Detroit has a long and complicated history with housing instability, and obtaining safe and stable housing is a significant challenge, particularly for low-income residents. For many renters, housing quality is poor, rents are high, and eviction is common. In 2017, 16% of households with children in Detroit reported being either evicted or forced…

As a nation, society benefits from an educated populace. At a time when economic, environmental, social, and security issues are the focus of many conversations in businesses, industries, government offices, schools, and homes, policymakers turn their attention to the further development of human capital. Educators acknowledge that they have key…

This Issue Brief examines growth in the population of English Language Learner (ELL) students in U.S. public schools between the 1994 and 2000 school years. Data are drawn from the Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS) of 1993-94 and 1999-2000. Nationally, the number of ELL students in public schools increased from approximately two million students…

This document presents tables of data on enrollment and geographic origins of first-time, full-time students attending postsecondary institutions in New York State for 6 years between 1981 through 1992. Categories of data include county of residence of students, names of individual colleges, and institutional sector (State University of New York,…

This report (the second of three volumes) presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York during the fall 1990 term. The report presents data on all credit-course students and all institutions of the State University system. Volume…

This report (the first of three volumes) presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York during the fall 1990 term. The report presents tabular data on all credit course students and all institutions of the State University system.…

Based on data concerning disabilities that were obtained from the 1981 and 1982 Current Population Surveys (CPS), it appears that the average working-aged disabled American is about 50 years old, has a high school education, is not in the labor force, and subsists on a low level of income. Also evident is the fact that disability is much more…

This report (the third of three volumes) presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residences, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York during the fall 1990 term. The report includes tabular data on all credit course students and all institutions of the State University system.…

Data concerning the places of residence of students who were enrolled in Maryland colleges during fall 1982 are presented, along with a brief narrative section. The information is intended primarily for use as a reference to study the enrollment patterns of the residents of the state's major political subdivisions at Maryland institutions. Of the…

In every State the public high school is now firmly established as a part of the educational system. It is no longer merely a link between elementary school and the college, but attempts to prepare for intelligent citizenship the common-school pupil who has not the time or the means for requiring a higher education. The public school systems in…