This research brief examines the destination of Miami-Dade County public high school graduates the year following their graduation. For 1998-99, 58% continued into public postsecondary education, with 37% (375) enrolling at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) (Florida), 9.6% at Florida International University (FIU), and 10.4% at other colleges…

Examines policy and practical questions at both the international and national levels regarding recent unprecedented institutional evolution and dramatic demographic changes in higher education. For example, explores what role U.S. higher education will play in the global market, and how it will act to meet challenges of new demographics in the…

Compares black-white performances in educational attainment among adults who reside in the 15 most populous U.S. cities or metropolitan areas, focusing on: the best-performing cities for African American high school completions; racial differences in African American college completions in the nation's largest cities; cities with high percentages…

Introduces a model for estimating the amount of revenue a typical student will bring to an institution of higher education. The model uses event history analysis to analyze the length of time a typical student will remain enrolled, and then uses this estimate in combination with tuition numbers to arrive at revenue estimates. (EV)

Describes the phenomenon of multiple-institution attendance, outlining the primary patterns of student behavior and discussing the implications of these patterns for higher education. Raises the issue of maintaining a proper balance between the integrity and coherence of academic programs and growing demand among consumers and policy makers for…

Describes how Mercy College, to promote both access and success for its largely low-income and nontraditional students, has undertaken a wholesale reorganization of its support services and redesign of its curricula around core competencies. (EV)

Discusses ways academic officials are making the task of retaining online students a top priority. (EV)

Describes how, at the University of Kansas, many students of color are excelling at a rate that has outpaced their peers. Campus officials credit the HAWK Link program and its comprehensive approach to retention. (EV)

As more Americans enter college than ever before, their pathways through the broadly differentiated higher education system are changing. Movement in, out, and among institutions now characterizes students' attendance patterns--half of all undergraduates who begin at a four-year institution go on to attend at least one other college, and over…

The tuition benefit policies of 10 companies are described, along with a summary of the results of a benefits survey of major companies. The survey items and responses are provided for 650 companies, representing the industrial Fortune 500 and the service Fortune 500: banks, insurance companies, retailers, and transportation and utility companies.…

Enrollments, it is suggested, have not dropped, in part because the decline in the total pool from which colleges enroll their students has been compensated for by increased enrollments of older students. (MLW)

"Policy Alert" is a publication series that summarizes important policy findings affecting the future of higher education. This issue looks at the benefits of increasing a state's "educational capital," and highlights four key transition points of the "educational pipeline" marking students' progress from high school to completion of a college…

This report contains information on the number of students under the age of eighteen and the courses taken by these students at Arizona's community colleges in 1999-2000. It provides information on students under the age of eighteen who had not yet attained a high school diploma or high school certificate of equivalency and who were enrolled in a…

The report discusses Brain Gain 2010, a strategic plan to increase the proportion of Oklahoma's population with college degrees. National figures show that states with the greatest economic success have the highest percentages of college-educated citizens. Currently, Oklahoma ranks in the bottom one-third of all states for the educational…

Describes how outreach and diversity efforts appear to be paying off as some colleges and universities experience record minority student enrollments this fall. (EV)