Objective: Rape on college campuses continues to be a pervasive public health issue with approximately 11% of women experiencing rape while in college. As such, it is important to examine factors unique to college campuses that influence the occurrences of rape. Methods: Using data from 1,423 four-year universities (public and private with at…

This paper investigates the expansion of student numbers in higher education (HE) in Germany. The quantitative sources indicate a constant increase in student numbers in the 1990s, but show that this growth was uneven and differentiated. The paper discusses a number of factors that influenced the increases in student numbers since the early 1990s,…

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,…

Statistical data and narrative descriptions are presented on state appropriations, tuition and fees, faculty compensation, enrollment, and degrees awarded for the 14 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states and Oklahoma. Trends include the following: from 1972 to 1982, appropriations of state tax funds for higher education operating…

Information about 14 southern states and the progress of their colleges and universities is presented and compared with national standards. The 1981 and 1982 profiles for Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states pertain to population and economies, enrollment and institutions, degrees, institutional finances, student finances, and faculty.…