Data on salary, fringe benefits, and tenure for instructional faculty members are presented as reported by institutions completing the Higher Education General Information Survey, 1978-79. Fourteen tables and three appendices are included. (JMF)

This set of activity sheets requires students to organize and display data with a box-and-whiskers graph. Students use the plot as a summary display to detect patterns and to highlight the important features of the data for purposes of comparison. (PK)

Reports on the Public Library Association's data collection project for 1987-91. Statistics show most libraries are progressing in terms of financial support and use, although not dramatically. Data on the role selection process and output measures are included. (Contains seven references.) (EAM)

This study provides comprehensive data profiling the chief executive officers of higher education institutions in the United States who were in office in either 1986 or 1990 and is based on a survey administered by the American Council on Education in those years. The 1990 profile of presidents, which is the focus of this report, incorporates the…

Typically, the Ph.D. degree is said to be more research-oriented, whereas the Ed.D. degree is aimed more at the educational practitioner. The two degrees were compared with regard to research design, statistics, target populations for inference of findings, and other characteristics. A sample of 1,007 Ph.D. and 960 Ed.D dissertations was selected…

This publication consists solely of statistical data about women in medicine. Eight tables and three figures are presented. The tables are organized as follows: (1) Women Applicants, Enrollees and Graduates--Selected Years 1949-50 through 1991-92; (2) Comparative Acceptance Data for Men and Women Applicants 1973-74 through 1990-91; (3) Acceptance…

This document presents 1992 statistical data on science and engineering expenditures for separately budgeted research and development (R&D) programs that were obtained from over 450 institutions of higher education, including all doctorate-granting institutions, all historically black colleges, and universities with any R&D expenditures. Trend…

This is the 24th annual report of tuition and fee rates at public institutions in the 50 states. All data contained in the report were compiled using Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board surveys of state agencies and/or individual institutions. Eight tables display historical and current academic year tuition and/or required fee…

This document is a report to the Delaware State Legislature concerning the results of the Delaware Educational Assessment Program in 1989-90. The Stanford Achievement Test was administered statewide in grades 1 through 8 and grade 11. This administration allowed both national and state comparisons. The average Delaware student performed above the…

This report presents a summary of recent trends in school and college enrollment based on the October 1977 Current Population Survey (CPS) and earlier surveys. Enrollment statistics representing growth and decline at various educational levels are evaluated in written summaries. Comparative and distributive enrollment statistics of the population…

Statistical data on universities in Israel for 1978-79 are presented. Information is given on student characteristics, recipients of degrees, fields of study, candidates for degrees, the student body of Everyman's University, staff, budgets, and college facilities. Comparative data for previous years are included. (SW)

A directory on unionization among college faculty for 1979 is presented. It is noted that faculty unionization continues to grow at a stabilized annual rate of approximately 20 new bargaining agents per year. By the end of 1979, 406 faculty unions were recognized as having bargaining agents for faculty and staff and more than 330 collective…

WHILE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CONSTRUCT MEASURES WHICH HAVE VALIDITY FOR PREDICTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, MOST OF THESE TESTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR NATIONWIDE TESTING PROGRAMS AND MAY NOT BE AS COMPLETELY VALID FOR MEASURING THE APTITUDE OF MINORITY GROUP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUNDS. TO TEST THE…

A PILOT STUDY PREPARED FOR THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMPARES ADULT EDUCATOR STATUS, RECRUITMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN FRANCE, FLANDERS (BELGIUM), WEST GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. MAJOR CONCERNS INCLUDE SALARIES AND BENEFITS, QUALIFICATIONS, INSERVICE TRAINING, SPONSORING BODIES, ATTITUDES TOWARD FORMAL STAFF…

The 106 traditionally black institutions are identified, the procedures for classifying them are explained, and descriptive information is provided for each of them. Institutions were chosen for inclusion based upon whether they were historically black institutions. Three of the institutions are currently majority-white student bodies: Bluefield…