This report presents data tables on fall 1999 enrollment at Minnesota's public and private postsecondary education institutions. An introduction and glossary precede the body of the report, which has four parts: (1) five-year summaries for each postsecondary institutions, including total enrollment, male and female enrollments, new entering…

Charts are presented with summaries on student enrollment (full-time students in each year of school, male and female, educational background, minority groups), entry grade point averages, state and federal student aid distribution, annual student expenditures, and permanent residence. Data are given for individual schools. (MSE)

A survey of 94 department heads and 112 graduate supervisors at 5 Canadian universities investigated organizational and administrative practices concerning graduate programs and factors affecting successful completion of/withdrawal from graduate programs. Factors identified include student motivation, quality of supervision, student selection,…

Reports on a survey of nontraditional student opinion about academic libraries in four areas: how they used the library, when they wanted to use the library, which library services they felt were important, and how they evaluated some library services. Group comparisons were made based on full- or part-time status, gender, and age. (Contains 29…

Drawing from data provided by the Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP), this series of reports provides follow-up information on FTIC students entering Tallahassee Community College (TCC) in fall 1990. The four reports compare students based on race, entry level test pass rates, full-/part-time status, and grade…

This report contains national data on the change over time in the participation of students with disabilities in postsecondary education and reports on the 140,000 students with disabilities who are among the 1.6 million full-time, first-time freshmen attending more than 3,100 institutions of higher education in 1991. The report compares responses…

This paper describes the process by which Dallas County Community College District (Texas) developed and operationalized a student typology for assessing student outcomes. The purpose of the typology is to assist in identifying at risk students and increasing their chances of academic success while simultaneously allowing for the diversity of…

Based on fall quarter enrollments for 1983 through 1988, this report presents data on student retention in the postsecondary educational system of Georgia. The system includes 4 universities, 15 senior colleges, and 14 two-year colleges. First-year and 5-year retention rates and graduation rates are provided for first-time, full-time entering…

This study was conducted on statewide enrollment trends and student characteristics in Illinois public community colleges. The study analyzed fall 1990 enrollments by college, full-/part-time status, sex, ethnic origin, age, student level, first-time/continuing enrollment status, and program. Study findings included the following: (1) at the end…

This three-part report provides tables and graphs describing the South County Community College District in California in terms of district population demographics, registration patterns and student characteristics for fall 1989, and longitudinal trend data on student characteristics. Section 1 provides U.S. Census data for the district population…

A longitudinal study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to observe the performance and achievements of students entering the college each fall from 1977 through 1988. Academic and personal data from transcripts were analyzed for randomly selected samples of 200 full- and 200 part-time students from each fall's entering class.…

Statistical information on Kentucky college and university enrollments for the fall of 1987 are provided, including listings of the membership of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Council on Higher Education, and the presidents of Kentucky's senior colleges and universities, junior and community colleges, seminaries, and business colleges. The 41…

Information on higher education in South Carolina is presented in statistical form. The focus is on 10-year analysis of full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments by level; 10-year analysis of headcount enrollments by level; 10-year analysis of headcount enrollments, technical colleges; 1987 opening fall enrollments; 1987 opening fall enrollments,…

In 1986, a study was conducted at Middlesex Community College (MxCC) to examine selected demographics of that year's graduating class and to compare them with similar statistics compiled for 1985 graduates. The graduating classes were compared in terms of students' major, sex, age, full-/part-time status, average number of semesters attended,…

The second annual report on freshmen at the College of Staten Island (CSI), City University of New York is presented. Data are largely descriptive and focus on the academic nature of the class. Statistical comparisons to the previous class are included to offer a broad picture. Six sections focus on full-time student profile, full-time student…