This guide was written to help high school students to plan for their lives after high school, regardless of whether their interests are directed toward the work place, vocational education, or institutions of higher education. The goal of the guide is to enable students to create and organize a plan tailored to their own needs and objectives.…

This report describes, in text and 20 tables of data, the status of student financial assistance programs in New York State in 1989-90. The report contains a complete accounting of all aid available to students enrolled in public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit postsecondary institutions in the State. The report also contains analyses…

This report presents an analysis of the debt levels and debt burdens of recent college graduates, based on student-reported data from four national surveys taken over the period 1977 to 1986. The major findings of this study were the following: (1) one out of two 1986 college graduates had some undergraduate debt representing an increase from one…

This document consists of a compilation of 12 brief articles prepared as "fillers" for rural newsweeklies. Six of the briefs (the first six listed below) are provided in both English and Spanish language versions. These camera-ready slicks inform readers about current educational research and practice. "Starve an Addict, Feed a…

This book is designed as a guide to existing and proposed higher education tuition financing plans. The first chapter looks at recent patterns in higher education financing and participation noting the rapid increase in tuition and other college costs and the corresponding changes in participation patterns. Chapter 2 examines tuition prepayments,…

This report presents recommendations made by the Task Force on the Recruitment of Missouri's Future Teachers. The task force was established by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE). Specific recommendations focus on the following issues: (1) collaboration on school/college issues by the State Board of Education and the CBHE;…

The 1982 progress report on the regents 1980 New York plan for postsecondary education development is presented. Contents include the 1982 progress reports of The State University of New York and The City University of New York, and the consolidated progress report of independent institutions prepared by the Commission on Independent Colleges and…

This study examined the impact of federal assistance on the number of students entering, continuing in, and graduating from basic nurses training programs. The effects of the Nurse Training Act (NTA) of 1964 were examined through measuring the differences (in admissions, attritions, and graduations) between school years in which NTA funding was…

The fourth in a series of articles on the chief business official in public school districts examines the officials' access to computers. Data are summarized in seven tables that categorize responses by enrollment size. (MLF)

A collection of pertinent data on baseline trends in higher education is presented that offers comparisons over time, with some data traced back to the 1930s. Eight topical sections are: (1) demographic and economic data (e.g., occupation projections to 2000 and median income of families and individuals); (2) enrollment data (e.g., enrollment by…

The study explored the distribution and interrelationships across the states of certain policies that affect the independent higher education sector. The 1988 survey queried two groups of respondents (state higher education executive officers (N=48) and state independent sector association executive officers (N=39). on aspects of state funding and…

Based on data provided by postsecondary institutions, the Higher Education Services Corporation, and units of the State Education Department, this report shows trends in financial aid from state (New York), federal, institutional, and private sources for academic years 1985-86, 1986-87, and 1987-88. The first section provides an overview of all…

A content analysis identified the issues discussed by 39 advisors (mostly white faculty and administrators) with two cohorts of black freshmen at Towson State University (TSU), Maryland. Advisees were 95 black females and 40 black males in two freshmen classes. Advisors met with each subject at least once every 2 weeks and kept a record of issues…

This document, the 1987-89 statewide (Indiana) performance report, addresses 14 objectives that the state, through its educational institutions, strived to achieve. The report is organized around the strategic directions adopted by the State Commission for Higher Education as part of its work plan for 1987-90. The objectives successfully achieved…

A study of the 1989 graduates of postsecondary vocational-technical programs in Montana was designed to provide insight into how graduates selected the schools, their level of satisfaction with training and student services provided while they were in school, and information on their present employment and plans for the future. Survey packets were…