The Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF) provides policymakers and administrators at all governmental levels with data, analyses, expertise, and opportunities to share information about special education finance issues. One of CSEF's major activities is the periodic collection and dissemination of information on state funding systems for…

In 1988 the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Commission for Educational Quality produced a separate study of trends in population, education, and employment, looking ahead to the year 2000. The SREB Challenge 2000 goals have been the subject of detailed benchmark reports semi-annually since. This year, there are 12 reports in the…

This 1999-2000 report from Cabrillo College (California) contains resource and reference information useful for planning, grant development, marketing, program planning, outreach, Partnership for Excellence, and accreditation self-studies. It offers information and statistics in the areas of governance, instruction, students, faculty, fiscal…

This document contains data and characteristics of the Illinois public community college system and is designed to serve as a basic reference. The data are obtained from various surveys and studies conducted by Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) staff, and from the colleges' annual MIS submissions. The document contains annual data for fiscal…

Total headcount enrollment at Connecticut's colleges and universities reached 172,735 students in fall 2004, representing the third straight year of an all-time record. This year's growth of 2,111 students, or 1.2 percent, was larger than last year's more tepid gain of 0.5 percent, or 876 students. This report analyzes fall 2004 headcount…

National data on graduate enrollment in 52 pharmacy schools are presented on full- and part-time students, master's and doctoral programs, minorities, discipline enrollments, students' geographic origin (state, Canada, foreign countries), state of residence or country of origin, financial support programs, and percentage enrollment change since in…

Reports the findings of a study that sought to identify the top 10 programs in educational administration from among those institutions holding membership in the University Council for Educational Administration, what factors contribute to the programs' success, and why programs receive such varying degrees of recognition. (Author/WD)

Predicted enrollment growth at four-year colleges in some states has not occurred. Trends complicating projection include increase in high school students taking college courses and progressing quickly; community college demand among older students; federal aid and tax changes; growth of distance learning; state and federal welfare program…

South Carolina State University, a historically black university, faces closure of its four-year nursing program if its passing rates of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses does not improve significantly. A program to analyze and solve the problem is under way. Other black colleges with a similar experience are…

Examines the relevance and contribution of universities to national development in economic, sociocultural, and political dimensions. Discusses rates of return, employment, vocational curricula, equality, and ideology. Concludes that a major problem in developing nations is ambivalence of universities stemming from their international and national…

This study applied probability models in a four-year case study at a selective liberal arts college. The study found that, while admissions decisions matched institutional goals for student characteristics, discrepancies between acceptance and enrollment decisions frustrated the institution's efforts to achieve diversity and highlighted the…

Based on data from the Management information System of the California Community Colleges' (CCC's) Chancellor's Office, this report describes student enrollment and characteristics at College of the Canyons (COC) for fall 1990-93. The report provides seven tables covering fall enrollment and fall enrollment by course load; ethnicity; gender; age;…

The use of the cohort-survival method for projecting student enrollments is widely known in educational finance literature; however, the limited information provided by the model impedes planners in making future operational decisions. The cohort-survival method employs historical rates of usage to predict future patterns of usage and produces a…

The less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) have entered mainstream foreign language teaching only in the last decade. The LCTLs include all languages other than French, German, and Spanish and can be divided into several subgroups, including "truly foreign languages" (TFLs) that are not cognate to English. While TFLs have never been very visible…

This publication presents data concerning the distribution of 1991-92 graduates of New York State's public and nonpublic high schools. The data were obtained through the Education Department's Basic Educational Data System and reflect the status of graduates, as reported by school principals, in the fall of 1992. Table 1 presents trends in the…