A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to determine how many MDCC graduates transfer to the State University System (SUS) or private colleges within Dade County; how many have obtained a bachelor's degree; differences in enrollment and graduation patterns based on ethnicity, gender, MDCC campus attended, year of MDCC…

As part of the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72), a Teaching Supplement mail questionnaire was sent to all respondents to the fifth follow-up survey who indicated they had a teaching background or trained for teaching (N=1,517). The instrument focused on the qualifications, experiences and attitudes of current…

The Academy of International Business is a world-wide organization that has been concerned with the development of international business for over 25 years. Its membership comes chiefly from academe, but also from business, government, and various international organizations. It has supported international business education through publications,…

Data concerning postsecondary minority enrollment trends from 1976 through 1986 are presented and analyzed. The first section of the report presents overall enrollment trends by racial/ethnic categories and selected institutional characteristics, using data from the Center for Education Statistics institution-based postsecondary education surveys.…

In 1987, a study was conducted of Maryland's Prince George's Community College's (PGCC's) associate degree in nursing program. The study investigated the enrollment patterns and academic performance of the 272 students identified as nursing majors in fall 1987; program costs; student performance indicators; program completions; licensure…

The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable was created to provide a forum where scientists, engineers, administrators, and policy makers from government, universities, and industry can come together on an ongoing basis to explore ways to improve the productivity of the nation's research enterprise. Roundtable Working Group One, which…

Data on U.S. 1981 college and university enrollments and trends for the past few years are presented. Information is provided on enrollment in institutions of higher education by control and level of institution, student sex and age, and full- or part-time attendance status of students. Specific data include: enrollment of first-time freshmen in…

Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. Among the topics discussed in the 17 articles are…

Drawing from Miami-Dade Community College's computer file containing over 60,000 student records, this report presents data on six student cohort groups entering the college as first-time-in-college, full-time students between fall 1976 and fall 1981. For the college as a whole, and for each of its four campuses, longitudinal data are provided on…

A resource guide describes the availability of support services for students with learning disabilities at colleges and universities in the state of Connecticut. Designed to help high school guidance counselors, students, teachers, and parents, it is the result of a survey of 41 institutions (public and private community, junior, baccalaureate,…

Data summaries on college and university age distribution of New York State students in the fall of 1987 are presented. Information was obtained from the 1987-88 HEDS/IPEDS survey from NYSED-2.6, "Enrollment by Level, Age, Cohort, and Sex, Fall 1987." The 12 tables are as follows (all for institutions of higher education by institutional…

An expansion of suggestions provided to beginning graduate students who plan to function as teaching assistants is presented. Suggestions fall into the major categories of: advice from over 100 beginning teachers who just finished their first year of teaching; needed information at the beginning of the teaching term; shifting pre-lesson overviews…

A study conducted to examine the careers of higher education doctoral recipients ascertains their demographics and career patterns and discerns the existence of possible differences in career paths depending upon types of higher education programs (such as national, regional, research oriented, and locally oriented collections of courses). This…

This study (which involved visits to six British universities, reading of university publications, and interviews with university officials) reveals the following three trends concerning how these institutions serve adult learners: (1) a trend toward offering liberal education courses to the general public for personal development; (2) a shift…

A systematic evaluation was conducted to judge the worth of an environmental investigations course which was designed to increase scientific knowledge, self-concept, and attitude toward science and science teaching. Five categories were examined: consistency between concepts, activities, and test items; effect on scientific knowledge,…