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Quintini, Glenda – OECD Publishing, 2015
The combination of work and study has been hailed as crucial to ensure that youth develop the skills required on the labour market so that transitions from school to work are shorter and smoother. This paper fills an important gap in availability of internationally-comparable data. Using the 2012 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), it draws a…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship
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Staklis, Sandra; Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
From 1995-96 to 2007-08, the number of students enrolled in undergraduate education in the United States grew from about 16.7 million to 21 million. These Web Tables provide information on undergraduates during the 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08 academic years. Estimates are presented for all undergraduates and for undergraduates who…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Postsecondary Education, Enrollment Trends
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Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Ho, Phoebe – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
In 2007-08, about 3 million students were enrolled in graduate or first-professional degree programs in the United States. These students exhibited wide variation both demographically and in the types of programs and institutions they attended. They pursued degrees in all types of fields, from the physical and life sciences to the arts and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Professional Education, Paying for College
Dote, Lillian; Cramer, Kevin; Dietz, Nathan; Grimm, Robert, Jr. – Corporation for National and Community Service, 2006
To identify key trends in college student volunteering and to understand their implications for growing volunteering among college students, the Corporation has produced a new report, titled "College Students Helping America," the most comprehensive national report ever conducted on college student volunteering in the United States. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Volunteers, Part Time Employment, Student Employment
Syverson, Peter D. – 1982
Results of the 1980-81 Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted by the National Research Council, are summarized in tabular, graphic, and narrative form. Research and applied-research degrees are included, but professional degrees are not. Highlights include these: total doctorates awarded were 31,319, 1 percent increase from the previous year; the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Background
Hill, Susan; Froomkin, Joseph – 1980
Based upon data collected throughout the U.S. in the spring of 1976 as part of the Survey of Income and Education, this report presents a socioeconomic and educational profile of Hispanic postsecondary students. Wherever relevant, the data are compared with data on all U.S. postsecondary students. A general overview presents characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Dependents, Educational Status Comparison