This 17th edition of the administrative compensation survey serves as a benchmark resource on administrative salaries for the higher education community. The survey is designed to provide a broad range of salary data to enable decision makers to evaluate their current pay levels and plan their compensation budgets appropriately. The survey reports…

This publication is the first regular report of the newly-funded Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Project on Expanding Regional Cooperation in Graduate and Professional Education. Information about approvals terminations, and adjustments in doctoral programs from July l, 1974 to June 30, 1977 was compiled from a survey of…

In 1998 the National Science Foundation launched the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, a major initiative aimed at Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduate education. IGERT was developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists, engineers, and educators with…

Provides a summary of research and graduate study activities at 227 U.S. and Canadian engineering colleges. Included is information on the number of faculty and students; degree requirements; degree granted; research areas; and research expenditures of each institution. Presents indices by fields of graduate study and areas of research. (YP)

Provides a yearly summary of research and graduate study activities at most United States and several Canadian engineering colleges. Provides officers of the institution; number of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students; extension centers; doctoral research areas; budgeted research; and degree requirements. (MVL)

Presents 1997-98 rankings of postsecondary institutions granting the most minority-student graduate and professional degrees. Institutions granting the most master's and doctoral degrees are listed for all disciplines and discipline groups; those granting the most first professional and medical degrees are listed separately. Within listings, data…

This report presents data compiled from the 118 United States and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1985-86 fiscal year. ARL membership consists of 106 university libraries and 12 public or private, independent research libraries. Following a brief introductory summary of ARL…

This report presents data compiled from the 118 libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1984-85 fiscal year. A guide to library code numbers provides a complete list of ARL members. Data tables describe research library collections, interlibrary loans, expenditures, and staffing in fiscal 1985. Further…

This report presents data compiled from the 117 libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1983/84 academic year. A guide to library code numbers provides a complete list of ARL members. Data tables describe research library collections, interlibrary loans, expenditures, and staffing in fiscal 1984, as…

A table showing the results of the Survey of Earned Doctorates is presented. Degrees conferred, age, sex, citizenship, planned postdoctoral study, planned postdoctoral employment, and primary postdoctoral activity are included. Doctoral degrees included arts and humanities, business and management, computer science, education, engineering, life…

This report presents preliminary statistics on program completions in accredited institutions of higher education in the United States during academic year 1986-87. The tabular summaries presented in the report are based on data collected through the annual survey of completions which is part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.…

At the request of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Higher Education Panel (a stratified sample of 760 colleges and universities) collected information on the level of institutional expenditures for research equipment, the federal contribution to those expenditures, and the share of funds expended for high-cost items. The data were…

Doctorate-granting institutions and independent medical colleges were surveyed to gather systematic, comparative information on international scientific activities supported by the federal government, private foundations, and other sources. Data were gathered on these activities' nature and scope, the academic disciplines involved, and the world…

Medical school surveys in 1994-95 and 1995-96 (n=104 schools) found that PhDs accounted for 25-30% of medical school enrollments; in some institutions, it was about half. Trend is toward interdisciplinary rather than departmental degrees. Number of student supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants was nearly twice that for…

This report presents statistics on the 107 university libraries and 12 independent research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1990-91 fiscal year. Data are reported in alphabetical and rank order on collections (volumes in library, gross and net volumes added, monographs purchased, current…