Herein are contained abstracts of state laws and regulations governing postsecondary education in three sectors: public, private degree-granting, and private nondegree-granting. With some exceptions, all obtainable statutes having the force of law are included. The statutes are arranged by state. Each abstract includes basic identifying data,…

Presented are the number of degrees granted by academic field and sex for public and private institutions. One tables presents an aggregation of the 50 states and the District of Columbia; a second table is a regional aggregation of the 14 states in the south (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North…

Presented is information on the educational process, or success, of students attending private and public institutions. It is assumed that the role played by small private liberal arts colleges can be understood only in the larger context of the total higher education domain, public and private. The criterion of student progress is completion of…

Reported are fiscal data for the years 1974 and 1975 as submitted by Ohio institutions. Additionally, summary tables have been included reflecting the combined total revenues, additions, and expenditures of all the institutions. Covered are: (1) total annual income; (2) total annual expenditures; (3) application of current funds available for…

The total number of associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first-professional degrees conferred during the 1975-76 fiscal year by 48 higher education institutions is summarized. Undergraduate and graduate seminaries are included among the institutions. Data are also given in tabular form for academic major within each institution. (MSE)

This report reflects postgraduation activities of college students who graduated in Pennsylvania in 1975. While the report does not attempt to say what the relationship between higher education and postgraduation occupations should be, it does clarify what many of these relationships actually are by indicating the demand for and supply of…

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has developed enrollment projections to 1995 based on the number of births occurring 20 years earlier. The statewide totals are then used as a starting point for projections for each segment of the higher education community: state owned institutions, community colleges, state related institutions,…

Results of a study relating Washington State's college students' unmet financial aid needs to sector and student characteristics such as sex, age, dependency status, and family income and contribution are outlined and discussed. (MSE)

Results of a survey of 1,308 four-year college presidents ranking colleges and universities are presented. Rankings are in these categories: universities with a national reputation, liberal arts colleges with a national reputation, larger comprehensive universities, smaller comprehensive universities, and regional liberal arts colleges. (MSE)

College student population trends are analyzed and charted, including first-time freshmen as a percentage of all undergraduates, total student applications, mean total applicants by institution type, percentage of applicants accepted by institution type, percentage of accepted student enrolling by institution type, high school grades, and faculty…

A national survey of distance education courses offered by higher education institutions identified the incidence of distance education courses delivered to remote (off-campus) locations through audio, video, or computer technologies. The study found that a third of institutions offered distance education courses, another quarter planned to offer…

The varying impacts of alternative financial-aid policies and delivery procedures on colleges and potential students are considered. It is concluded that there is little that financial-aid policy itself can do to counter enrollment declines, but that individual policy innovations do have some potential to redistribute enrollment. (Author/JMD)

The provisions in Australia's 1993 Higher Education Budget Statement regarding equity, diversity, and educational quality are examined. The discussion draws on current models of governance of public and private systems to examine ways in which the federal government has imposed accountability mechanisms on institutions. (Author/MSE)

The rate of college tuition increase slowed in 1994-95 at most institution types, but at 6% on average, the rise still outpaced inflation. Tuition and fees for 1993-94 and 1994-94 at over 3,000 public, private, and 2-year colleges are listed, also indicating the additional tuition charged to out-of-state students. (MSE)

Discussion of the evolution of Latin American higher education policy focuses on historic and social factors. It is concluded that policies often fail because they shift control to one of three poles (government, academic oligarchy, or market) to the exclusion of the others or favor the wrong sector within each pole. (MSE)