These two reports look at trends in fall and spring enrollments at Oklahoma City Community College in terms of the following categories: male, female, full-time, part-time, new students, returning students, graduates, single, married, divorced, average age, Black, White, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, international, other ethnic/no response,…

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…

Drawing upon a number of previous institutional research reports, Miami-Dade Community College conducted a study to determine the characteristics of its traditional, i.e., full-time, first-time-in-college, students. The study sought to develop a composite profile of these students at three stages of academic development: entry level,…

Information is presented on 1981-1982 costs and financial aid for full-time undergraduates in New York. Income data are reported for 2,902 students, along with information about an aid recipient's dependency status and income. Sector comparisons among financially dependent/independent undergraduates are shown. Among financially dependent…

An examination of enrollment data for 1973-74 through 1982-83 at Lane Community College (LCC) reveals the following trends: (1) the total 1982-83 full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment was slightly less than one-third above that for 1973-74; (2) the increase of non-credit FTE over the 10-year period was somewhat greater than that for credit…

Findings are presented from the National Center for Education Statistics' 1978 Recent College Graduates Survey, which estimates the number of recent graduates and the February 1978 employment and salary status of individuals who received bachelor's degrees from July 1, 1976, to June 30, 1977. A nationally representative sample of 297 institutions…

A study was conducted to project enrollment figures by age cohort groups at Harford Community College (HCC) for the period 1982 through 1986. Projections were obtained by determining the ratio of the students enrolled at HCC to the number of persons living in Harford County through an analysis of historical data detailing college and county…

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…

Some basic historical college participation statistics from New York State and a set of factors that may influence full-time undergraduate attendance in the future are described. Some specific measures of college participation, including the College Going Rate and the College Entrance Index (CEI), are introduced. The most significant findings are…

An examination of the findings of three national surveys reveals that several statistical academic science resource indicators reflected a period of growth during the mid-seventies. While this trend is expected to continue through the end of the seventies, the 9 percent increase in federal research and development (R&D) funding to universities…

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)

Students in two Australian Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes were surveyed (862 usable responses from 1,700 metropolitan students, 297 from 1,008 regional students). Focus group discussions were held with three metro and five regional students. A higher proportion of regional than metro students were volunteers or wanted to…

Data on 1984 college and university enrollments and trends since 1981 are presented, based on the Higher Education General Information Survey. Information is provided on higher education enrollments by control and level of institution, student sex, and full-time and part-time attendance status. Trends in enrollment during 1981-1984 for the 50…

The four reports contained in this document summarize enrollment trends and the academic and personal characteristics of students enrolled in credit programs at six University of Hawaii community colleges for the years 1983 through 1986. The reports focus on headcount by college, changes in headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments,…

Data on 102 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) collected through three annual surveys of academic science and engineering (S/E) resources are presented. Twenty-three tables are derived from: the Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges (tables 1-4); the Survey of Federal Support to…