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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Almanac

The Nation
9 Issues Affecting Higher Education:
a Roll Call of the States

STUDENTS
> Average ACT scores by sex and by racial and ethnic group
Average SAT scores by sex and by racial and ethnic group
Proportion of undergraduates receiving financial aid
Educational attainment of 1989-90 college freshmen by 1994
Educational attainment of 1980 high-school sophomores by 1992
Colleges with the most freshman Merit Scholars
Student financial aid
Colleges 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
Educational attainment of the U.S. population
Attitudes and characteristics of freshmen
Characteristics of recipients of doctorates
Foreign students' countries of origin
Institutions enrolling the most foreign students
Earned degrees conferred
Degrees conferred, by racial and ethnic group
Selection criteria for admission to college
Universities awarding the most earned doctorates



FACULTY & STAFF
> Median salaries of administrators
Average salaries of full-time faculty members
Average faculty salaries by field
Characteristics of full-time faculty members
Characteristics of college presidents
Faculty activities
College employees, by racial and ethnic group
Full-time faculty members by sex, rank, and racial and ethnic group
Trends in faculty employment
Attitudes and activities of full-time faculty members


RESOURCES
> College revenues and expenditures
Top institutions in federal research-and-development spending
Sources of voluntary support for higher education
Voluntary support by type of institution
Largest private gifts to higher education
Top fund raisers
College and university endowments over $100-million
Largest endowments per student
Total return on college endowments
Range of tuition at 4-year institutions
Average college costs
Defense Department contracts and grants
Holdings of university research libraries
Top institutions in total research-and-development spending


INSTITUTIONS
> Carnegie groupings of doctorate-granting institutions
Carnegie groupings of liberal-arts colleges


Maps
> Proportion of adults with a bachelor's or higher degree
Projected change in the number of high-school graduates
High-school dropout rates
Number of colleges and universities
Proportion of college students who are minority-group members
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
States' share of total U.S. college enrollment
Percentage change in state appropriations for higher education



The 50 States and the District of Columbia
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Sources and Notes
> Overview>|>Demographics>|>Political leadership
Colleges and universities>|>Faculty members
Students>|>Money>|>Miscellany
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