Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Primary Research Group
Published: December 1999
Product Code: R180-68Description This special 2-volume report gives a broad range of data about the plans, operations, cost structure, course offerings, personnel policies, distance learning technologies, and other facets of a random sample of 70 college adult education programs.Table of Contents SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO: LEVEL OF COMPETITION EXPERIENCED
Percentage Of College Adult Education Programs Which Have Experienced Local Market Competition That Has Increased,
Decreased Or Remained The Same In Recent Years
CHAPTER THREE: ENROLLMENT & DEGREES
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Offer Undergraduate Degrees
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Offer Graduate Degrees
Mean Number Of Graduate Degree Curricula Offered In Adult Education Programs
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Offer Non-Degree Certificate Programs
Mean Number Of Students Enrolled In One Or More Adult Education Classes For The Spring Semester Of The 1998-99
Academic Year
Mean Percentage Of All Students At The Colleges That Are Enrolled In Adult Education Programs
CHAPTER FOUR: REVENUES
Mean Total Revenues Of Adult Education Programs From All Sources For The 1998-99 Academic Year
Mean Total Revenues Of Adult Education Programs From All Sources For The 1997-98 Academic Year
Projected Mean Total Revenues Of Adult Education Programs From All Sources For The 1999-2000 Academic Year
Mean Percentage Of Adult Education Program Revenues Derived From Special Arrangements With Industry To Provide
Specialized Worker Or Education Training
CHAPTER FIVE: DROP-OUT AND NON-PAYMENT RATES
Mean Percentage Of Adult Education Students That Fail To Pay For Their Courses
Mean Percentage Of Students That Start Adult Education Degree Programs And Receive Their Degrees From The College,
Either From The Adult Education Program, Or After Transferring Into Any Other Program In The College
CHAPTER SIX: EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Percentage Of Colleges With Programs Targeted At Business Executives
Mean Percentage Of Total Adult Education Revenues Derived From Programs Targeted At Business Executives
CHAPTER SEVEN: SPECIAL MARKETS
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Have Special Formal Arrangements To Provide Courses To Certain
Organizations
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Provide Courses To Prisons
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Have Special Formal Arrangements To Provide Courses To Certain
Business Organizations
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Participate In Educational Consortiums That Enable Students To Take Courses
Offered By Other Colleges And Universities Under The Auspices Of The Adult Education Program
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Participate In A Distance Learning Consortium
CHAPTER EIGHT: MARKET RESEARCH
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Conduct Focus Groups With Current Students To Assess Course Demand
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Have An Advisory Board
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs With Advisory Boards That Include Representatives Of Local Industries
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Regularly Survey Local Industries In Order To Devise Programs To Meet
Their Training And Education Needs
Percentage Of Adult Education Programs That Have Hired Marketing, Market Research Or Advertising Firms To Assist
Their Marketing Efforts
CHAPTER NINE: FINANCES
Profit Margin Ranges (The Extent That Revenues Exceed Costs) Of Adult Education Programs
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Administration And Oversight
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Instructor/Tutor Salaries
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Advertising And Promotion
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Course Development/Purchase
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Equipment
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Teacher Training And Recruitment
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Telecommunications Costs
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Expenditures On Facilities (Buildings/Classrooms)
Mean Percentage Of Total Distance Education Costs Accounted For By Other Expenditures
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