The faculty labor markets within a southern and a western state university were analyzed by discipline and compared with the national labor market. Data were obtained for 1978-1979 to 1981-1982 from two large universities, and selected comparisons were made with results of the Faculty Salary Survey by Discipline of Institutions Belonging to the…

Trend data on college-going rates in California are considered in this 1984 update. Enrollment rates since 1974 and changes in rates experienced by major segments of higher education and by counties are examined. The information also provides a basis for analyzing the college-going rates of men and women and of several ethnic minority groups,…

There is no evidence of financial crisis in higher education, if by "crisis" one means the failure of institutions to balance revenues and expenditures. Most institutions were and are making ends meet, though not without some difficulty; most colleges and universities have had trouble recruiting sufficient numbers of students. As a rule,…

Information is provided on the academic performance of Missouri community college students who transferred to the University of Missouri, Columbia (UMC), for the fall 1979 semester. The data are organized according to the college from which students transferred, the UMC department which they entered, student transfer grade point average (GPA) and…

After introductory material noting the decreased popularity of religious studies and other humanities courses in the wake of dwindling enrollments, fiscal constraints, and the growing demand for non-transfer, vocational education, this paper reviews the development of religious studies curricula at the California community colleges during the…

This first annual publication from the University of Mississippi's Bureau of Institutional Research and Planning summarizes data concerning the university's academic operations in the immediately preceding academic year. The report provides both an historical context in which to review the university's development and a realistic set of…

In 1980, a study was conducted to assess the academic performance of former Santa Ana College (SAC) students who transferred to the California State University (CSU) system or the University of California (UC) system in 1979-1980. The total number of transfer students to the CSU system was 1,343, a figure which had remained constant over the…

The fall 1975 credit enrollment in West Virginia institutions of higher education is reported. The reports are based on standardized data submitted by the institutions of forms developed by the staff of the Board of Regents. Data are provided on head-count enrollment, and analysis of full-time-equivalent enrollment of public colleges and…

This is the third study conducted to analyze the transfer pattern of community college students in Pennsylvania. Information sources were student followup data from the community colleges and enrollment data of all higher education institutions. The followup data showed that the trend from 1970 through 1973 had been a rather consistent…

Undergraduate enrollment patterns among state colleges and universities changed dramatically between 1969 and 1974, including large differences in enrollment growth between rural and urban institutions and among various regions of the country. Overall enrollment patterns reflected logical reactions of students and their parents to college…

This report presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residences, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York in the fall 1975 term. The report includes all credit course students and all institutions of the State University system. The student and institutional data elements that…

This report describes programs at New Mexico's colleges and universities that focus on the recruitment and retention of Native American Students. It also provides enrollment data for fiscal year 1995-96 and student retention data for three cohorts of students who enrolled as freshmen in 1993, 1994, and 1995. The report is based on a survey of all…

This paper identifies some of the major issues that need to be considered in designing a coherent policy for tuition/fees and student financial aid in California's institutions of higher education. It reviews evidence on the effects of financial aid and tuition and discusses the usefulness of that evidence for policy design. The report identifies…

This almanac provides summary information for Mississippi's public institutions of higher learning for the 1997-98 academic year. Data is organized in eight sections: (1) general information, which lists members and officers of the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning and offers institutional profiles for Alcorn State…

This report summarizes the activities of the three components of Colorado's statewide extended campus during the 1998-99 academic year. The first, and largest, section focuses on the extended studies program, which has been Colorado's primary vehicle for the delivery of off-campus instruction since 1972. The report provides an overview of the…