Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) VI: Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred Between July 1, 1970, and June 30, 1971 (ICPSR 2138)
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United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02138.v2
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The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) series 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. Data are available for both public and private two-year and four-year institutions. The HEGIS Earned Degrees component for 1970-1971 offers data on the type and control of the institution, and the total count, by field of study, of earned degrees and other formal awards conferred by each institution surveyed. Key data elements include sex of student, level of degree or award, and field of specialty.
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The record count for this study is 75,419 with multiple records per case.
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The Degree & Award Survey forms were mailed to the 2,698 institutions in the HEGIS Universe.
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All postsecondary institutions in operation during 1970-1971 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.
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1999-02-03
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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
- U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. HIGHER EDUCATION GENERAL INFORMATION SURVEY (HEGIS) VI: DEGREES AND OTHER FORMAL AWARDS CONFERRED BETWEEN JULY 1, 1970, AND JUNE 30, 1971. ICPSR02138-v2. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics [producer], 1971. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02138.v2
2005-11-04 An ICPSR codebook, and SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to the study. The title of the study has been altered.
1999-02-03 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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