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Download full textBruno, Rosalind R. – Current Population Reports, 1987
Census Bureau data on educational attainment of the U.S. population are presented for 1982 to 1985, with trend data for 1940 to 1985. A brief narrative summary of the findings is also provided. Detailed tables cover years of school completed by persons 15 years old and over by age, sex, race, Spanish origin, type of residence, region of residence,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age Groups, College Attendance, College Graduates
Mortenson, Thomas G., Ed. – Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 1997
This document is a collection of 12 issues of a monthly report on public policy and programs affecting postsecondary educational opportunity. Each issues contains two or three research articles analyzing postsecondary education trends. Titles of articles include: "Religious Preferences, Activities and Demographics of American College Freshmen";…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Education Work Relationship, Educational Opportunities
Ottinger, Cecilia – Research Briefs, 1991
This research brief reviews and analyzes national data on college going, persistence, and graduation. It compares characteristics of students who enter college immediately after high school graduation with other types of postsecondary entrants, considers traditional versus nontraditional paths of college going, and examines college persisters and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Persistence, Attendance, College Graduates
American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1995
This collection of 11 abstracts presents research findings and data on students and colleges in The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). The documents provide information regarding percentage of community colleges by enrollment category and type of college in 1993, the number and percent of community colleges offering student housing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Faculty, College Housing
Mortenson, Thomas G., Ed. – Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 1996
This document is a collection of 12 issues of a monthly report on public policy and programs affecting postsecondary educational opportunity. Each issue contains two or three research articles analyzing postsecondary educational trends. Titles of articles include: "Students with Educational Disabilities"; "Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Freshmen, College Preparation
