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Download full textGeverdt, Douglas E. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program develops geographic data to help policymakers, program administrators, and the public understand relationships between educational institutions and the communities they serve. One of the commonly used geographic data items is the NCES…
Descriptors: Demography, Geographic Distribution, Classification, Geographic Location
Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Ho, Phoebe – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
In 2007-08, about 3 million students were enrolled in graduate or first-professional degree programs in the United States. These students exhibited wide variation both demographically and in the types of programs and institutions they attended. They pursued degrees in all types of fields, from the physical and life sciences to the arts and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Professional Education, Paying for College
Pickard, Jerome – Appalachia, 1988
Describes new U.S. Census system dividing counties into 11 classification groups. Defines five metropolitan and six nonmetropolitan county classifications. Briefly discusses principles of new system, which uses 1980 census figures in attempt to reflect character of development in each county. Contains three charts. (TES)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Classification, Community Development, Community Size
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)
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)
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)
