Study Report
Study Number: QE-014-002-1-1-United States-ICPSR-1987
Subject Area: Education Processes and Indicators
Bibliographic Citation: Integrated postsecondary education data system (IPEDS): total institutional activity, 1987-1988. [machine-readable data file] / U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics [principal investigator(s)] / Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor].
Originating Archive Number: 9526
Access Status: Access limited to UW-Madison campus
Documentation: 1 volume hard copy.
Abstract: This data collection presents information on the number of credit/contact hours and the unduplicated count of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions during the academic year 1987-1988. The credit/contact hours can be used to calculate full-time-equivalent enrollment. The unduplicated head count provides information at the institutional level on the number of different individuals enrolled during the year. Variables include number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The unit of analysis is the institution.
SOURCE: self-enumerated questionnaires
UNIVERSE: All postsecondary institutions in operation during 1987 in the United States and its outlying areas.
SAMPLE: All two-year and over postsecondary institutions were included along with a probability of selection sample of all less than two-year private institutions.
EXTENT OF COLLECTION: 1 data file.
DATA TYPE: survey data
DATA FORMAT: LRECL
TIME PERIOD: 1987-1988 academic year
DATE OF COLLECTION: Fall semester 1987
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