A survey was conducted to identify environmentally related jobs, the current employment need in these areas, the 5-year projection, and the current status of educational training programs to meet the employment needs for technicians or paraprofessionals within a five-county area of Southern California. The environmentally related occupations…

Examines the factors leading to the creation of Kentucky's Louisville Municipal College for Negroes and the black community's use of political power to achieve educational gains in the early decades of the 20th century. Three historical developments involving black education in Louisville are examined in order to better explain the college's…

Examines black student enrollment progress, past racial policies, and the status of black enrollments in 1980 and progress since 1980 in large state universities. Statistical trends in black student enrollments at selected large state universities and the level of racial integration at selected flagship state universities are provided. Black…

This report outlines the Commission's tasks and progress in fulfilling the goals of the "Comprehensive Statewide Plan for Postsecondary Education." The "Plan" identifies goals that lead to an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, and synchronized system of higher education. The "Plan," considered a…

The State of Florida Department of Education provides pre-and-post-graduation data for public high school graduates throughout Florida. These data were used for the present report to produce data sets for all M-DCPS regular high schools and charter high schools graduating students in 2007 and 2008. Summary data for the district are also provided.…

A process for selecting peer institutions for budget and program review of public postsecondary institutions is discussed. Data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), a national database, were used to select peer institutions. The first task was to identify the kinds of institution representatives to include as…

This paper describes the results of research conducted on the variation in structure and function of institutional research offices at 55 public and private postsecondary educational institutions in Georgia. The study examined five issues central to institutional research: (1) professional role identity, (2) location of the office in the…

This report from the California State Postsecondary Commission reviews the difficulties associated with adoption of the current 1990-91 budget and uses this review as a basis for its recommended four priorities for the upcoming budget. The four priorities discussed are the following: (1) maintain the Master Plan's commitment to access and quality…

Information is presented on the employment, classification, and compensation of ethnic minorities and women in California public postsecondary institutions in 1977, 1979, and 1981. The report is divided into separate sections for the University of California, the State University, and the California community colleges. Within each section, data is…

In 1982, a study was conducted to assess the academic performance of former Santa Ana College (SAC) students who transferred to the California State Universities and Colleges (CSUC) system or to the University of California (UC) system in 1980-81 or 1981-82. The study revealed that while the total number of SAC students attending the CSUC system…

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…

Recognizing the shortage of prepared nursing personnel in both service and educational institutions, the Advisory Committee on Nursing Education made a questionnaire survey of all state approved schools of nursing in Massachusetts to aid in planning for nursing education within the state's public educational institutions. Returns from all six…

With increased cooperation and coordination, it now is appropriate to review major changes that have led to an unprecedented level of interdependency among institutions. The current growth rate of interinstitutional cooperation is approximately 12 percent per year. This is inseparably linked in many respects to increased levels of statutory…

A project to evaluate and study student development programs in all community colleges in Illinois is discussed. The project included a number of individual studies on various aspects of student development programs. The major study focused on the scope and quality of student development programs as perceived by students, faculty, and student…

The Montana Commission on Post Secondary Education was directed to make a detailed and thorough study of postsecondary education in the state. This draft report concerns goals, educational policies, governance, planning, financing, institutions and their missions, health care education, Native Americans and postsecondary education, and…