ERIC Number: ED356825
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 59
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Washington Community and Technical Colleges Fall Enrollment & Staffing Report, 1992.
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia.
A statistical overview is provided of trends in enrollments, student characteristics, and staffing in Washington's community and technical colleges as of fall 1992. Systemwide data are presented on full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments by funding source, the changing student mix, full- and part-time students, reduced tuition waivers, student objectives, and planned length of attendance. In addition, information on demographics of students served, measures of student success, courses offered, staffing patterns, and teacher characteristics are presented. Enrollment, student characteristics, and staffing data are also presented by college. Highlighted findings included the following: (1) Washington's community and technical colleges served 226,986 students in fall 1992; (2) the racial composition of the student population in fall 1992 was more diverse than that of the state as a whole (19% students of color at the colleges, compared to 14% in the state population); (3) the student population was 57% female; (4) the system enrolled the equivalent of 119,420 full-time students; (5) 48% of state- or contract-funded courses were taken by students enrolled for workforce training purposes and 39% by students preparing to transfer; (6) full-time students accounted for 46% of total enrollment, higher than the nationwide average of 36%; (7) the full-time student population grew faster than the part-time population; (8) new student enrollments dropped at community colleges while returning student enrollments increased; (9) increased fees for ungraded courses were coupled with a 6% enrollment decline; and (10) 56% of all instruction in community colleges was provided by full-time faculty. (MAB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Courses, Enrollment Trends, Full Time Equivalency, School Demography, School Statistics, State Surveys, Student Characteristics, Tables (Data), Technical Institutes, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education, Vocational Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia.
Identifiers - Location: Washington
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