Community's Understanding of the Department of Education's Programs and School Expenses Including a Comparison with Other States on Adequacy of Funds. Among the requests contained in the resolution were the following: "Be it further resolved…

This annual report presents information about New Mexico's colleges and universities and the students who attend these institutions. The report provides information, in text, graphs, and tables, about: (1) students (the numbers that enroll, transfer, and receive degrees by ethnic group and gender); (2) financial aid (current funding levels and…

Using 1975-76 school-year data, the study describes New Mexico size adjustment factors for public school funding, compares them with the manner in which other states recognize smallness or sparsity, and delineates the impact of size adjustment factors on New Mexico school districts in terms of resources, net operational and proportionate…

In a collection of statistical summaries, the following information regarding New Mexico two-year colleges is presented for each institution: (1) 1977-78 average full-time faculty salaries; (2) 1975-76 unrestricted expenditures for instruction, academic support, student services, institutional support, and plant operation; (3) local district tax…

This document presents basic information and statistical data for each public two-year college in New Mexico. The information is presented by institution and includes: (1) statute under which the institution is organized; (2) year organized; (3) 1975-76 enrollment and valuation data for public school districts included within the institutional…

This 1995 report from the State of New Mexico Commission on Higher Education presents factual information about New Mexico's colleges and universities and the students attending these institutions as of November 1994. Highlights of the report include: (1) 99,000 students are currently enrolled in public two-year colleges and universities; (2) six…

This fourth annual report of the New Mexico State Commission on Postsecondary Education essentially describes activities in five areas. The finance and budget review section provides a profile of public colleges and universities; branch colleges; four-year private colleges and universities; as well as outlining the actual operating expenditures…

Each year the New Mexico State Department of Education and the state's 88 school districts publish report cards that provide information on the operation and performance of the schools and characteristics of its students. This report is the state-level report card, providing narrative and statistical information on an array of educational…