Article compared the level of education attained by men and women in the United States using a survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census in March 1974. (Author/RK)

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has recently published its 1976-77 edition of "Education Directory, Colleges and Universities". This is the latest in a series of annual directories of institutions of higher education issued by this office. Discusses the diversity that exists in the sizes of American colleges and…

A new computation of school retention rates by the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that about three-fourths of the young people today are earning high-school diplomas. Discusses the development of those statistics and the estimated retention rates from the fifth grade through college graduation in the United States during the…

Evaluates data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) that indicate average annual salaries paid to male and female administrators in institutions of higher education during the 1976-77 school year. (Author/RK)

Course offerings and enrollments of students in public secondary schools for the 1972-73 period were discussed. (RK)

This report, sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), focused on the access of 1972 high school graduates to postsecondary education and jobs in 1973-74. (Author/RK)

Data derived from surveys of "Earned Degrees Conferred" conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics indicate that as of June 30, 1976 there was substantial increases in the number of bachelor's degrees conferred in five of the top 12 fields of study in 1975-76 compared with 1970-71. Gives percentage changes in those fields of study…

A dramatic shift in the age distribution of college students occurred between October 1972 and October 1976, according to reports released by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Outlines the large increase in the percentage of older persons attending college, i.e., those over 25, as compared with those under 25. (Author/RK)

The National Center for Education Statistics collects annual data on the number of bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education in the United States and on the number of persons who enter college as first-time freshmen. Compares the relationship between the two sets of data. (Author/RK)

A recent National Center for Education Statistics survey provides information on the proportion of college students who study outside home-state boundaries as against those who study within their home state. An accompanying map presents state figures for the net migration--in-state and out-of-state--of American college students. (Author/RK)

Cracking school statistics records has come to be "old hat" for education, but signs are out that record-breaking years are numbered. (Editor)