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Main Author: Harris, Seymour E.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1972
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED090898
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  • A Statistical Portrait of Higher Education. Harris, Seymour E. College Faculty Degrees (Academic) Dropout Research Educational Finance Enrollment Expenditures Faculty Mobility Faculty Recruitment Higher Education Income Institutional Research Scientific Personnel Statistical Data Student Characteristics Student Costs Teacher Salaries Tuition This document presents 700 key tables from the thousands of tabulations made by Government agencies, private surveys, and extensive research projects, comments on their significance to the history and economy of higher education, and provides guidance to their sources. The 28 chapters cover questions relating to undergraduate and graduate student characteristics; a profile of the current college graduate; student expenses; student aid; graduate student aid; enrollment; degrees; various aspects of institutions; enrollment in relation to population; international comparisons; dropouts; general faculty characteristics; supply and demand; recruitment and mobility of faculty; faculty pay,outside earnings, and allocation of time; scientific manpower; income; Government's contribution; endowment income and investment policy; tuition; expenditures: library and separately budgeted expenditures on research; physical plant; Federal funds for scientific activities; various aspects of expenditures; the burden of educational finance; the issue of productivity; and the structure of higher educational enrollment. An extensive listing of references is included. (MJM)