First Nations people, Metis and Inuit are comprised of diverse populations with their own unique cultures, traditions, and languages. Overall educational attainment for Indigenous populations is lower than that of their non-Indigenous counterparts. Previous research has shown that the legacy of residential schools, the impact of intergenerational…

The "Using High School Data to Explore Early College Success on Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia" study examined high school academic preparation characteristics and college student characteristics to determine whether they are associated with five early college success outcomes: College of Micronesia--FSM Entrance Test result;…

This report examines the relationship between the academic performance of students who completed music courses in high school with their grade 12 graduation and post-secondary education outcomes. Do students with music experience achieve higher education achievement than students without music experience? This study was motivated by the recent…

These are the appendixes for the report, "Demographic and Academic Characteristics Associated with College Readiness and Early College Success in the Republic of the Marshall Islands." This study examined academic preparation characteristics and the college readiness and early college success of students who graduated from Republic of…

This report from the Student Transitions Project (STP) features selected research findings on the transitions of high school graduates into B.C. public, B.C. private and non-B.C. post-secondary institutions. This study was enabled by a linkage of encrypted Personal Education Numbers (PENs) between the STP 2018 enrollment table to two other data…

This newsletter provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of British Columbia (B.C.) grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s…

This report provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of B.C. grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s education and advanced…

This study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s education and advanced education ministries and post-secondary institutions. The STP has collected twenty years of student data from twenty grade 12 graduation cohorts and twenty years of post-secondary enrolments. To celebrate…

The pandemic exacerbated many of the challenges facing higher education in Indiana--declining college-going rates, widening equity gaps, the persistent questioning of the value of higher education--all now compounded by issues of learning loss and economic upheaval. This report provides a pre-pandemic baseline for consideration, as education…

Canadians complete postsecondary education for many reasons, including the desire to improve their quality of life or to pursue their passion. For many, ensuring financial security after graduation is also an important motivation. This report looks at how postsecondary education credentials pay off in earnings for working-age men and women in the…

This newsletter provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of B.C. grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s education and…

This newsletter provides highlights of the latest research from the Student Transitions Project (STP), with a focus on the first transitions of B.C. grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The study was conducted by the Student Transitions Project (STP), a collaborative research partnership involving B.C.'s education and…

This report features selected research findings from the most recent annual Student Transitions Project (STP) update in Fall of 2018, including B.C. grade 12 graduates of 2001/2002 to 2016/17 and B.C. public post-secondary registrants from 2002/2003 to Fall 2018. In lieu of a brief highlights newsletter, an annual tradition for the STP every June,…

The Student Transitions Project is British Columbia's collaborative research project that measures student success from the K-12 to post -secondary systems. This system-wide partnership, involving B.C.'s education and advanced education ministries and public postsecondary institutions, is tracking student success by reporting on student transition…

This report provides key research findings from a recent analysis of 51,831 students who first entered grade 8 in the B.C. K-12 education system in academic year 2004/2005. These students who entered B.C. public and independent schools were tracked over a period of ten years, to the end of the Fall 2014 term. The numerous and diverse education…