Students who attend college part time are at a disadvantage relative to their full-time peers, according to a report released in June by the National Center for Education Statistics, an arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The report analyzes data from a 2004 national postsecondary student-aid study to create a profile of part-time…

The United States is becoming less globally competitive as other nations move aggressively to educate their populations. To lead the world once again in educational attainment--President Obama's goal by 2020--more Americans will need to enter college. But the biggest challenge isn't college going; it is college completion. Around the country,…

This quantitative research study used ex post facto data to analyze possible relationships between a discrete set of independent variables and academic achievement among provisionally admitted students at a public, four-year historically black university located in the mid-Atlantic United States. The independent variables were first-generation…

This report provides annualized enrollment information for the Wyoming community college system for the 2007-2008 academic year. During this year, credit headcount at Wyoming's community colleges has increased by 4.8%, and now exceeds 24,000. The report also indicates that a once prevalent difference between the enrollment of men and women is…

This study explores the dimensions of the work/life/study balance and its influence on student participation in higher education, through a case study of the experience of higher education students, studying both full time and part time, in a Scottish further education college. The experience of the students and the work/life/study challenges that…

This paper presents a quantitative analysis of information literacy competencies level within nine universities of Lithuania. The empirical research was carried out in 2005 with a research sample of 700 respondents. Comparative analysis of the data between full-time and extramural study mode students revealed differences in the level of…

This report includes Summer 2007 semester enrollment information for Wyoming's seven comprehensive community colleges. Selected data includes student counts by credit hours, county, full-time students (FTE), program or study, ethnicity and a ten-year history. (Contains 12 tables.) [For the Spring 2007 enrollment report, see ED502750.]

This brief paper summarizes statistics on the rate at which 16-24 year old full-time college students were employed during October from 1970 to 1993, categorized by race/ethnicity (White, Black, and Hispanic) and hours worked per week. The data indicated that 46 percent of all full-time students were employed in 1993, and about one-fourth worked…

Uses national survey data to identify individuals returning to full-time education in the United Kingdom. Examines returnees' characteristics and estimates a model of the decision to return. Student background is a factor, suggesting that initial employment mismatches and insufficient occupational information were partly to blame for leaving…

We develop a model derived from human capital theory that explicitly recognizes the role of opportunity costs, particularly employment opportunities, in determining full-time/part-time enrollment patterns for college students. Using national data from the 1990/1994 Beginning Post-secondary Survey, we test this model by comparing those initially…

The U.S. Congress has mandated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) produce an annual report to help inform policymakers about the progress of education in the United States. Using data from across the center and from other sources of education data, "The Condition of Education 2015" presents 42 key indicators on…

This report presents information about enrollment at public and private institutions of higher education in Connecticut. Total enrollment at Connecticut's colleges and universities reached an all-time record of 170,227 in fall 2002, an increase of 5,550 students (3.4%) over fall 2001. This year also was an all-time record in full-time enrollment,…

This publication presents data on enrollment trends within the University of Wisconsin (UW) System from fall 1989 to fall 1999. Tables include an: historical profile of full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment; historical profile of headcount enrollment; historical profile of undergraduate FTE enrollment; historical profile of undergraduate headcount…

This document asks further education colleges (FECs) to complete a survey of students on recognized courses of higher education (HE). The data collected on the Higher Education in Further Education: Students Survey 2000-01 (HEIFES2000) are intended to be compatible with those from the Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey 2000-01…

College enrollment trends were examined with attention to participation of women and youth, part- and full-time study, and qualifications of entering students. Findings include the following: in 1973 there was only one university in Western Australia, and the colleges sector consisted of five teacher training institutions and one institute of…