The "Statistics report on TEQSA-registered higher education providers 2019" (the Statistics Report) is the sixth release of selected higher education sector data held by the Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) for its quality assurance activities. It provides a snapshot and time series of…

The "Statistics Report on TEQSA Registered Higher Education Providers" ("the Statistics Report") is the fourth release of selected higher education sector data held by is the fourth release of selected higher education sector data held by the Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) for its…

Background/Context: Sub-baccalaureate certificates can provide an accelerated pathway to gainful employment for the unemployed or underemployed. Certificates represented only 6% of postsecondary awards in 1980, but today they represent 22% of all credentials awarded and have superseded associate's and master's degrees as the second most common…

The purpose of this audit was to revise the marketing plan for ADSum Professional Development School and give the owner a long-term vision of the school to operate competitively in the crowded field of for-profit schools. It is fairly simple to create a strategic plan but harder to implement and execute. Execution requires weeks and months of…

For-profit, or proprietary, colleges are the fastest growing postsecondary schools in the nation, enrolling a disproportionately high share of disadvantaged and minority students and those ill-prepared for college. Because these schools--many of them big national chains--derive most of their revenue from taxpayer-funded student financial aid, they…

The purpose of the study was to assess the number of privately owned vocational schools, the occupations for which the schools train, and the extent of their enrollment and labor market placement. This study is the fourth dimension of a descriptive study encompassing formal vocational-technical education offerings in Alameda and Contra Costa…

This monograph on proprietary vocational education provides an overview of proprietary education which is intended for vocational educators who may not be familiar with proprietary schools. The author begins with a description of numbers and types of proprietary schools and includes information on population characteristics, chartering, licensing,…

This report focuses on the proprietary vocational school industry in New York State. Part 1 describes the increases in the utilization of student financial aid programs by vocational schools and the effects of this aid on school enrollment. This part also introduces the role of the New York State Education Department in the regulation of the…

This report compiles 1977-78 enrollment information for 1,006 two-year postsecondary institutions, including accredited junior and community colleges, multipurpose, technical, and/or vocational schools and institutes, university branch campuses, and proprietary schools. During 1977-78, total enrollment for reporting institutions was 3,336,413, a…

This report compiles 1976-77 enrollment information for 1,023 two-year postsecondary institutions, including accredited or approved degree-granting junior and community colleges, multipurpose, technical and/or vocational schools and institutes, and university branch campuses. Following the dramatic 16.1% enrollment increase of 1975-76, total…

Literature concerning U.S. proprietary vocational schools and student financial aid is reviewed, focusing on public and interprofessional attitudes, industry reforms, the schools as businesses, enrollments, student characteristics, program characteristics and costs, completions, job placement, earnings, federal student aid, aid recipients, and…

This report compiles 1975-76 enrollment information for 776 two-year postsecondary institutions, including accredited or approved degree-granting junior and community colleges, multi-purpose, technical, and/or vocational schools and institutes, and university branch campuses. Total enrollment for 1975-76 among the reporting institutions increased…

This report, the seventh in a series of annual studies, compiles 1978-79 enrollment information for 955 two-year postsecondary institutions. Surveyed institutions include accredited junior and community colleges; multipurpose, technical and/or vocational schools and institutes; university branch campuses; and proprietary schools. During 1978-79,…

This document presents detailed statistical information about activity in Australia's public vocational education and training (VET) system in 2002. It contains information on VET students and courses for each of Australia's states and territories. The statistics included in the report were derived from the data collected from VET providers across…

In the 1983-1984 school year, postsecondary-level proprietary vocational schools served 160,000 students in the State of New York. About 30 percent of the students received public assistance before enrolling and 68,000 students completed a wide array of programs; according to state data, most found employment related to their training. As private…