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Peer reviewedLindsay, Paul – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 were used to investigate the effects of high school size on student participation (in athletics, drama, music, debating, journalism, or student government), student satisfaction (feeling part of the school, satisfaction with required courses), and student attendance.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attendance Patterns, High School Graduates, High Schools
Download full textFetters, William B; And Others – 1977
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) is periodically surveying a large national sample to chart their educational, vocational, and personal development and to relate this information to earlier experiences, plans, and personal characteristics. This report describes the class in terms of the short-term post…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attendance Patterns, Enrollment Influences, Graduate Surveys
Peer reviewedWhitaker, David G.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Higher Education, 1994
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, this study of 3,171 individuals 13-14 years after high school graduation found, when educational attainment is held constant, students initially enrolling in a 2-year vs. 4-year colleges are not significantly disadvantaged in occupational and economic attainments.…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, Economic Impact, Educational Attainment
Peer reviewedRiordan, Cornelius – Journal of Higher Education, 1994
A study using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 compared effects of attendance at a women's college for one to six years (n=125) with attendance at only coeducational colleges (n=1832). Findings indicated significant occupational achievement benefits were realized for each year of attendance at a women's…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Career Choice, Coeducation, College Outcomes Assessment
West, Jerry – 1989
Data from the postsecondary transcripts of high school seniors included in the High School and Beyond (HS&B) study of the class of 1980 and the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the Senior Class of 1972 were analyzed to investigate the participation of students in two-year postsecondary programs. The analyses focused mainly on the…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Graduates
Adelman, Clifford – US Department of Education, 2005
This report offers a series of transcript-based portraits of traditional-age community college students. As of 2001, students under the age of 22 constituted 42 percent of all credit-seeking students in community colleges and those under the age of 24 constituted nearly three-fourths of first-time community college students. As the baby-boom echo…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Age Groups, Community Colleges, Longitudinal Studies
