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Statistic of the Month
Grant, W. Vance – American Education, 1975
Article compared the level of education attained by men and women in the United States using a survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census in March 1974. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charts, Females, Males
School Retention Rates
Grant, W. Vance – American Education, 1977
A new computation of school retention rates by the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that about three-fourths of the young people today are earning high-school diplomas. Discusses the development of those statistics and the estimated retention rates from the fifth grade through college graduation in the United States during the…
Descriptors: Charts, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends
Statistic of the Month
Grant, W. Vance – American Education, 1975
Course offerings and enrollments of students in public secondary schools for the 1972-73 period were discussed. (RK)
Descriptors: Charts, Curriculum, Enrollment, Public Schools
Statistic of the Month: Freshmen and Degrees Four Years Later
Grant, W. Vance – American Education, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Charts, College Freshmen, Higher Education
Toward New Peaks in Education
Grant, W. Vance – American Education, 1975
Cracking school statistics records has come to be "old hat" for education, but signs are out that record-breaking years are numbered. (Editor)
Descriptors: Charts, Demography, Educational Development, Educational Finance