The population of the United States is getting older. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), older workers -- which the BLS defines as those who are 55 and older -- made up 22% of the U.S. workforce in 2016, nearly double the 12% recorded in 1995. This increase is largely "fueled by the aging baby-boom generation, a large…

Federal financial aid was established under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Since then, changes to the act have increased funding and expanded eligibility for students accessing federal financial aid. While the distribution of federal financial aid has expanded over the last 60 years, untapped financial resources remain every year because…

The report presents patterns and trends in data on students and staff at UK higher education institutions covering a 10-year period that has seen a transition to new higher education funding systems across a large part of the UK. Patterns in income and expenditure of UK higher education institutions in 2015-16 are considered. For the first time…

This report provides an interim update to the Universities UK "Patterns" series, before the publication of the full "Patterns and Trends" publication in spring 2017. It includes updates of the main charts included in the 2015 publication, covering trends in student and staff numbers and finances of the UK higher education…

CASE has conducted salary surveys to track trends in the profession and to help members benchmark salaries since 1982. Following CASE's major overhaul of the survey instrument and data collection system, CASE Europe fielded a European version of the salary survey for the second time in October 2012. All individual CASE Europe members at colleges,…

The "2019 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report" is the fourteenth annual report designed to provide the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three major goals for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary…

There are many factors affecting demand for higher education in Australia. These include admission requirements, availability of alternative education pathways, population, costs at the time of study and repayment of deferred costs, perceptions about quality and value relative to price and opportunities foregone, the general economic situation and…

The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) prepared enrollment demand and capacity projections for the three public systems for 2009-2019, which show: The state should prepare for nearly 400,000 additional students by 2019. If the state is unable to fund growth and the systems cut enrollments, the loss in college opportunity could…

This Research and Development (R&D) report describes the process of generating comparable estimates of undergraduate enrollment in postsecondary institutions across four National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) datasets--the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a sample survey of postsecondary students; the Integrated…

Although in-migration and out-migration levels of communities or counties are usually positively correlated, little work has been done on the correlation between in-migration and out-migration within population subcategories. Using a special 1980 data source from the U.S. Census Bureau, this paper examines migration patterns in 30 age/education…

College enrollment trends were examined with attention to participation of women and youth, part- and full-time study, and qualifications of entering students. Findings include the following: in 1973 there was only one university in Western Australia, and the colleges sector consisted of five teacher training institutions and one institute of…

Preliminary statistics are presented for enrollment and degrees awarded for higher education in the United States in the 1990-91 academic year. The data were obtained from 665 institutions of higher education on the Early Estimates Panel, a stratified random sample that is representative of the universe of 3,559 institutions of higher education in…

Preliminary statistics on enrollment and degrees awarded for higher education in the United States are summarized. The data are based on responses from 639 institutions of higher education on the Early Estimates Panel, a stratified random sample that is representative of the universe of 3,598 institutions of higher education in the nation in the…

Information on higher education in 33 European countries, the United States, and Canada is provided in narrative and statistical form, in both English and French. In addition to covering the 1970-1975 period, comparative information for 1960-1980 is presented. For each country, areas of consideration include: population trends; the level of…

This report provides statistical tables on the age group and sex of full-time and part-time graduate and undergraduate students in the State University of New York (SUNY) system for fall 1991. Part I contains data for the entire system including headcount tables with corresponding percent distribution arrays. Part II displays headcount and…