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Download full textJones, Calvin; And Others – 1986
The purpose of this user's manual is to document the procedures used to collect and process postsecondary school transcripts for members of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 who had attended any postsecondary institutions since leaving high school. In addition, this manual will provide researchers with the technical…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Ingels, Steven; Taylor, John – 1995
The National Education Longitudinal Studies (NELS) program is a long-term effort that now encompasses the educational experience of youth from three decades, the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The NELS program studies the educational, vocational, and personal development of students at various grade levels, and the personal, familial, social,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends
Ingels, Steven; Dowd, Katy – 1995
The National Education Longitudinal Studies (NELS) program is a long-term effort that now encompasses the educational experience of youth from three decades, the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The NELS program studies the educational, vocational, and personal development of students at various grade levels, and the personal, familial, social,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends
Jones, Calvin; And Others – 1986
The codebook for the Postsecondary Education Transcript File of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72), which is a machine-readable data file containing information on transcripts from NLS-72 senior cohort members who reported attending a postsecondary institution after high school, is presented. Records were…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Credits, College Students, Courses
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1986
The Postsecondary Education Transcript File of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) is a machine-readable data file containing information on transcripts from NLS-72 senior cohort members who reported attending a postsecondary institution after high school. Records were obtained from all types of educational…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Credits, College Students, Courses
Adelman, Clifford – 1995
This report presents a taxonomy of precisely what is studied, where, and by whom, in universities, community colleges, and postsecondary trade schools in the United States. It is based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) and the High School and Beyond/Sophomores (HSB/So) survey of high school…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Classification, Codification, Course Selection (Students)
Adelman, Clifford – 1990
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 were used to evaluate the contention that big-time college sports exploit athletes, denying them an education that will help them succeed after college. The sample (N=8,101) consisted of six comparison groups of students who attended four year colleges: varsity football and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Athletes, Basketball
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1979
The "National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972: Base Year (1972) through Fourth Follow-up (1979)" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a single merged file of student responses to the original interviews or tests in 1972 and the mail follow-up surveys of 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979. The 1972 data were gathered by…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Planning, Careers, College Attendance
