To help inform policymakers and the public about the progress of education in the United States, Congress has mandated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) produce an annual report, "The Condition of Education." This year's report presents 42 indicators on important topics and trends in U.S. education. These…

By looking at progress of students from entry into postsecondary education (PSE) through completion of the bachelor's degree, it is possible to find out more about those students who do not go directly to college and graduate exactly 4 years after high school and compare them with more traditional peers. Data come from the National Longitudinal…

This report, part of a series that offers population and housing data collected by Census 2000, presents data on the educational attainment of people over age 25 years in the United States, describing education distributions for the country, including regions, states, counties, and places with populations of 100,000 or more. Overall, U.S.…

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…

The intergenerational effect of mother's or father's possession of a baccalaureate degree was examined for two racial groups who were respondents to the 1971 and l980 CIRP surveys. A 15-variable block recursive model was estimated to study vocational behavior processes as related to five categories of variables. (Author/MLW)

Once they begin kindergarten, America's children are taught by professionals with at least a four-year college degree. Prior to kindergarten, their teachers are far less prepared. Fewer than half of preschool teachers hold a bachelor's degree, and many have never even attended college. Noting that new research finds that young children's learning…

A study investigated quantitative and qualitative factors in the attainment of a bachelor's degree among students who began in two year colleges. More research on the nature of the community college experience among particular subgroups and efforts to strengthen the experience for those planning to transfer are recommended. (MSE)

Describes a study of factors promoting and inhibiting transfer and the attainment of bachelors (BA) degrees. Reports findings from interviews with 48 minority scholarship recipients who transferred from two-year to four-year colleges, comparing BA recipients and non-recipients. Relates findings to research on the importance of social integration…

This study examined the perceptions of Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduates about public administration curriculum and their political acuity. Using data from a national survey on MPA graduate attitudes, it focused on the perceptions of 1,428 MPA graduates who were state administrators, 351 state administrators with bachelor of arts…

Investigates the probability of attaining a baccalaureate degree for students from community colleges who transferred to a 4-year college, using data from the 1980 class of the High School and Beyond Survey (1,899 4-year students compared with 422 transfers). Probability of a degree was equivalent for both groups. (SLD)

Canadian women's university participation rate doubled from 10% to 20% between 1975 and 1992 (although it has remained relatively stable since then) (Mandel & Berkowitz, 1999). Women currently make up the majority of full-time students in Canadian universities. Statistics from 1996 indicate women made up 50% of those with a Bachelor's or first…

Although the number of white student receiving college degrees has stayed steady for five years, the number of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American degree recipients has risen dramatically. Some fear these trends will cause complacency or criticism that gains are at the expense of whites. Five-year trends in undergraduate degrees…

In 2008's Public Chapter 863, the General Assembly directed the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to work with the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Board of Regents to facilitate "universal articulation" of lower division "transfer paths" to baccalaureate majors. This legislation builds on a 2000 Act…

Examines whether employers can infer information about workers' precollege abilities from acquired college credentials and value attainment of credentials because they signal these abilities. Analysis of 1993 National Longitudinal Study of Youth data reveals that employers value attainment of a bachelor's degree for these reasons. Academic degrees…

The academic progress of minority and nonminority community college transfer students toward baccalaureate degree completion was studied using term-by-term longitudinal files. The study sample consisted of 1,179 students entering community college in fall 1985 as first-time students and transferring to the university by 1991, and 990 students…