This report uses the 1990-1994 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:1990/1994) to examine several ways of estimating the transfer rate from public two-year to four-year institutions. The report focuses on different approaches to defining the pool of potential transfer students or the group of community college students who…

This report uses data from the base year and first follow-up to the 1995-1996 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study to answer questions about college student employment and the persistence of employed students in higher education. Findings from the study show that among those who expect to earn a certificate from their first…

This report is a descriptive summary of data from the first follow-up of the 1990/92 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:90/92), a comprehensive examination of information on enrollment, persistence, and attainment in postsecondary education for students who began postsecondary education in 1989-90 regardless of when they…