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Lauff, Erich; Chen, Xianglei; Morgan, Timothy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
This Statistics in Brief examines military service among 2002 high school sophomores and the postsecondary enrollment outcomes of those who had served in the military as of 2012, some 8 years after most completed high school in 2004. This cohort had just begun 10th grade when the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, occurred. As of 2012, some…
Descriptors: Military Service, High School Students, Postsecondary Education, Military Personnel
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Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
Producing sufficient numbers of graduates who are prepared for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations has become a national priority in the United States. To attain this goal, some policymakers have targeted reducing STEM attrition in college, arguing that retaining more students in STEM fields in college is a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Attrition, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
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Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
Every year, millions of new college students arrive on campus lacking the necessary academic skills to perform at the college level. Postsecondary institutions address this problem with extensive remedial programs designed to strengthen students' basic skills. While much research on the effectiveness of remedial education has been conducted,…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis, College Students
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Chen, Xianglei; Ho, Phoebe – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are widely regarded as critical to the national economy. To provide a nationally representative portrait of undergraduate students' experiences in STEM education, these Web Tables summarize longitudinal data from a cohort of first-time, beginning students who started postsecondary…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Postsecondary Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Attrition