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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Almanac

The Nation


AN OVERVIEW:
A Look at College Enrollment Trends, Demographics, Faculty Pay, Tuition and Fees, and More.

9 ISSUES AFFECTING HIGHER EDUCATION:
A Roll Call of the States

NATIONWIDE INFORMATION:
» Table: Population, educational attainment of adults, per-capita income, poverty rate, high-school graduates, and high-school dropout rate

» Table: Number of institutions, average pay of full-time faculty members, and degrees awarded

» Table: Enrollment, enrollment of minority students, and test scores

» Table: Average tuition and fees, expenditures, state appropriations, state spending on student aid, research spending by universities, and federal funds for research at colleges and universities


STUDENTS

Admissions
» Proportion of Colleges Using Selection Criteria for Admission

Degrees Conferred
» Earned Degrees Conferred
» Degrees Conferred, by Racial and Ethnic Group

Doctorates
» Characteristics of Recipients of Doctorates
» Universities Awarding the Most Earned Doctorates

Financial Aid
» Proportion of Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid
» Student Financial Aid

Educational Attainment
» Educational Attainment of the U.S. Population

Enrollment
» Campuses With the Largest Enrollments
» College Enrollment by Age of Students
» Number of Colleges by Enrollment
» College Enrollment by Racial and Ethnic Group
» Projections of College Enrollment, Degrees, and High-School Graduates
» Proportion of 18-to-24-Year-Olds Enrolled in College
Related Maps
   Proportion of College Students Who Are Enrolled Full Time
   Proportion of College Students Who Are Enrolled at 4-Year Institutions
   Proportion of College Students Who Are Enrolled at Public Institutions
Foreign Students and Study Abroad
» Foreign Students' Countries of Origin
» Institutions Enrolling the Most Foreign Students

Freshmen Views and Activities
» Attitudes and Characteristics of Freshmen

Grades
» Undergraduate Grade-Point Averages, 1999-2000

Merit Scholars
» Colleges With the Most Freshman Merit Scholars

Teaching Assistant Unionizing
» Unionizing Activities of Teaching Assistants

Test Scores
» Average ACT Scores by Sex and by Racial and Ethnic Group
» Average SAT by Sex and by Racial and Ethnic Group


FACULTY & STAFF

Administrators
» Median Salaries of Administrators
» Characteristics of College Presidents

Faculty Members
» Average Salaries of Full-Time Faculty Members
» Average Faculty Salaries by Field
» Characteristics of Full-Time Faculty Members
» Full-Time Faculty Members by Sex, Rank, and Racial and Ethnic Group
» Trends in Faculty Employment

College Employees
» Employees in Colleges and Universities by Racial and Ethnic Group


RESOURCES

» College Revenues and Expenditures

Endowments
» College and University Endowments Over $115-Million
» Largest Endowments per Student
» Total Return on College Endowments

Fund Raising
» Sources of Voluntary Support for Higher Education
» Voluntary Support by Type of Institution
» Largest Private Gifts to Higher Education
» Top Fund Raisers

Libraries
» Holdings of University Research Libraries

Research and Development
» Top Institutions in Federal Research-and-Development Spending
» Top Institutions in Total Research-and-Development Spending
» Defense Department Contracts and Grants to Nonprofit Institutions

Tuition and College Costs
» Range of Tuition at 4-Year Institutions
» Average College Costs


INSTITUTIONS

Carnegie Classifications
» Carnegie Groupings of Doctorate-Granting Institutions
» Carnegie Groupings of Liberal-Arts Colleges

For-Profit Higher Education
» The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education
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