Data provided from the Research and Planning, Enrollment and Degrees System (RPEDS) in the state of Massachusetts are offered. Tables are presented with a focus on: total enrollment; gender; race/ethnicity; age; and comparison with Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) enrollment. Specific findings include: a total of 128,781…

Progress of British students embarking on doctoral degrees in the 1980s was analyzed for factors in completion of doctoral degrees. Results show funding had insignificant positive impact on completion rate, completion rate was highest in the sciences, ability (measured by first degree type) affected doctoral completion, and part-time status (or…

The status of women faculty at West Chester State College, Pennsylvania in 1979-1980 was examined. The data permit longitudinal comparisons concerning: the distribution of full-time professional staff by rank, division, and sex as related to the national percentages; the number of student majors and degrees conferred by faculty, school,…

A survey of 194 social work graduate students investigated the effects of part- or full-time enrollment status, employment status, marital status, and other roles on psychological adjustment. Results are discussed in light of scarcity and expansion hypotheses derived from role theory, and practical implications for social work education are…

A 1995 Department of Education survey of 3,792 postsecondary institutions reveals changes in staffing and salary patterns since 1991, including shifts in hiring, tenure, gender, and race among administrators, faculty, and general staff. Overall, full-time employment declined 1%; part-time employment rose 18%, and part-time faculty at two-year…

Differences in instructional workload between men and women college faculty were studied at a large, land-grant university. The following variables were investigated: number of weighted student credit hours, number of sections taught, number of different courses taught, and didactic hours by level of course. Because the faculty members varied in…

Reports on a survey of nontraditional student opinion about academic libraries in four areas: how they used the library, when they wanted to use the library, which library services they felt were important, and how they evaluated some library services. Group comparisons were made based on full- or part-time status, gender, and age. (Contains 29…

Georgia's Gainesville College (GC) conducted a study to determine the associate degree three-year graduation rates from Fall 1994 to Spring 1997. In 1994, the majority of entering students were white non-Hispanic; almost all of the graduates studied were in this race category. Graduation rates were calculated for full-time and part-time students…

A total of 559 children 5 and 6 years of age were observed in 72 full-time and 43 part-time preschools in Sweden. Activities, language, and group constellations were coded according to the categories used in the Oxford Preschool Study. Findings indicated that although the two types of preschools had the same program, they differed in relative…

A study examined the attitudes of high school students toward various leisure activities. The study population consisted of 85 students attending a large, desegregated midwestern high school. Study participants were asked to rate each of 18 activities with respect to the following four sets of adjectives on a four-point scale: good/bad,…

In an effort to explain gender differences in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, a study tested the effects of changing time limits and directions (standard and non-standard) on performance of academically talented males and females on the math and verbal test sections. Several potentially explanatory patterns were found. (MSE)

Data on the sex, ethnicity, age, and geographic origin of undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students enrolled in New Jersey colleges and universities in fall 1980 are given, along with comparisons and trends over the past five years. Increases in the enrollment of women in New Jersey higher education between 1976 and 1980 occurred among…

Based on the general belief that people "normally" see male figures on Rorschach Card III and females on Card VII; to see the opposite, according to some, would indicate a confusing of sex roles. This study makes two comparisons: age and time changes of individual responses to these cards in different decades. (DEP)

Examines the conversational behavior of eight-year-old Hawaiian boys and girls of either Caucasian or Japanese descent in same ethnic and same-gender pairs or in mixed-ethnic and/or mixed-gender pairs. Results suggest that temporal speech patterns are stable characteristics of children's vocal behavior, and that these conversational rhythms vary…