ERIC Number: ED280544
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 57
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Washington Community Colleges Fall Quarter Report, 1986.
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia.
Fall 1986 data on enrollments, student characteristics, and personnel at Washington community colleges are provided in this report and contrasted with historical data for 1980 through 1985. First, report highlights are presented, indicating: (1) fall 1986 enrollment increased by 3.5% over fall 1985; (2) 43% of the community college courses offered were academic, 36% vocational, 13% basic skills, 6% contractual, and 2% avocational; (3) racial diversity, enrollment of students over 30, and enrollment in academic and basic skills courses continued to increase; and (4) 16 colleges experienced increased enrollments over the previous fall and 8 experienced declines. The first section of the report focuses on student characteristics, providing data on students by full-/part-time status, age group, gender, race, and day/evening status, as well as information regarding retraining students and a summary of student headcount characteristics. The second section presents enrollment data by course characteristics, with tables providing overviews of enrollment by funding source, course intent, subject, time, and location. The third section offers employment status data on faculty and administrative personnel, and classified staff for the system as a whole and by college. Definitions are appended. (LAL)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrators, Age, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Courses, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups, Females, Financial Support, Full Time Equivalency, Males, Personnel Data, Salaries, School Personnel, State Surveys, Student Characteristics, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Community; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia.
Identifiers - Location: Washington
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