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Mattern, Krista; Radunzel, Justine – ACT, Inc., 2015
Many students who earn a bachelor's degree also aspire to earn a graduate degree. In this study, we examined student and institutional characteristics that are related to graduate school enrollment. Student characteristics included demographic characteristics; high school performance measures, coursework taken, and extracurricular activities;…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Enrollment Rate, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Leung, Felix; McVicar, Duncan; Wooden, Mark – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2013
The proportion of people who are employed casually has been stable over the last 15 years at around 20% of the working-age population. For most, casual employment is a relatively temporary state. There are some, though, for whom casual employment is a more enduring state. Does undertaking work-related training help those who are casually employed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment, Job Training, Education Work Relationship
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Ross, Terris; Kena, Grace; Rathbun, Amy; KewalRamani, Angelina; Zhang, Jijun; Kristapovich, Paul; Manning, Eileen – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
Numerous studies, including those of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), have documented persistent gaps between the educational attainment of White males and that of Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander males. Further, there is evidence of growing gaps by sex within these…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Academic Persistence, Achievement Gap
Skinner, Natalie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This document serves as a support paper to the "Work-Life Issues and Participation in Education and Training" report. This support document contains tables that show: (1) participation in education and training; (2) participation in education and training and work-life interaction; (3) future participation in education or training; (4) perceptions…
Descriptors: Participation, Education Work Relationship, Family Life, Gender Differences
Steiner, Matt; Tym, Carmen – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2005
This study on default analyzes 17,036 undergraduate borrowers who attended the University of South Florida (USF), and who entered repayment on Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans during federal fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Of the 17,036 USF undergraduate borrowers, 766 defaulted (4.5 percent). The report employs a…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Student Loan Programs, Loan Default, Undergraduate Students
Steiner, Matt; Teszler, Natali – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2005
In an effort to better understand student loan default behavior at Texas A&M University (TAMU), the research staff at TG, at the request of TAMU, conducted a study of the relationship between loan default, on the one hand, and many student and borrower characteristics, on the other hand. The study examines the default behavior of 12,776…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Loan Default, Multivariate Analysis, Land Grant Universities
Barone, Sandra; Steiner, Matt; Teszler, Natali – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2005
This study examines the default behavior of 5,177 undergraduate student borrowers who attended Texas A&M University--Kingsville (TAMUK) and entered repayment of their TG-guaranteed Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans between October 1, 1998 and September 30, 2002 (fiscal years 1999-2002). Using the Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Student Loan Programs, Loan Default, Undergraduate Students