This brief publication presents data on the status of women as presidents and heads of colleges and universities in the United States in four tables using national data from a range of institutions and associations. Table 1 shows women's share of chief executive officer (CEO) positions in regionally accredited institutions, branches, and affiliate…

Three charts present trends in graphical form, including (1) pension funds invested in common stocks by the College Retirement Equities Fund (1989-92); (2) number of female college presidents (1992) by type of institution (public or private, two- or four-year); (3) faculty pay and cost of living compared to the Consumer Price Index (1985-92). (DB)

Trends and projections for postsecondary enrollments in the United States are summarized. Between 1955 and 1970, degree credit enrollment more than tripled due to both a rapid rise in the population of college-age youth and an increase in the college participation rate. College attendance doubled between 1955 and 1965, and participation rates for…

Statistical tables are presented on the 1977 summer session enrollment in Oklahoma higher education. The data show a 3.7 percent increase over the previous year. Of the total enrollment, 88.7 percent was in public colleges and universities and 11.7 percent in private institutions. Information is provided on: full-time equivalent enrollment; senior…

National trend data on bachelor's, master's, doctor's, and first-professional degrees are presented by sex of recipient and field of study for the period 1974-1975 through 1984-1985. Data were collected through the survey of Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred, which is part of the Higher Education General Information Survey. Data on degrees…

Patterns emerging in a trend toward increased enrollment in private colleges are examined, focusing on the relationship of size, selectivity, location, women's colleges, historically Black colleges, and enrollment change. (MSE)

Data on earned degrees conferred in the United States from July 1977 through June 1978 are presented, based on results of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) entitled "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred." Data on baccalaureate and higher degrees are presented in summary and detailed tables, which show the…

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…

Data derived from National Center for Education Statistics files are presented in two tables. The first gives total bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first-professional degrees awarded in the United States, the Southern Regional Education Board area, and each of the Southern States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,…

Data on summer and fall 1981 enrollments in Pennsylvania colleges and universities are presented, including a brief narrative section on trends. Detailed statistical tables cover the following: enrollments by enrollment status and by sex, fall 1972-1981; total enrollments by type of institution, fall 1972-1981; enrollments by level of study, fall…

Information is presented on the distribution of earned degrees conferred in 1979-80 by 1,904 U.S. degree-granting institutions. Data on baccalaureate and higher degrees are presented by discipline division and specialty, institutional control and level, sex of recipient, state, and for 10 selected professions. Trends in degrees awarded during…

Data and descriptive analyses concerning degrees awarded in the U.S. and the South in 1977-78 are presented, based on National Center for Education Statistics information. One extensive table shows, for the United States, the Southern Regional Education Board region, and each of the southern states, the total number of degrees awarded at the…

The 10-year period 1965-66 through 1974-75, was one of notable growth in higher education, is summarized in statistical tables and commentary. Section I reports that the number of degrees awarded increased substantially at every level (bachelor's, master's, doctor's, and first-professional). Section II focuses on the number and proportions of men…

Data on degrees awarded by Maryland public and private colleges and universities for fiscal years 1971-1982 are presented. Twelve-year trends are reported by broad academic area within each degree level (lower-division certificate, associate, bachelors, masters, doctoral, first-professional). Trends in degree production by race and sex for…

Results of a study by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) indicate that both the proportion of women on the faculties (at the ranks of professor and assistant professor) in New Jersey universities and four-year colleges, as well as the salaries of women faculty members compared to those of men, were generally greater than the…