It is the intent of this bibliography to provide comprehensive but not exhaustible resource publications on educational statistics published by the United States Government for the period 1970 through February 1986. Entries are arranged alphabetically by title and include the date published and the Superintendent of Documents Classification…

Survey of departments offering majors in radio and television provides information on curricula, budgets, and equipment relative to department structure, funding type, campus size, and region. (PD)

The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 require the Department of Education to collect, analyze, and report to Congress on the incidence of crime on campuses and facilities of postsecondary education institutions, and institutions of postsecondary education that participate in federal student financial assistance programs are required to make…

What value is a college education to the graduate without a job?--plenty, says Marvin Wachman, president, Temple University, not the least of which is a fuller, more productive life. (Editor/RK)

Presents several tables of "top ten" data related to educational facilities, including districts with the largest enrollments, states with the most teachers, number of school buildings in large cities, expenditures for public K-12 schools, states with the highest and lowest per-pupil expenditures, and states with the highest average…

A forecast prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) indicates that total enrollment in schools and colleges will drop slightly this school year, while the total cost of education will increase by about $12 billion over last year. (Author/MLF)

This paper presents baseline data about the incumbency of Australian vice-chancellors who held appointments from 1963 to 1983. Findings are that the average length of the incumbency has declined from 13.6 years to 8.0 years and that the subsequent period will witness even higher rates of turnover. (TE)

This report contains information on the following open universities in India: (1) Indira Gandhi National Open University; (2) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University; (3) Kota Open University; (4) Nalanda Open University; (5) Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University; (6) Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University; (7) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open…

This factbook is a retrospective of the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1996 through 1998 and includes many data tables and figures. It provides answers to many of the most commonly asked questions about the campus and serves as a source of comparative information over time. Detailed information is provided in the following categories:…

Describes the campus security Web site of the U.S. Department of Education as flawed because many college officials found reporting instructions confusing or reporting requirements too time consuming. Data, designed to give information about the safety of institutions, are often misleading and difficult to use for comparisons. (SLD)

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

This bibliography presents a comprehensive index of research from 1948 to 1968 on topics relating to Puerto Ricans and education. Included are studies from Puerto Rican, U.S. and European universities and research centers. The bibliography, which is divided into three separate books, is organized by subject: Part 1 cites literature on:…

The data provided in this report is limited to the facts of the geographic origins of students at the State University of New York during fall 1971. The tables of this report are formated to provide geographic origin information on numbers of graduate and undergraduate students both full and part-time. Tables for each college are provided that…

Evaluates data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) that indicate average annual salaries paid to male and female administrators in institutions of higher education during the 1976-77 school year. (Author/RK)

This report presents segmental and institution-specific enrollment and admissions data for 28 of the 29 institutions that comprise the Massachusetts public higher education system: the University of Massachusetts (4 campuses), the state colleges (9 institutions), and community colleges (15 institutions). Data are collected for the University of…