Author: Irene Harwarth
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: issues, challenges, history, states, colleges, united, women
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 1997-04
ISBN-10: 0788143247
ISBN-13: 9780788143243

Women's colleges have had a long & prestigious role in the education of American women. This volume offers insights into the continuing significant role of women's colleges in higher education. It provides a brief history of women's colleges in the U.S. in the context of social & legislative issues that have affected the country, examines how women's colleges have managed to survive in an era of coeducational institutions & equal opportunities in education, & identifies the unique features of women's colleges that make them attractive to young women. Charts & tables. Extensive bibliography.

Author: Joseph J. Eglin, Jr.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: income, public, colleges, costs, household, faster, educational, tuition, increasing, higher
Number of Pages: 78
Published: 2004-08-30
ISBN-10: 0788141082
ISBN-13: 9780788141089

Paying for a college education, even at public four-year colleges & universities, now ranks as one of the most costly investments for American families. This report discusses the increase in college tuition & related fees at four-year public colleges & universities from school year 1980-95, & schools' expenditures over the same period. Also discusses variations in tuition charges among states in school year 1995-96 & initiatives that some states & colleges have undertaken to hold down tuition increases, make paying for college easier.

Author: George A. Scott
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: workforce, collaborate, meet, century, needs, centers, stop, development, community, colleges, one
Number of Pages: 46
Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN-10: 1437905374
ISBN-13: 9781437905373

In the future, bus. will demand workers with higher-level skills and more educ. Community colleges (CC) are key providers of career and technical training as well as traditional academic educ. These colleges can also play important roles in the one-stop system created by the Workforce Investment Act, through which a variety of federally funded employment and training programs provide services. This report examines: (1) how CC meet the workforce training needs of their communities; (2) what CC do to integrate with the nationżs one-stop system; (3) the conditions or practices that enhance or im

Author: Michael Brostek
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: size, growth, restrictions, distributions, vary, term, shown, education, college, university, endowments, postsecondary
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2010-06
ISBN-10: 1437929885
ISBN-13: 9781437929881

The nation's 4-year not-for-profit colleges and univ. collectively held more than $400 billion in endowments in 2008. Some institutions' large endowments coupled with the high and growing cost of college have led to questions about institutions' use of endowments. This report describes: (1) the size and change in value of endowments over the last 20 years; (2) the extent and manner to which endowment funds are restricted for financial aid and other purposes; and (3) institutions' distribution of endowment assets. The author selected 10 colleges and univ. for case studies. The case-study instit

Author: Jeanne Gamble
Publisher: HSRC Press
Keywords: colleges, fet, responsiveness, curriculum
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2003-01-02
ISBN-10: 0796920362
ISBN-13: 9780796920362

The global shift from vocational education and training (VET) to further education and training (FET) is more than a name change. It heralds a new strategic direction, one of educational inclusion that draws the pre-employed, employed and unemployed into multi-purpose colleges providing a far wider range of courses and programmes than they did in the past. While the Curriculum 2005 debate has been raging in the primary and secondary schools in South Africa, the FET sector has been focused on the low pass and throughput rates; the limited range of programmes offered; and the restrictive nature

Author: John E. Dicken
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: states, colleges, taking, steps, coverage, increase, plans, sponsored, college, insurance, students, covered, employer, health
Number of Pages: 51
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN-10: 1437903371
ISBN-13: 9781437903379

College students face challenges obtaining health insurance (HI) -- they may not have access to insurance through an employer, and as they get older, they may lose dependent coverage obtained through a parentżs plan. Fed. law ensures continued access to HI for some such students. College students may have access to student HI plans offered by their colleges. Here is a report on uninsured college students, student HI plans, and efforts to increase the number of insured students. The author reviewed: (1) college studentsż HI status; (2) uninsured college studentsż characteristics; (3) the ext

Author: Robert F. Watson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: year, technology, educationn, fiscal, engineering, highlights, mathematics, support, college, science, activities
Number of Pages: 85
Published: 1995-02
ISBN-10: 0788127748
ISBN-13: 9780788127748

Focuses on the need to meet the economic & social needs of today's society while looking at America's colleges & universities. Identifies colleges' goals focusing primarily on two-year college programs. Includes: leadership activities in education & human resources; leveraged program support (instrumentation & laboratory improvement, undergraduate faculty enhancement, young scholars, alliances for minority participation, rural systemic initiatives, teacher enhancement, & much more). Charts & tables.