Though the diversification of pathways through higher education is widely recognized, little is known about longer-term patterns of undergraduate participation and attainment. I used sequence analysis to examine college-going across early and middle adulthood in nationally-representative data. Clustering of sequence data revealed four latent…

Both income inequality and the achievement test score gap between high- and low-income children increased dramatically in the United States beginning in the 1970s. Recent work by Chetty, Hendren, Kline, Saez, and Turner (2014) suggests that, unlike the test score gap, the gap in college enrollment is essentially constant. This article takes a…

We use NLSY97 data to examine how home price variation affects the quality of postsecondary schools students attend. We find a $10,000 increase in housing wealth increases the likelihood of public flagship university enrollment relative to nonflagship enrollment by 2.0 percent and decreases the relative probability of attending a community…

A study used new data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 to compare students in combined academic and vocational programs with high school students in other curricular categories in 1997 and to compare the 1997 patterns with those of earlier surveys. Previous studies have found that the proportion of high school students…

This report analyzes the course-taking patterns of public high school graduates between 1969 and 1987, based on transcript data from four national studies of high school students: the Educational Testing Service's Study of Academic Prediction and Growth (1969); the National Assessment of Educational Progress (1987); High School and Beyond (1982);…

This data handbook presents enrollment statistics for public and private high school graduates for selected years between 1975 and 1987. The data used to generate these statistics were taken from students' high school transcripts. Three data sets were used to generate the statistics in this time series report: the National Assessment of…

This data handbook presents enrollment statistics for public high school graduates for selected years between 1969 and 1987. The data used to generate these statistics were taken from students' high school transcripts. Four data sets were used to generate the statistics in this time series report: the National Assessment of Educational Progress…

This report focuses on the education and work experiences of rural youth during the emerging adult years (age 20 to 24), as they make the transition from adolescence to adulthood. It documents how rural emerging adults combine work and school and experience idleness, closely examines their educational attainment, and compares their experiences…