For decades, abundant studies have illustrated the vast scholarly publication disparity between male and women academics. Exhaustingly, in 21st-century higher education, women's academic research participation is below the world average, except in a few countries that comprehensively studied their faculties and personal and institutional agencies…

Education has until recently promoted social mobility, broad economic growth, and democracy. However, modern universities direct policy and resources toward criteria that exacerbate income inequality and reduce social mobility. Online education can make education more socially, geographically, temporally, and financially accessible, impacting the…

Demographic surges and economic growth have created an exploding demand for higher education in the Global South--a demand that low- and middle-income countries cannot realistically meet with traditional institutions alone. In India, the demand increasingly is being met by online education. Recently, MOOCs--with their potential to scale up rapidly…

The dearth of women in executive positions within the field of information technology (IT) has been studied extensively in the corporate sector. That is not the case within higher education, despite the data collected showing that women attain the top executive role--that of the Chief Information Officer (CIO)--at much better rates than their…

Although Latino enrollment in higher education has increased as the US Latino population has grown (Latinos now outnumber African Americans), more often than not Latinos begin their college education in community colleges or less selective four-year institutions--institutional types with lower persistence and completion rates in general. Moreover,…

This qualitative, phenomenological study was conducted to explore the lived experiences of 12 Afghan women enrolled in higher education institutions in Afghanistan. The objective was to develop an understanding of the participants' perceptions of the factors that led to their enrollment in higher education and the factors that inhibit Afghan women…

Since New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) began publishing tables and charts exploring "Trends & Indicators" in New England higher education more than a half-century ago, few figures have grabbed as much attention as college "enrollment" data. These local, state, regional and national data go beyond simple…

Pursuant to Board of Regents' policy, the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) prepares a diversity report intended to provide an overview of the current status of enrollment and employment of members of diverse groups across the System. This report includes information on NSHE student enrollments in the context of Nevada's changing…

Predictions are made regarding college enrollments for the years 1980-2000, in which student numbers are expected to drop by 5-15 percent. Implications are discussed, including an expected upswing in academic quality, predicted financial problems of private institutions, more participation by the over-22 age group, females, Blacks, and other…

Many colleges and universities are beginning to court female graduates as aggressively as they have male graduates, with specially targeted programs and closer attention paid to women's views. Demographic changes have resulted in women having more financial power and new attitudes about spending, and fund-raising expectations are following the…

Trends in science and engineering (S/E) bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees awarded from 1950 to 1970 are summarized in this report. Major findings demonstrate that: (1) the number of S/E degrees awarded annually is now below the levels reached in the early to mid-seventies and that this recent decline follows a long uptrend that began in…

The relation between demographic variables and emotional adjustment was assessed by asking 10 percent of the University of Arizona population to complete an anonymous and voluntary survey. Female, nonreligious, and unemployed students showed the highest degree of pathology. Senior females were found to be the most maladjusted. (Author)

Data from 290 respondents to a questionnaire sent to the first 390 male graduates who qualified during the 20-year period after the school became coeducational in 1948 are given and compared with those from a previous survey of the female graduates. Differences are discussed. (LBH)

Presents demographics related to women in science and discusses the development of career opportunities for women as the result of efforts by science educators like Robert Karplus. (MDH)

Poses the question, "Who will do science in the 21st century?" Indicates the importance of providing public education for all Americans. Criticizes the lack of women in chemistry faculty positions. (YDS)