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Download full textCahalan, M.; Perna, L. W.; Yamashita, M.; Wright-Kim, J.; Jiang, N. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2019
In 2004 and 2005, the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (Pell Institute), sponsored by the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), published two editions of "Indicators of Opportunity in Higher Education." In 2015, the commitment to documenting trends in higher education equity was renewed by publishing…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Equal Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Cahalan, M.; Perna, L. W.; Yamashita, M.; Wright, J.; Santillan, S. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2018
The purposes of this equity indicators project are to: (1) report the status of higher education equity in the United States and identify changes over time in measures of equity; (2) identify policies and practices that promote and hinder progress; and (3) illustrate the need for increased support of policies, programs, and practices that not only…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Higher Education, Equal Education, Educational Trends
Cahalan, Margaret W.; Perna, Laura W.; Addison, Marisha; Murray, Chelsea; Patel, Pooja R.; Jiang, Nathan – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2020
This report, the sixth in this series, brings together again in partnership the Pell Institute with the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy of the University of Pennsylvania (PennAHEAD). These reports draw from multiple sources of existing data to provide, in one place, indicators that describe trends in equity in postsecondary enrollment,…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Equal Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Cahalan, M.; Perna, L. W.; Yamashita, M.; Ruiz, R.; Franklin, K. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2017
The purposes of this equity indicators project are to: (1) report the status of higher education equity in the United States and identify changes over time in measures of equity; (2) identify policies and practices that promote and hinder progress; and (3) illustrate the need for increased support of policies, programs, and practices that not only…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Higher Education, Equal Education, Educational Trends
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Direct linkGarrity, Bonnie K. Fox; Garrison, Mark J.; Fiedler, Roger C. – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2010
This article explores the role of Pell grants in the rise of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) in the United States by examining National Center for Education Statistics data (Pell are financial "needs-based" grants to students to offset cost of tuition; Pell grants are the main source of federal financial support available to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Disadvantaged, Equal Education
