In recent years there have been a number of proposals to extend resident tuition and fee status to certain groups of foreign nationals (E-1) in the State of Washington. An E-1 national is "any nonimmigrant alien entitled to enter the United States under and in pursuance of the provisions of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the…

To determine whether the scholastic averages of resident students at York College, Pennsylvania are significantly different from those of commuting students, 200 resident students were compared with 200 commuting students. The groups were randomly selected and matched in terms of sex, college class, marital status, and intelligence. Scholastic…

This paper describes the migration patterns and post-graduation activities of University of Virginia resident students as compared with nonresident students. Of the 1,439 students awarded a bachelor's degree in June and August 1972, 948 completed and returned a questionnaire mailed to them about 6 months after graduation. The questionnaire…

The classification of students in state-owned institutions of higher learning for the purpose of tuition differential involves a number of different legal problems. In an effort to shed some light on the problems involved, five questions are posed and answers attempted. These questions are: (1) Is it constitutionally permissible for a state to…

This study attempted to understand how the share of nonresidents among first-time freshmen varied at a point in time across 91 flagship public research institutions and over time at any given institution. Panel data from a variety of sources, including national surveys by the National Center for Education Statistics, were used to estimate a system…

This factsheet describes undergraduate student charges at the public universities of California. California charges its own residents less to attend its public colleges and universities than it charges nonresidents. It charges resident students systemwide fees as well as mandatory, campus-based fees to help support student services, but California…

Summarizes results of four studies on amount of time spent studying and factors related to study time. Overall study time was associated with sex, place of residence, and major selection. (Author)

The SREB-State Data Exchange is a cooperative effort of SREB and the statewide higher education governing and coordinating boards in the South. Founded in 1969-1970, it is one of the nation's oldest, most comprehensive sources of comparative data on public higher education. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes the most…

Narrative and statistical summaries are presented of the results of the 1986 Residence of First-Time Student survey, which is conducted as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System by the National Center for Education Statistics. The analysis is based on data reported on degree-seeking students by the 2,743 colleges and…

This manual is intended to articulate the rules and regulations for determining residence status in the State of North Carolina for students attending North Carolina public institutions of higher education. Nonresident students are required by law to pay a substantially higher cost for their education. The manual includes a definition of terms;…

What is the impact of the recruitment activities of the Prospective Student Office on the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University? In an effort to assess the degree of exposure to each recruitment activity and the effectiveness of each activity, surveys were mailed to students and their parents. Data were collected on in-state and out-of-state…

This report is organized around a series of tables that describe the characteristics of the student population of each institution in Oregon during the fall term of 1972. The data is organized into four sections corresponding to the four types of institutions: the State Department of Higher Education institutions; the independent and private…

A law was enacted during the session of the 1971 Washington State Legislature establishing definitions and procedures for residence classification. In the 1972 special session of the legislature, the 1971 residence law was amended to clarify several questions relative to the original legislation. At that time it was determined that the Council on…

This document describes the various qualifications for students to be classified as in-state or out-of-state students, primarily for purposes of tuition and fee charges, in state colleges and universities in Kentucky. Briefly stated, a student over the age of 18 years old who resides in the state without benefit of support by his parent or…

The District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 created a grant program with the purpose of expanding higher education choices for college-bound District of Columbia residents. This program, the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) Program, addressed the concern that D.C. students were at a disadvantage because the District of Columbia lacks a…