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Description & Citation--Study No. 2071

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:2071
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02071
 
Title:Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) XX: Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education, 1985
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics
 
Series:Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. HIGHER EDUCATION GENERAL INFORMATION SURVEY (HEGIS) XX: FALL ENROLLMENT IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, 1985 [Computer file]. ICPSR02071-v1. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics [producer], 1985. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-07-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02071
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) was designed to provide comprehensive information on various aspects of postsecondary education in the United States and its territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands) and Department of Defense schools outside the United States. The HEGIS Fall Enrollment Component for 1985 sought enrollment data from 3,388 institutions of higher education in 50 states, Washington, DC, and outlying territories and gave counts of total enrollments by class level, number of full-time and part-time male and female students enrolled at various levels (graduate, undergraduate, etc.), sex, race, calendar system, type of accreditation, attendance status (full-time versus part-time), and enrollments of first-time students. All of these data are acquired in terms of head counts and full-time equivalents, by state. These data are required by agencies of the legislative and executive branches of state and federal governments, as well as by accrediting agencies, professional organizations, and a number of individual institutions interested in conducting comparative studies.
 
Subject Term(s):academic disciplines, accreditation (institutions), colleges, community colleges, demographic characteristics, higher education, postsecondary education, school enrollments, students, universities
 
Geographic Coverage:American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands of the United States, Global
 
Time Period:1985
 
Date(s) of Collection:1985, Fall 1985
 
Universe:All postsecondary institutions operating during 1985 in the United States and its territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands) and Department of Defense schools outside of the United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:The record count for this study is 48,046, and the Fall Enrollment Survey forms were mailed to the 3,388 institutions in the HEGIS universe. The final edited data contain 3,130 reporting units, of which 138 were imputed using 1984 data, 89 were imputed using 1983 data, and 31 were zero-filled.
 

Methodology

Weight:none
 
Mode of Data Collection:self-enumerated questionnaires
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2005-07-06
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) XX: Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education, 1985
 

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