The impact of the residence hall and commuter living situations on a freshman's intellectual and personal growth is studied. The study affirms previous findings that residence hall freshmen develop more rapidly, but the results suggest that other college experience factors beyond the living situation are important in facilitating student…

The enrollment in North Carolina Community College System's (NCCCS) distant-learning courses in 1999-2000 totaled 44,349, an increase of 11,000 compared with 1998-99. During its 2000 legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a special provision requiring the NCCCS to conduct a study of funding methods and delivery of distance…

This Act was passed to establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the District of Columbia to have greater choices among institutions of higher education. The Act provides that the District of Columbia, through the Mayor, will award grants to institutions of higher education in Maryland and Virginia that will pay the difference…

This study profiled the First Time In College (FTIC) freshmen students at Nova Southeastern University (Florida). It was found that for fall term 1997, the university had 442 FTIC freshmen, up from 215 for fall term 1995. Approximately 70 percent of all 1997 FTIC freshmen were female, and nearly 85 percent were permanent residents of Florida.…

This document presents higher education enrollment data in tables for Fall 2003 for the state of West Virginia. Contents include data charts on the following topics: (1) Credit Headcount Enrollment, Fall 2003, End-of-Term File Submission; (2) Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment, Fall 2003, End-of-Term File Submission; (3) Credit Headcount Enrollment,…

Alternative models of tuition assessment must be developed that will help preserve the low-tuition principle, stimulate student migration, and maintain the favored position of resident students in fee structures. (Author)

Discusses changing judicial and public attitudes regarding State and college discrimination against nonresidents. (JF)

The way that students structure the colleges they choose among in a particular educational market is analyzed with a sample of 408 locally-college-bound high school seniors from 16 area schools. In January and February 1985, the College Image Questionnaire was administered to the seniors. The students judged the similarity (psychological distance)…

The relationships among state appropriations to colleges, tuition and fees, and enrollment were studied at comparable institutions in 15 southern states. The 1982-1983 tuition and fees structures were assessed for institutions belonging to the Southern University Group. Changes in enrollment and tuition at both the graduate and undergraduate…

Data on Vermont's participation in the Regional Student Program sponsored by the New England Board of Higher Education are presented. Tables and text are included that present and interpret data on migration of students into and out of Vermont under the program over the eight-year period 1969-1976. Detailed information for the 1976-1977 school…

Reviews recent court cases affecting students in the areas of control of student fee support, tuition classification (in-state, out-of-state), and parietal rules pertaining to university housing. Notes problems which may confront college counsel in these areas. (JT)

This document presents a consolidated enrollment report for all institutions of higher education in Montana. Data are presented for: total full-time and part-time enrollment, net class distribution, new students transfered from other universities or colleges and schools, geographic distribution of students, nonresident students, resident and…

Focusing on freshmen commuter students and freshmen dormitory students at Johnson and Wales College, general characteristics and academic achievement were measured. General entrance characteristics included student age, College Entrance Examination Board scores and high school rank. Academic achievement was measured in terms of student grades in…

Between 1974-75 and 1975-76, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) member tuition and fees averaged increases of 5.5 percent for undergraduate and graduate state resident students and 3.7 percent for undergraduate and graduate nonresident students. Room-and-board rates averaged increases of 8.3 percent. AASCU institutions…

The objective of Part II of the Colorado Legislative Council's Committee on American Indian Enrollment Problems report is to recommend policies and procedures for dealing with American Indian tuitions and Indian education at Fort Lewis College. The committee members worked with the Colorado congressional delegation and representatives of the U.S.…