Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 4 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 18 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 40 |
Descriptor
| College Entrance Examinations | 64 |
| Graduation Rate | 35 |
| Public Colleges | 33 |
| Educational Finance | 32 |
| Academic Degrees | 30 |
| College Faculty | 30 |
| Enrollment Trends | 30 |
| Teacher Salaries | 30 |
| Academic Persistence | 29 |
| Tuition | 29 |
| State Standards | 25 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 8 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
Location
| South Carolina | 64 |
| Kentucky | 5 |
| Alabama | 4 |
| Florida | 4 |
| Louisiana | 4 |
| Mississippi | 4 |
| Arkansas | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 |
| North Carolina | 3 |
| Tennessee | 3 |
| Virginia | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Debra P v Turlington | 1 |
| Larry P v Riles | 1 |
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| SAT (College Admission Test) | 38 |
| ACT Assessment | 29 |
| National Assessment of… | 4 |
| Advanced Placement… | 2 |
| National Merit Scholarship… | 2 |
| Preliminary Scholastic… | 2 |
| Stanford Achievement Tests | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkCandice Burgess Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Associate degree allied health programs (ADAHP) face multiple pressures to admit students who are likely to succeed and enter the workforce. In 2016, the Assessment Technologies Institute Test of Essential Academic Skills (ATI TEAS) was added as a required criterion of the supplemental program application at a community college in the southeastern…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Associate Degrees
Peer reviewedAshley Ellison; Thomas Smith – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: School districts across the United States face persistent difficulties recruiting and retaining teachers (García & Weiss, 2019; Schmitt & deCourcy, 2022). Over the last decade, every state in the south has faced a growing teacher shortage, with some facing shortages in all grades and subjects (U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Choice, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment
Download full textChristopher Robinson Ed. – South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2023
The "South Carolina Higher Education Statistical Abstract" is a comprehensive, single-source compilation of tables and graphs which report data frequently requested by the governor, legislators, college and university staff, other state government officials, and the general public. The 2023 edition of the Statistical Abstract marks the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Academic Degrees, Graduation Rate
Payne, J. Scott; San Pedro, Sweet Z.; Moore, Raeal; Sanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2020
High-stakes, standardized testing plays an important role in the lives of many students as they apply to college and compete for scholarships. In states where college readiness measures, like the ACT® test, are used for school and district accountability, the ACT scores of all students, whether college-bound or not, are a top priority for school…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Testing Programs, State Programs, School Districts
The Correlation between Self-Determination and ACT Scores for High School Students with Disabilities
Brown, Deitra Learchelle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A significant gap exists between the graduation rate of students with disabilities and their nondisabled. The purpose of this quantitative correlation study was to determine the relationship self-determination had on college and career readiness using ACT scores of students with high incident disabilities. This study was guided by the following…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Scores, College Entrance Examinations, Self Determination
Robinson, Christopher, Ed. – South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2021
The "South Carolina Higher Education Statistical Abstract" is a comprehensive, single-source compilation of tables and graphs which report data frequently requested by the governor, legislators, college and university staff, other state government officials, and the general public. The 2021 edition of the "Statistical Abstract"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Academic Degrees, Graduation Rate
Mays, Trilla A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Administrators of nursing programs in community colleges are aware of the need to retain and to graduate students to meet the growing demand for licensed practical nurses (LPNs). High attrition in a 2-year nursing program in South Carolina affected the number of students either graduating as a LPN after completing the third semester, or continuing…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
Richard, Alan – Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2018
In 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor reported a record-high 6.2 million job openings. Yet many employers report they cannot find the well-prepared candidates they need in the South and across the country. The problem is students' lack of preparation for college and career training. Also in 2017, the ACT college admissions test examined the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Geographic Regions, Educational Improvement
Gray, John; Swinton, Omari H. – Journal of Negro Education, 2017
There has been a steady increase in college enrollment rates in recent decades, which has not been accompanied by a corresponding increase in graduation rates. If this discrepancy is partly due to insufficient effort exerted by students, policies that aim at rewarding effort explicitly may succeed in increasing graduation rates. A unique and rich…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Academic Ability, Black Colleges, Grade Point Average
Robinson, Christopher, Ed. – South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2020
The "South Carolina Higher Education Statistical Abstract" is a comprehensive, single-source compilation of tables and graphs which report data frequently requested by the governor, legislators, college and university staff, other state government officials, and the general public. The 2020 edition of the Statistical Abstract marks the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Academic Degrees, Graduation Rate
ACT, Inc., 2016
"The Condition of College and Career Readiness" looks at the progress of the 2016 ACT®-tested graduating class relative to college and career readiness. This state briefing begins with statistics in the following categories for South Carolina: performance, STEM, career readiness, impact, behaviors that impact access and opportunity,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Benchmarking
Robinson, Christopher, Ed. – South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2019
The "South Carolina Higher Education Statistical Abstract" is a comprehensive, single-source compilation of tables and graphs which report data frequently requested by the Governor, Legislators, college and university staff, other state government officials, and the general public. The 2019 edition of the Statistical Abstract marks the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Academic Degrees, Graduation Rate
Roof, Andrew N., Ed.; Robinson, Christopher, Ed.; Thompson, Jeff, Ed.; Turner, Kenneth, Ed. – South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2018
The "South Carolina Higher Education Statistical Abstract" is a comprehensive, single-source compilation of tables and graphs which report data frequently requested by the Governor, Legislators, college and university staff, other state government officials, and the general public. The 2018 edition of the Statistical Abstract marks the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Academic Degrees, Graduation Rate
Armour, Mim, Ed. – South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2015
The South Carolina Higher Education Statistical Abstract is a comprehensive, single-source compilation of tables and graphs which report data frequently requested by the Governor, Legislators, college and university staff, other state government officials, and the general public. The 2015 edition of the Statistical Abstract marks the 37th year of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Enrollment
Thomas, P. L. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2013
The accountability paradigm for reforming public schools began in the U.S. as a state-based initiative grounded in establishing state standards for core content and developing high-stakes tests and schedules to hold schools, teachers, and students accountable (Hout and Elliott, 2011). This essay examines the test-based patterns of that paradigm…
Descriptors: Accountability, Social Systems, High Stakes Tests, Democracy
