Six tables present data on characteristics of institutions of higher education in 1992-93. The data were gathered as part of an annual survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) which gathers data from approximately 10,886 post secondary schools and branches. These institutions include 4-year colleges, 2-year colleges,…

This study investigated the level of accumulation of community college credits up to the point at which students transfer into public, four-year institutions. A sample survey was done of public, four-year institutions, asking them to report the credit accumulations of its incoming transfer students. A group of 50 institutions were selected to…

As precribed by Act 79-461, Section 9, the Alabama State Commission on Higher Education evaluated the budgets submitted by the senior public institutions of higher education and by the Chancellor of the junior, community, and postsecondary vocational and technical education system and reached two sets of funding recommendations for all of higher…

Private liberal arts junior colleges reached their peak during the 1940's, when nearly 350 of them provided an educational alternative for over 100,000 students nationwide. In 1989, only 89 private two-year institutions were in existence, accounting for less than 1% of the nation's two-year college students. Following the second World War, several…

Fund raising effectiveness in 10 types of higher education institutions and for four major donor groups was studied. Separate analyses were undertaken for public and private institutions of five types (research, doctoral, comprehensive, baccalaureate, and two-year). Donor types were alumni gifts, non-alumni gifts, corporate gifts, and foundation…

Provides an overview of the shifting world economy and examines the forces that are reshaping both student and employer markets. Questions whether public institutions' stability-oriented incentives will allow them to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. (AYC)

This report profiles 19 public two-year colleges in the state of New Jersey. Each profile includes the number of students, faculty and trustees, and the ratio of full-time to part-time faculty at each college. Student characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, full-time or part-time status, financial assistance received, graduation and transfer…

This statistical report offers statewide and college-by-college data on enrollment at Mississippi's 15 public community and junior colleges, focusing primarily on data for fall 1997. The following nine tables are provided: (1) a statewide enrollment summary for fall 1997; (2) a comparison of fall 1996 and fall 1997 enrollment for academic,…

This set of fiscal reports contains: (1) "Summary of Current Funds, Revenues by Source in Institutions of Higher Education, New York State, Fiscal Year Ending 1995"; (2) "Summary of Current Funds, Expenditures and Mandatory Transfers by Function in Institutions of Higher Education, New York State, Fiscal Year Ending 1995"; (3)…

One of the most striking features of higher education in recent years has been the great increase in the number of students attending the colleges and universities. Where the higher institutions have reached a student enrollment of several thousand, the question has been raised seriously as to whether such institutions should not devote themselves…

Fewer students from families with moderate incomes are enrolling at colleges and universities with the drop greatest for highly selective private and public institutions. The trend may be a result of increasing costs of college attendance and of fewer numbers of families in the middle-income group. (DB)

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education present this fiscal year 2006 Annual Report to inform individuals of the state's status and progress in higher education. Section 173.040, RSMo (see Appendix A) specifically details what information the CBHE should include in its annual report. The various…

In 1996, the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Community College Board jointly conducted a survey of remedial/developmental education in the state's public community colleges and universities. Data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System were analyzed for 1995-96 and surveys were distributed to all public colleges and…

This research brief presents data concerning collective bargaining in higher education, to indicate how much collective bargaining activity is taking place, where it is, and who the principal participants are. Information is presented on how many faculty members are represented by collective bargaining agreements; the primary organizations…

This directory reports on faculty contracts and bargaining agents in higher education in the United States in 1992. An introductory section examines two conflicting trends characterizing faculty higher education collective bargaining activities during 1992--the number of collective bargaining agents increased to an all time high of 484, but the…