Austrian higher education is described with specific reference to the organization and study reforms that Austrian universities have undergone. The increasing number of Austrian students may require continuing reform of the higher education system and the future outlook is discussed. (BH)

Results of a National Association of College and University Business Officers survey concerning tuition discounting policies found that one-third of higher education's stated revenue stream consists of phantom dollars, with less than 10% of students paying published tuition. Data on freshman and other discounting rates, financial aid strategies,…

Molefi Kete Asante, chairman of the Temple University (Pennsylvania) African American studies department, the first doctoral program in the discipline in the country, is stepping down amidst controversy over his leadership. An avowed Afrocentrist, his administration is viewed by some as creating rancor and instability among faculty, and has led…

Presents results from a study comparing General Educational Development (GED) certificate holders and traditional high school graduates enrolled at Florida's community colleges in terms of admissions, enrollment rates, program completions, and academic success. Indicates that GED holders have lower grade point averages and graduation rates than…

A committee of the North Carolina Board of Governors will recommend that each state university create or enhance programs to improve campus race relations, engage minority students in campus life, increase numbers of black students and of black doctoral candidates, and achieve higher minority enrollment. Focus is on both recruiting and retaining…

A Department of Education report notes gains in college enrollment by Native Americans (10.8 percent), Asian and Pacific Islanders (11.7 percent), African Americans (8.2 percent), Hispanics (11.5 percent), foreign students (10 percent), and white non-Hispanic students (3.8 percent). College-going rates, however, remained stable for African…

This report provides fall 1993 data on student enrollment and staffing and salaries at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), incorporating data from reports produced by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges (CCC). Data on student enrollment are presented on the gender, ethnicity, and age of the total CCSF enrollment…

In January 1996, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges prepared a 15-year forecast of enrollment and weekly student contact hours (WSCH) using an econometric model that analyzes real (i.e., price-adjusted) costs facing students, real operating budget expenditures of colleges, population and unemployment projections, and…

The reference publication contains national statistics on the limited-English-proficient (LEP) student population in the United States and the educational programs that serve them. Information is drawn from national databases of federally-funded educational programs in 1992-93. Summary data, with narrative, are offered on: the number of LEP…

This report presents data tables providing post-secondary enrollment figures in the state of Minnesota for the 5-year period, 1991 through 1995. The report is organized in four sections, each of which contains separate data tables for state universities, community colleges, technical colleges, the University of Minnesota, private career schools,…

This paper presents statistics on the education systems of various areas of the world. The document includes six tables in which data are broken down into developed countries, developing countries, Sub Saharan Africa, Arab states, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia and Oceania, and Southern Asia. Each graph gives a world total for…

Statistical data on in-state, first-time freshmen entering Virginia's state-supported institutions of higher education in 1993-94 are presented. The first table summarizes the academic performance of students for identified private high schools, by area. The second table summarizes the academic performance of students for identified public high…

This book defines the changes that will be needed in Great Britain's higher educational system to make the shift to greater rates of participation in the future, and speculates about the conditions under which they could occur, or are already doing so. Part I has as its focus the processes of selection for, or exclusion from, higher education.…

A study reviewed how states are serving teen parents in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program. Teen parents receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) during a selected month of fiscal year 1992 were randomly sampled in 16 states. A questionnaire collected data from their JOBS and AFDC case workers. Telephone…

This paper presents findings of a study that investigated the extent to which homeless children in the United States receive the "free and appropriate education" to which they are entitled. Data were collected through several surveys conducted in two San Francisco Bay Area counties: (1) surveys of parents in homeless shelters with 313…