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The Empirical Curriculum: Changes in Postsecondary Course-Taking, 1972-2000
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Adelman, Clifford – US Department of Education, 2004
The Empirical Curriculum is a descriptive account of the major features of change in student course-taking in postsecondary contexts between 1972 and 2000, with an emphasis on the period 1992-2000. To provide this account, it draws on three grade-cohort longitudinal studies that were designed and carried out by the National Center for Education…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 10, High Schools, Statistics
The New College Course Map and Transcript Files: Changes in Course-Taking and Achievement, 1972-1993. Based on the Postsecondary Records from Two National Longitudinal Studies.
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Adelman, Clifford – 1995
This document presents a national tapestry of what is studied where, and by whom, in U.S. colleges, community colleges, and postsecondary trade schools. The "Map" is based on empirical information from national samples of postsecondary transcripts in two national longitudinal studies, the National Longitudinal Study of the High School…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Classification, Colleges, Course Selection (Students)
A College Course Map: Taxonomy and Transcript Data. Based on the Postsecondary Records, 1972-1984 of the High School Class of 1972.
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Adelman, Clifford – 1990
This document, a byproduct of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, provides data on what postsecondary courses are actually taken both by school completers and school leavers, based on analysis of postsecondary transcripts from 1972 to 1984 of 12,600 students graduating from high school in 1972. Also presented is a…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Classification, Codification, Course Selection (Students)
Using Transcripts To Validate Institutional Mission: The Role of the Community College in the Postsecondary Experience of a Generation. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.
Adelman, Clifford – 1989
Information is presented on the use of transcripts to validate institutional mission, proposing that transcript archives can serve as grounds against which the validity of an institution's claimed mission with respect to its primary beneficiaries can be measured. This is done with a focus on the community college. The National Longitudinal Study…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Aspiration, College Attendance, College Role
The New College Course Map and Transcript Files: Changes in Course-Taking and Achievement, 1972-1993.
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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)
Light and Shadows on College Athletes: College Transcripts and Labor Market History.
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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