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Download full textCenter for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. – 1991
This report examines the wealth of Pennsylvania school districts, the effort districts exert to support education, school expenditures, and the effects of district wealth on students. Important findings related to disparities in wealth and spending on education include: (1) the polarization of wealth distribution during the 1980s made over 90% of…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Dropout Rate, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance)
Yan, Wenfan – 2002
This report examines the factors that influence the postsecondary enrollment and persistence of rural Pennsylvania students, compared to students from urban and suburban areas. The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 provided data on 216 rural, 103 urban, and 323 suburban high school graduates from Pennsylvania. Depending on their status…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Aspiration, College Attendance, College Preparation
Human Capital Research Corp., Chicago, IL. – 1995
This study examined the changing social and economic impact of college attendance in Pennsylvania between 1980 and 1990. It is based on a sample of over 500,000 census interviews. The study found that, in general, individuals who attended and finished college will marry other individuals who went to college, and that both parents will work and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, College Attendance, Demography, Educational Attainment
Lehr, Terry – 1982
Data on 1982 summer and fall college enrollments in Pennsylvania are presented. Tables are presented on the following: total enrollments in higher education institutions by type of institution, fall 1973-1982; enrollments in institutions by sex, fall 1973-1982; summer school registrations; total enrollments in colleges and universities by…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Attendance, College Students, Community Colleges
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Information Systems. – 1984
Data on 1982 summer and fall college enrollments in Pennsylvania are presented, along with brief narrative explanations. Tables are presented on the following: total enrollments in higher education institutions by type of institution, fall 1974-1983; enrollments in institutions by sex, fall 1974-1983; summer school registrations, 1974-1983; total…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Attendance, College Students, Community Colleges
Redd, Kenneth E. – 1992
A study was done to describe the trends in the number and proportion of racial/ethnic minority graduates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities in the 1980s to see if minorities in the state that made gains relative to whites. The study analyzed data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Census Bureau's Current Population…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans
Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, Harrisburg. – 1984
Postsecondary plans of over 16,000 freshmen and seniors enrolled in Pennsylvania's public and private high schools during 1983-1984 were studied. Attention was directed to the effect of community, school, family, and student personal factors and characteristics that influence student decisions to attend various forms of postsecondary education.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Change Strategies, College Attendance
Trends in Black Students' College Enrollments And Participation Rates in Pennsylvania, 1980 to 1989.
Redd, Kenneth E. – 1991
This report examines the trends in Black undergraduate enrollments at Pennsylvania colleges and universities and postsecondary education participation rates for Pennsylvania's Black high school graduating classes for the 1980s. Enrollment trends for all undergraduates, full-time undergraduates, first-time undergraduates and for part-time…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Attendance, College Students, Community Colleges
Tierney, Michael L. – 1979
Projections of the number of 18-year-olds in each Pennsylvania county through 1994 are presented. The projections are further disaggregated by the student attributes of sex and race. The projections are based on historical migration rates, natality rates, and mortality rates. The projection procedure assumes that the survival and migration rates…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Birth Rate, College Attendance, College Bound Students
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