In 1981, Chile introduced nationwide school choice by providing vouchers to any student wishing to attend private school. As a result, more than 1,000 private schools entered the market, and the private enrollment rate increased by 20 percentage points, with greater impacts in larger, more urban, and wealthier communities. Using differences across…

One school year after implementation of the Neighborhood Schools Initiative (NS), more Milwaukee Public School (MPS) district schools enroll more neighborhood students, although the increase in neighborhood enrollment is not the result of capacity-building; fewer schools have the capacity to enroll all their neighborhood students than two years…

This paper examines changes in the distribution of family income over 30 years, estimating the effect of parental resources on college education, and noting the fact that families at the bottom of the income distribution were much poorer in the 1990s than the 1970s, while the opposite was true for families in the top quartile. Data came from three…

This report covers direct entry enrollments of Miami-Dade County high school students for Fall and Spring (Winter) terms of 1995-96 through 1999-2000. Research finds that in 1999-2000, 4,688 high school graduates enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC), 36.6% of the graduating class. An increase was seen from 1996-1997. Ethnic draws from…

This paper examines trends in the employment rates of young black men, and other groups of young people, during 1979-2000. Data from the Current Population Survey's Outgoing Rotation Groups are used to estimate these trends and their determinants. The data are pooled and analyzed for differences across individuals and metropolitan areas and for…

This document contains a report on student enrollment at the end of the 2003 winter quarter and spring semester at the College of DuPage. The report is based on results of the fiscal year survey that shows both the headcount enrollments and the full time equivalent enrollments increased statewide as compared with the same term a year prior. The…

This report on the status of higher education in Texas covers enrollment trends, quality and access, research, campus planning, funding, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board activities. The first section, Participation and Success, looks at enrollment and participation trends and factors affecting participation in higher education. The…

This paper details the ongoing study of the characteristics of incoming students at Pennsylvania College of Technology, (Penn College) which resulted from a merger in 1989 of Williamsport Area Community College and Penn State, leading to new programs and activities, e.g., bachelor degrees, on-campus housing, and athletics. The college periodically…

This study investigated the potential impact on enrollment of raising academic admissions requirements for first-semester freshmen at Stephen F. Austin University (Texas). Data collected in spring 1998 included three years of enrollment and admissions data from SFA's admissions office, 1995-96 statewide high school graduate and individual school…

This environmental scan is intended to guide San Francisco City College in the coming years amidst a changing environment. The report is divided into five chapters: Demographic Trends, Enrollment Trends, Economic Trends, Educational Trends, and Policy Trends. Demographic Trends provides an overview of the current population of San Francisco (SF)…

This report on the private school universe presents data on K-12 schools broken down by school size, school level, religious orientation, geographical region, community type, and program emphasis. The number of students and teachers is reported in the same categories. The number of students is also reported by race-ethnicity, gender, and grade…

The study of enrollment trends for each of Hudson County Community College's programs and for its academic status classifications will be used in the college's program reviews and should also prove useful in its strategic planning. The significant growth in combined Liberal Arts AA English/ Humanities and Business/Social Sciences program majors…

These research digests about Dalton College (Georgia) provide various numerical data on student enrollment and new undergraduates including sex, age, ethnicity, geographical origin, and major. This is a collection of four research briefs issued between fall 1997 and fall 1998. In fall 1997, student enrollment was up 1.6 percent over the prior year…

The nature, role, and impact of the rapidly growing for-profit degree-granting sector of higher education were studied using a variety of data sources, including field notes. For-profit degree-granting institutions have emerged as an integral and increasingly influential part of the system. Over the past decade, there has been a 78% increase in…

This report summarizes the annual unduplicated headcount enrollment and the annual full-time student equivalents (FTSE) generated by students in credit classes and by completers of clock-hour programs during fiscal year 2000-2001 at Pima Community College (Arizona). Highlights include: (1) Pima's total annual unduplicated headcount was 65,221 and…