Expansion of the past 10 years in Asian higher education and associated problems, as well as the role of colleges and universities in national development, are discussed in 11 papers from a 1985 International Seminar. Paper titles and authors include: "Prospects and Problems in Asian Higher Education: Introductory Presentation by the…

Activities and findings of the Statistical Analysis Group in Education (SAGE), which sought (1) to develop and validate financial and nonfinancial indicators of college or university viability and (2) to measure institutional viability of types of colleges related to federal policy goals for higher education. Development of the longitudinal file…

Information on philanthropic contributions to higher education institutions is presented, based on the Survey of Voluntary Support of Education, 1976-77. Voluntary support excludes income from endowment and other invested funds as well as all support received from federal, state, and local governments and their agencies. Information is provided by…

This document presents an assortment of statistical data about higher education in Maryland. The information is presented for a period of years, so that trends can be highlighted. The book is organized by topic into these sections: (1) factors affecting enrollment, including college-going rate of Maryland high school seniors, their intended major,…

This document presents an assortment of statistical data about Maryland postsecondary education. The information is presented for a period of years so that trends can be highlighted. The Trend Book is organized into nine sections: (1) factors affecting enrollment, including college-going rates of high school seniors, their intended majors, their…

This seventh annual Student Outcome and Achievement Report (SOAR) provides information that can be used to track high school student outcomes at the state level. The SOAR system collects information about college performance of new high school graduates including: remedial work needed in math, English, and reading; grades in first math and English…

This annual report on the status of Missouri's system of higher education is organized around five strategic initiatives. The report notes such positive trends as the more than 325,000 students who are pursuing degree programs and the nearly 50,000 students who graduate each year from the state's public and independent colleges, universities, and…

This report summarizes results of survey data gathered by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System concerning the numbers and types of degrees awarded in academic year 1993-94, by level of award (associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional), field of study, gender of recipient, control of institution…

This publication presents data on enrollment at South Dakota's public and private colleges and universities at the close of the second week of the 1995 Fall term. The 97 tables and three graphs present data by headcount and full-time equivalent enrollment. The first 33 tables present data on state supported public university enrollment and private…

This annual report compares graduation rates for scholarship athletes at Oklahoma public and private institutions of higher education to those of the student body as a whole over 3- and 6-year periods. Colleges and universities identified scholarship athletes in 11 sport categories: football, basketball, baseball, softball, track and field,…

This publication presents data on enrollment at South Dakota's public and private colleges and universities at the close of the second week of the 1994 Fall Term. The 90 tables and two graphs present data by headcount and full-time equivalent enrollment. The first 32 tables present data on state supported public university enrollment and private…

Extensive data tables present information on the public and independent institutions of higher education in Missouri for the year 1997-1998. Data tables are organized into the following categories: (1) preparation of enrolled freshmen, fall 1997, including distribution of American College Testing scores and high school rankings; (2) access,…

This book utilizes 29 case histories of geographically and institutionally diverse teacher education programs to provide a comprehensive historical perspective on teacher education in the United States. The volume, organized into four parts, is further divided into nine chapters. "Part One: "Teacher Education: A Contemporary Perspective…

This volume provides comparative data for faculty salaries in public and private colleges, based on an annual survey of over 700 colleges and universities. Data cover the following disciplines: Engineering; Foreign Languages; Geological Sciences; Home Economics; Letters; Library and Archival Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematics;…

Forces that will greatly affect higher education in the 1980s are described, and trends during the 1970s are briefly reviewed, with an emphasis on educational finance. During the 1970s, the number of students increased by 24.3 percent, total educational and general revenues more than doubled, the state's proportion of these revenues rose by 5.2…