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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1986
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED283453 |
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- Degrees Awarded in the Nation and the SREB States. Schietinger, E. F. Associate Degrees Bachelors Degrees Comparative Analysis Degrees (Academic) Doctoral Degrees Females Geographic Regions Graduate Study Higher Education Majors (Students) Masters Degrees National Surveys Professional Education Trend Analysis Undergraduate Study Trends in degrees awarded nationwide and in the South are reported, with attention to degrees awarded by level, field, and sex, as well as a comparison for the nation and the South. In addition to narrative explanations, data are provided on: degrees awarded from 1969-1970 to 1982-1983 at the doctoral, master's, bachelor's, and first-professional levels; degrees awarded by state, 1982-1983, and percent change 1978-1979 to 1982-1983; degrees awarded at each level by field using both the Higher Educational General Information System classification and the Classification of Instructional Program classification; degrees awarded by level for each state in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB); and the percent of degrees (by level and field) awarded to females for SREB states, 1978-1979 and 1982-1983. Findings include the following: fields in which increases occurred at all levels over a four-year period were computer and information sciences, communications, engineering, business and management, and the health professions; fields in which declines were registered at all levels were library and archival sciences, multi/interdisciplinary studies, public affairs, education, foreign languages, and social sciences. (SW)