In 2008, state legislatures provided $6 billion in financial aid to 2 million low-income young adults. When low-income young adults receive state financial aid and do not complete college, states lose their investment because fewer people with degrees will contribute to the state's economy. Declining states' budgets have led to (a) the rising cost…

Open book assessment is not a new idea, but it does not seem to have gained ground in higher education. In particular, not much literature is available on open book examinations in mathematics and statistics in higher education. The objective of this paper is to investigate the appropriateness of open book assessments in a first-year business…

Understanding how policy can affect university education is important for understanding how governments can promote human capital accumulation. This paper exploits historic changes to university funding policies in the UK to estimate the impact of tuition fees and maintenance grants on university participation. Previous work on this, which largely…

This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…

This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and successfully…

The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) conducts policy research and analysis to support long-range planning and student success. This preliminary report on California State University undergraduate demand is the second in the "Ready or Not, Here They Come" series. The series updates CPEC's statewide enrollment demand…

This report provides information about the number of Ohio high school graduates who enroll in college, the types of colleges they attend, and the location of those colleges. The data presented in this report was derived from residence and migration of first-time freshmen data obtained from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.…

Presented in this document are national normative data on characteristics of students entering college as first-time, full-time freshmen early in the 1972-73 academic year. The Student Information Form was used to elicit a wide range of biographic and demographic data, as well as data on the student's high school background, career plans,…

This report contains statistical information on Kentucky public institutions of higher education and includes data on: (1) enrollment and general fund appropriations 1959-60 through 1969-70 by institution and in toto; (2) total resident and non-resident student enrollment, and resident and non-resident enrollment by institution and by…

The data presented in this report were compiled from a 1967 freshman survey and a 1971 follow-up survey containing standard biographic and demographic items as well as items on family income, expected sources of support to finance college education, enrollment status, educational achievement and aspirations, attitudes, and values. A total of…

This study highlights the percentage of all new 1998 University of Wisconsin (UW) freshmen who were Wisconsin residents (82 percent); the percentage who were women (56 percent); the percentage of students of color (8 percent); the percentage who were "conventional" admits (95 percent); the percentage who scored above the national…

This report presents national normative data on characteristics of students entering college as first-time freshmen during the summer and fall of 1970. It is the 5th in a series of annual reports and part of an ongoing longitudinal research program conducted by the Office of Research of the American Council on Education. The data are reported…

This study presents an analysis of the responses of University of California, Irvine freshmen to the 1973 Student Information Form, a questionnaire developed by the American Council on Education. Part 1 compares UC Irvine freshmen with freshmen attending other universities. Part 2 analyses responses by school or program of enrollment. Data…

During the 1973 fall orientation, a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education (ACE) was administered to incoming freshmen at the University of South Carolina (USC) and 578 other institutions of higher education including 38 universities. The following study presents a comparative analysis of the various demographic data, opinions…

The National Center for Education Statistics collects annual data on the number of bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education in the United States and on the number of persons who enter college as first-time freshmen. Compares the relationship between the two sets of data. (Author/RK)