Designed to provide information about the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers a summary and overview of all aspects of community college functioning in the state. Section I provides a general overview of higher education in Maryland, presenting a higher education organizational chart, a…

Statistical data for Mississippi's 15 public community and junior college districts are presented in this document, providing information on enrollments, degrees and certificates awarded, revenues, expenditures, academic salary ranges, learning resources, transportation services, dormitory utilization, and auxiliary enterprises in 1986-87.…

In 1988, a study was conducted of the operating costs of the 15 branch campuses and centers operated by the six Florida State universities and of nine representative community colleges in the state. Information provided by the colleges revealed that: (1) in comparison to their main campuses, branch campuses and centers tended to be less expensive…

Designed to provide information about the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers a summary and overview of all aspects of community college functioning in the state. Section I provides an organizational chart of higher education in Maryland; and data on undergraduate credit enrollments, and…

Statistics on Canadian universities are presented in 31 tables in both English and French. The data cover: total population and age group 18-24 by province for 1971, 1976, 1981, and 1984; full-time enrollment rates by educational level; graduation rates for secondary schools, community colleges, and universities; enrollments in second language…

A study was conducted to determine Liberty Baptist College's impact on the Lynchburg area in the 1980 fiscal year. Three impact areas were studied: local businesses, governments, and individuals. Local construction expenditures of $5.6 million, additional college-related expenditures of other affiliated organizations, and several other peripheral…

Information is presented on 1981-1982 enrollments, faculty, degrees, student finances, and institutional finances at the 41 private, predominantly black colleges and universities that are members of the United Negro College Fund. Data and narrative analyses are presented on the following: fall 1981 enrollment, first-time student enrollments,…

Designed to consolidate the most requested data on California community college districts in a cohesive simplified format, this report provides selected statistics on the number of students, units of average daily attendance (ADA), and finances in the 70 districts. Part 1 provides fall 1981 headcount enrollment data by district on day, full-time,…

Statistics on medical education in Canada are presented for 1981-1982, with English and French explanations and tables of contents. Overall areas of concern include undergraduate medical enrollment, graduate medical enrollment for academic and clinical study, research expenditure levels, type and sources of funds, and opportunities for Canadians…

To help school boards and superintendents assess fringe benefit packages in their districts, this fourth biennial survey presents data on nonsalary compensation for public school superintendents in a national stratified sample of 1,036 of the nation's 11,313 public school systems. Arrayed in 38 tables, the data are classified by district…

The effects of a budgetary formula change on 39 public colleges and universities in Virginia were assessed. As a state reaction to declining resources, the sample of 15 senior-level colleges and 24 community colleges had undergone a policy change for the 1978-1980 budget to make an adjustment upward in the student-faculty ratio. Attention was…

Statistics on Canadian universities are presented in 30 tables in both English and French. Topics include the following: total population and age group 18-24 by province for 1971, 1976, 1981, and 1983; full-time enrollment for selected years, by educational level; graduates in selected years for secondary schools, community colleges, and…

Twenty-three Texas school districts conducted state-funded pilot projects in 1982 and 1983 to determine whether summer school programs could successfully remediate the needs of students who were retained in grade or had failed a required course, who were functioning greatly below their peers in skill attainment, or who were identified as having…

The Missouri School Profile System is composed of six profiles drawn from pre-existing databases, with the data organized in a manner useful to school districts for comparison purposes and returned to school districts for their use. Use of such a system should reduce or eliminate the need for special school district studies of finance or pupil…

Sources and impacts of foreign student flows are addressed in two papers from the Institute of International Education's 1984 conference. Summaries of conference sessions and assessments of the meaning of student flows, particularly from the viewpoints of different types of higher education institutions, are also provided. In…