This document deals with the grants awarded in Pennsylvania during 1973-74. There were 149,247 applicants for grants in Pennsylvania that year, of which 106,474 were awarded grants totaling $63,639,614. The full-year average award was $662. (Of those awarded grants, 88.6 percent attended institutions of higher learning in Pennsylvania. The total…

This report discusses vocational education and training (VET) and distance for Australian VET students. The following are some of the findings for commuting students, as reported in a detailed national data collection on where Australian VET students live and where they take their training: (1) the median distance between a student's place of…

Commuting students make up sixty-two percent of the fall 1975 student body and represent the principal source of enrollment growth at UNC-G. The Office of Institutional Research conducted a survey of 2,140 commuter and resident students in the spring of 1975. A stratified random sample was designed so that students in the different undergraduate…

The commuting university student has traditionally been characterized in educational literature as less affluent, intellectually less sophisticated and more closely tied to home and family than his peer who lives in university housing. Such generalizations, while historically accurate, do not take into account factors that are bringing older,…

Eighteen tables present data indicating average expenses for resident students--both those living in campus housing and those in private housing--commuting students, and self-supporting students attending different types of postsecondary institutions. The tables also provide data showing how postsecondary educational expenses are changing and how…

A listing is given of student expenses at approximately 2,750 postsecondary institutions across the United States as reported by the institutions. Eighteen tables give data indicating average expenses for commuting students, self-supporting students, and resident students, both those living in campus housing and those in private housing. The…

The student profile consists of numerical data with some analysis, derived from an institution-wide study of student characteristics that may bear upon planning processes, especially for racial and ethnic groups. The data include demographic characteristics (race, sex, age, geographic origin, and resident status), maturational characteristics…