The November 2019 60-Second Survey (provided in the appendix) inquired about the use of territory management for undergraduate and graduate students. For the purpose of this survey, territory management has been defined as follows: "Territory management is the assignment of an admissions representative to a population of targeted students.…

The April 2015 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) 60-Second Survey asked respondents to identify the size, composition, name and level of decentralization for the Office of the Registrar. This month's survey is a refinement of the April 2015 survey and report (see ED557067) on the same topic. Similar to…

With the continued support of membership, this is the fourth year that American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) has conducted 60-Second Surveys. The purpose of these snapshot surveys is to gather a broad-brush stroke perspective on practice. With that in mind, it is understood that the way the questions are…

The Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) provides a snapshot of student financial wellbeing during the fall of 2021. Over 700,000 students were surveyed from 104 schools in 25 states and 63,751 students responded. During this period Federal stimulus funding helped stabilize finances for many students, but many still struggled to make ends…

The purpose of the July 2015 60 Second Survey was to gain a snapshot understanding of a handful of admission practices that were suggested as topics of interest by the membership. Data cleaning resulted in 808 usable responses representing a variety of institutional types, sizes, controls and locations, with the majority representing U.S. and…

This report is based on data from the Academic Pathways of People Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES), administered to engineering students at 21 U.S. engineering colleges and schools in the spring of 2008. The first comprehensive set of analyses completed on the APPLES dataset presented here looks at how engineering students experience their…

This study investigated the effect of several different modes of test administration on scores and completion times. In Experiment 1, paper-based assessment was compared to computer-based assessment. Undergraduates completed the computer-based assessment faster than the paper-based assessment, with no difference in scores. Experiment 2 assessed…

Policies, practices, and methods of distribution of no-need/merit awards for undergraduate students at four-year colleges and universities were studied and compared to 1982 survey results. Questionnaires were returned by 367 schools. The average dollar value of non-need undergraduate scholarships was $1,000 or less for more than half of the…

A survey of 481 independent colleges and universities in the United States was conducted to gather data on institutionally provided aid from 1970-71 through 1987-88. The study focused on financial assistance to undergraduates only and excludes data from independent 2-year colleges. Findings are organized into the following categories: levels of…

Opinions of senior academic officials about changes in the quality of students in the humanities over the past 5 years were surveyed in 1982. Responses were received from officials from 385 institutions with undergraduate programs and 295 schools with graduate programs. Sixty-two percent of the officials believed that undergraduate student quality…

Opinions of senior academic officials about changes in the quality of students in science and engineering (S/E) fields over the past 5 years were surveyed in 1982. Responses were received from officials from 387 institutions with undergraduate programs and 298 schools with graduate programs. Sixty-one percent of the officials believed that…

This study examined academic library usage and outcomes. The objective of the study was to understand how academic libraries help students learn and assist faculty with teaching and research. From March to May 2005, nine Colorado institutions administered two online questionnaires--one to undergraduate students and another to faculty members who…

Information on college students' attitudes toward work, material possessions, national issues, the future, and other topics were surveyed in 1980. A sample of undergraduate students who subscribed to "Business Today" magazine were assessed using a four-page mail questionnaire; of the 2,000 questionnaires sent out, 937 were completed. It was found…

This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "Student Traffic: Two-Way Movement between Vocational Education and Training and Higher Education," [ED495183] and is an added resource for further information. The original report investigated the extent and nature of student traffic between the two…

Detailed, indepth information is provided on the characteristics of individual foreign students to complement the annual report "Open Doors," which reports data on single characteristics of the foreign student population. Data are provided about subgroups of the foreign student population (e.g., the proportion of graduates versus undergraduates…