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Daly, Pat; Lucas, John A. – 1978
In order to measure the demand for an office design course among interior design graduates of Harper College and to determine the design skill needs of area employers, two studies were undertaken. An initial mail survey, a second mailing, and a series of telephone calls yielded a 75% response rate from the program's 88 graduates. Of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications
President's Committee on Public Higher Education in the District of Columbia. – 1964
The final report of the Committee on Public Higher Education in the District of Columbia, which was created by President Kennedy in 1963, is presented. The contents are as follows: the committee's assignment and procedures; educational problems of the District of Columbia; the educational resources and deficiencies of the District; the basic…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Administration, College Planning, College Role
Gay, Diane; Weintraub, Floyd – 1978
The independent sector of higher education in the State of New York provides 88,000 jobs and almost $8 million of identifiable economic impact. It also plays a unique role in the state's recovery effort. The institutions in this sector award almost half the bachelor's and more than two thirds of the postbaccalaureate degrees in the state. As an…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Educational Economics
Spikes, W. Franklin, Ed. – 1980
The university and the inner city is examined in this collection of papers. Chapters include: Establishing an Urban Commuter University: The Need for Community (Reynold Feldman and Barbara Hursh); Adult and Community Education: Mobilizing the Resources of the City (Roger Hiemstra); The Arts and Humanities in an Urban Environment (Neil Rudin);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Community Education, Community Schools
Kidd, Foster, Ed. – 1979
The unique history of the Negro in the profession of dentistry is traced, and career information for the student interested in pursuing dentistry is presented. The book includes a profile of black pioneers in dentistry from the 18th century to contemporary practitioners who have made contributions to modern dental technology. A history of the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Employment
Webster, David S. – 1980
Recent literature that suggests policies university officials might adopt to bring Ph.D. supply and demand into some equilibrium is reviewed. Some literature documenting the present oversupply of new Ph.D.s and some supply and demand forecasts concerning the market for new Ph.D.s in the next 15 years are briefly reviewed. Predictions that were…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs
Download full textCAIN, ROBERT W.; MILLS, THOMAS S. – 1967
REPORTED IS A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC MANPOWER. THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES WERE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRENDS AND THE ILLUMINATION OF FACTORS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMIC STAFF IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE DATA WERE DERIVED FROM SURVEYS COMPLETED BY NSF, NATIONAL ACADEMY…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Biology, College Science, Doctoral Degrees
Mertens, Donna M. – 1980
A literature review was conducted to derive a set of policy implications for improving the effectiveness of vocational education. Variables in the areas of employment, education and training, and ancillary effects (aspirations, attitudes and values, feelings of success, and citizenship) were used to organize data collected from 232 studies…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Employment
Curry, Denis J.; Fischer, Norman M. – 1980
Comprehensive recommendations concerning tuition and fee policy for Washington public institutions of higher education are presented, based on 1981-83 rates calculated in compliance with statutory requirements. Under the new recommendations, the combined tuition and operating fees for resident undergraduate students at the University of Washington…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Economic Climate
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. – 1980
The Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is described. Two broad aims of the program are to explore the influence of social, political, and cultural forces on science and technology, and to examine the impact of technologies and scientific ideas on people's lives. Although based in the School of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Science, Course Descriptions, Cultural Influences
Berry, Stan, Ed. – 1981
Guidelines for students from foreign countries who are considering entering a college or university in the United States and which will be useful to colleges and universities that have foreign applicants are presented. General information about postsecondary education in the United States and steps in the application process are addressed along…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1980
In 1980, full-time state resident undergraduate students attending AASCU-member institutions paid an average of $712 for tuition and fees, and $1,605 for room and board charges. These figures reflect a 10.6 percent average increase over 1979 costs. Including books and supplies, transportation, and personal expenses, the cost of college attendance…
Descriptors: College Housing, Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Fees
Bartell, Ernest – 1980
Results of a project initiated to explore the development of data and services to member institutions of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities to meet needs of the 1980s are presented. The project explored contemporary concerns of institutional viability as they affect Catholic higher education. Information is provided on…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Coeducation, Comparative Analysis
Gilmartin, Kevin J. – 1980
The purpose of this report is to determine the feasibility of and need for a series of social indicator reports on the status of women and disadvantaged minorities in education, as students, teachers, and administrators. Further, it addresses questions concerning the form, issues to be covered, and data that should be used if such reports are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies
PDF pending restorationBailey, J. P., Jr., Ed. – 1977
The national longitudinal study is intended to span a period of about eight years. Base year information was collected in 1972 while the sample members were high school seniors, and followup surveys were conducted in 1973, 1974, and 1976. The theme of the current symposium session is postsecondary education. Entry into postsecondary education is…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Aspiration
