Data for this 24th annual report on opening fall enrollment in higher education were collected from two questionnaires. The preliminary questionnaire requested total enrollment, as well as first time enrollment by sex and by full- or part-time attendance. The supplementary questionnaire called for a variety of detailed breakdowns. Summary tables…

The way students move through a community college once they have enrolled has crucial implications for policy-making and administration, but has been given inadequate attention by researchers. A model of student flow is described in terms of progress toward graduation, based on records of sources of students, freshmen and sophomore flows, and…

Data are presented from the 1986 Fall Enrollment survey, a component of the new Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), which supercedes the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). Data are included for responding postsecondary institutions, including a universe survey of 5,901 4-year, 2-year, and less than 2-year…

A study was conducted by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) to determine VCCS first-time enrollment projections for recent high school graduates in the face of estimated decreases in the number of high school graduates from 1980 through 1985. The projections were determined by an analysis of Virginia Department of Education graduation…

Data are presented on high school completion and college attendance trends for whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and American Indians. Also shown are minority group college enrollment trends; degrees earned by minority group; and enrollment (undergraduate, graduate, full- and part-time) by race at about 3,400 colleges and universities, organized…