This document provides a technical description of the sources and methods used to generate the set of employment projections by industry and occupation presented in the reports from the Nuffield funded research programme -- "The Skills Imperative 2035: Essential Skills for Tomorrow's Workforce." This Technical report provides details on…

This report summarizes data showing trends in ethnic minority diversity in Colorado public higher education for the years 1985-86 through 1990-91. Data are reported in narrative and tabular form by ethnic group for statewide student enrollment, undergraduate transfers, degrees and certificates awarded, full-time professional employment, and…

A survey of 1956-91 business school alumni (n=2,000) found marginal probability of giving significantly related to time since graduation, major, willingness to recommend the institution to others, household attributes, family ties to the university, number of other donors known, and availability of employee matching-gift programs. The model…

Presents a procedure for analyzing statistical data involving distributions that is more informative about causal and other relationships. Finds test scores were affected positively by increased time on task, teachers with higher educational attainment, and better school facilities. (CFR)

The following papers were presented at a joint conference of the Mountain Plains Library Association, the North Dakota Library Association, and the South Dakota Library Association in September 1987: (1) "Catalog Backlog Project" (Kay Juricek, Tedine Roos, and Carol White); (2) "How Are We Doing? Using a Materials Availability…

This study of faculty stress used data from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) survey administrated in the 1992-93 academic year. The total data set includes survey information from more than 43,000 faculty at nearly 300 higher education institutions in the United States. For this study, data for 29,064 full-time teaching faculty were…

This publication provides summary analytical reports and graphic displays from the official Course and Section Analysis (CASA) system concerning the instructional workload and the financial resources of academic departments offering courses during the fall 1994 semester within the State University of New York system. The first of six reports…

This publication provides summary analytical reports and graphic displays from the official Course and Section Analysis (CASA) system concerning the instructional workload and the financial resources of academic departments offering courses during the fall 1990 semester within the State University of New York system. Included are six reports. The…

Reports of a 1974 study that examined the influence of dormitory residency on student leisure activities, especially student activism. Using questionnaires from 760 University of Hong Kong resident and nonresident undergraduates, demonstrates that living in dormitories increased likelihood of becoming activist through increasing social interaction…

This study explores data envelopment analysis (DEA) as a tool for assessing and benchmarking the performance of public research universities. Using of national databases such as those conducted by the National Science Foundation and the National Center for Education Statistics, DEA analysis was conducted of the research and instructional outcomes…