When the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education (subsequently referred to as the commission) convened in fall 2008, the educational landscape was facing a number of issues that the commission's members recognized as formidable challenges to those students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. Summarizing the…

This report, issued by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, reports on trends in higher education for the year 2010. Six goals are presented, each with indicators. Each indicator is broken down into the following subsections: About This Indicator; Highlights; and In the Future. Most indicators also include statistical tables and figures…

When the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education (subsequently referred to as the commission) convened in fall 2008, the educational landscape was facing a number of issues that the commission's members recognized as formidable challenges to those students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. Summarizing the…

This statistical report focuses on Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The report contains the core school enrollment and staffing data of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). The first part presents a summary of the demographic trends impacting both public and private education. Comparisons are made…

Since the 1970s, enrollment at higher education/postsecondary institutions increased steadily; this rise helped reshape the higher education landscape. A higher proportion of high school graduates attended colleges and universities, and the institutions evolved and changed through a more diverse student body with shifting priorities in academic…

Total enrollment in U.S. medical schools rose in 1981-82 but more slowly than previously. Composition of the student population has changed considerably, with percentage increases in women students. Underrepresented minorities were over eight percent of total enrollments. Minority and ethnic group breakdowns are presented in tabular form. (MSE)

This document presents data collected from all American engineering colleges for the academic year 1990-91 on minority enrollment and graduation rates by gender. The objective in analyzing the data was to determine what gender-specific engineering education issues should be considered in pursuing the goal of increased minority participation. To…

Data on the 1979-80 enrollment in United States medical schools provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges are presented. Female medical student enrollment increased and figures do not support the notion that underrepresented minorities have been adversely affected by the Bakke decision. (MLW)

An all-time high in medical school enrollments is reported in this statistical report. Data are given by sex, by racial/ethnic group and citizenship, and by class level, racial/ethnic group, and citizenship. (LBH)

Provides some of the results of the Engineering Manpower Commission's fall 1986 survey of enrollments in engineering education. Includes tabular data on those enrollments categorized by students in all institutions surveyed and for just those students in accredited programs, as well as by curriculum and by school and state. (TW)

Trends in podiatric medical education are discussed, including accredited and approved programs, college enrollments, women student enrollment, ethnic minority enrollment, states providing the largest numbers of first-year students, residency education in podiatric medicine, tuition, and financial aid. (MLW)

National data are presented on: 50 institutions conferring the most bachelor's degrees on African American and Hispanic men in 1992-93, including number and percentage of all graduates; educational attainment levels (elementary, secondary, college), by different age groups, and college enrollment by racial/ethnic group in 1984 and 1994; and…

Enrollments for 1990 by ethnicity (American Indian, Asian American, African American, Hispanic, white, and foreign) are tabulated for each of 3,000 higher education institutions. Minorities accounted for 19.2 percent of all college students, up 10 percent since 1988 in comparison to a rise of 3.8 percent among white, non-Hispanic students. Asian…

This list of approximately 450 accredited postsecondary minority institutions is based on data from the 1996 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Fall Enrollment Compliance Report and the National Center for Education Statistics. Institutions are listed alphabetically by state and information includes institution name, percent minority…

This report summarizes the latest available national statistics on access and attainment by low income and minority community college students. The data come from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) annual surveys of all postsecondary educational institutions and the NCES…