ERIC Number: ED277438
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jan
Pages: 46
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Student Enrollment Data and Trends in the Public Community Colleges of Illinois: Fall 1986.
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.
Fall 1986, "end-of-registration" enrollment data were gathered for the 50 Illinois public community colleges and compared with data from earlier years. Highlights of the analysis indicate that: (1) the colleges enrolled 334,884 students in instructional credit courses, representing a decrease of 4,898 students (1.4%) from fall 1985; (2) full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment was 166,204, a decrease of 0.3%; (3) the proportion of full-time students increased from 28.2% in fall 1985 to 28.7% in fall 1986, with almost half of the full-time students enrolled in pre-baccalaureate transfer curricula; (4) the number of female students decreased 2.1% from 196,812 to 192,752 between 1985 and 1986, while the number of male students dropped 0.6%; (5) minority student enrollment remained steady; (6) the median age of community college students in fall 1986 was 28.0 years, an increase over 1985's average of 26.6; (7) the number of freshmen enrolled in community colleges decreased 5.1% to 176,914, while the number of sophomore students increased slightly from 15.8% of the student population to 16.1%; and (8) nearly 45% of the students enrolled in the fall of 1986 had been enrolled at the same college the previous term. (EJV)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Day Students, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups, Evening Students, Full Time Equivalency, Full Time Students, Out of State Students, Part Time Students, Public Colleges, Student Characteristics, Trend Analysis, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.
Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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