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Mendonça, Mariana – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2020
The expansion process of Latin American higher education systems experienced in recent decades has drawn the attention of many scholars. Its impact has been assessed in relation to the broadening of access to education for the low-income sectors and the reduction of social inequality; likewise, the market's capacity to absorb a greater number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Equal Education, Higher Education
National Student Clearinghouse, 2014
Current Term Enrollment Estimates, published every December and May by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC), include national enrollment estimates by institutional sector, state, enrollment intensity, age group, and gender. Enrollment estimates are adjusted for Clearinghouse data coverage rates by institutional sector, state,…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Enrollment Rate
National Student Clearinghouse, 2014
Current Term Enrollment Estimates, published every December and May by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, include national enrollment estimates by institutional sector, state, enrollment intensity, age group, and gender. Enrollment estimates are adjusted for Clearinghouse data coverage rates by institutional sector, state, and…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Enrollment Rate
Kinkead, John Clinton, II – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study had two primary objectives. First, this study sought to create a classification system to which publicly-controlled Carnegie classified Master's Colleges and Universities could be grouped according to geographical service (rural-serving, suburban-serving, or urban-serving. Second, once the classification system was developed and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Classification, Student Financial Aid, Public Colleges
Engle, Jennifer; Yeado, Joseph; Brusi, Rima; Cruz, Jose L. – Education Trust, 2012
To preserve our nation's democratic ideals and compete in the global economy, we must improve postsecondary educational attainment. Indeed, the stakes are so high that prominent government and business leaders have set a goal for the United States to regain its status as the world's most educated country by 2020. Given demographic and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Graduates, Educational Attainment, Transfer Students
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
Findings from the 1987 Early National Estimates survey of more than 600 institutions of higher education show that the U.S. higher education enrollment continues to hold steady even though the traditional college-age population of 18- to 24-year-olds is still declining. The data also show that: (1) total college enrollment is approximately 12.5…
Descriptors: Age, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Students