A Summary of Selected National Data Pertaining to Community, Technical, and Junior Colleges. Appendix for AACJC Statistical Yearbook 1988 [electronic resource]
Drawing from data collected by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, as well as government and other publications from 1987-88, this report presents a statistical portrait of the community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States. Data are provided on the following t...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Drawing from data collected by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, as well as government and other publications from 1987-88, this report presents a statistical portrait of the community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States. Data are provided on the following topics: (1) the number of two-year colleges in 1945-46, 1955-56, 1965-66, 1975-76, and 1987-88; (2) the size of public and private colleges; (3) enrollment trends from 1945 to 1988; (4) changes from 1970 in student characteristics, including age, gender, ethnicity, part-time status, educational objectives, degree goals, and academic ability; (5) student finances, including information on the percentages of students financially dependent on or independent of their parents; the percent of undergraduates at two- and four-year public and private colleges receiving financial aid; the average amount of aid awarded to full-time, full-year undergraduates and net student expenses by type of college; (6) faculty characteristics, including data on the growing use of part-time faculty, the highest degree held by faculty members, and average faculty salaries in 1979-80 and 1987-88; (7) demographic characteristics and salaries of administrators; (8) institutional revenues and expenditures; (9) numbers of associate degrees conferred by year and field of study, and information on the economic value of the associate degree; and (10) the provision of community-based services. (JMC) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED307908. ERIC Note: For the Statistical Yearbook, see JC 890 262. |
| Physical Description: | 24 p. |