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Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Sommo, Colleen; Welbeck, Rashida – MDRC, 2011
Many adult students struggle to finance their educations, often contending with work and child care expenses in addition to the extra cost of remedial courses. Moreover, there is little need-based grant aid to help. This report presents early findings from an evaluation of a program in New York City targeted to low-income adults (ages 22 to 35)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Low Income Groups, College Credits, Adult Students
Oseguera, Leticia; Denson, Nida; Hurtado, Sylvia – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2009
Financing college is increasingly difficult for many college students and it can be especially difficult for low-income students. Using data from the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program, this study provides a portrait of the 1st and 3rd year experiences of a sample of both high achieving Hispanic scholarship recipients and non-recipients.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Paying for College, Higher Education, High Achievement
Bryce-Laporte, Rene – Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2009
Study after study demonstrates that low-income students are severely underrepresented in higher education. In fact, the attendance rate of low-income students appears to be declining rather than growing. Individual Development Accounts or IDAs used for postsecondary education can help address the problem. With an IDA, youth can afford to enroll in…
Descriptors: Money Management, Low Income Groups, Program Design, Higher Education
Noel-Levitz, Inc, 2009
Communicating with prospective students has undergone a profound transformation in the past ten years. Campus marketing--like marketing for any organization--had to adapt first to the Internet and e-mail and now to new social media formats like social networking and blogging. A recent survey of 1,000 college-bound seniors, however, shows that…
Descriptors: Internet, Marketing, Student Recruitment, Enrollment
Espenshade, Thomas J.; Radford, Alexandria Walton – Princeton University Press, 2009
Against the backdrop of today's increasingly multicultural society, are America's elite colleges admitting and successfully educating a diverse student body? "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal" pulls back the curtain on the selective college experience and takes a rigorous and comprehensive look at how race and social class impact each stage--from…
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, Enrollment, Race
McFarland, Joel; Hussar, Bill; Wang, Xiaolei; Zhang, Jijun; Wang, Ke; Rathbun, Amy; Barmer, Amy; Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Mann, Farrah Bullock – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
"The Condition of Education 2018" is a congressionally mandated annual report summarizing the latest data on education in the United States. This report is designed to help policymakers and the public monitor educational progress. This report contains indicators on the state of education in the United States, from prekindergarten through…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Kindergarten
Cunningham, Alisa F.; Santiago, Deborah A. – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2008
For millions of students, the increasing cost of a college education, combined with lower rates of growth in grant aid, have resulted in additional reliance on student loans to pay for college. The large and growing role of student loans introduces a concern that an aversion to borrowing could be limiting college enrollment choices for some…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, School Counselors, Student Financial Aid, Enrollment
Greene, Howard; Greene, Matthew – District Administration, 2008
This article presents key trends in college enrollment and gives suggestions on how to help students find their way to higher education. The authors believe that schools and school districts should create a college-bound culture. Such as culture fosters student understanding about what is takes to succeed in college and how to get there, and it…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, College Admission, College Bound Students
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Shrestha, Jui – Public Policy Institute of California, 2011
This survey was conducted with funding from The James Irvine Foundation. Its goal is to inform state policymakers, encourage discussion, and raise public awareness about Californians' opinions on issues affecting the state's public colleges and universities. It is the fifth annual PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) Statewide Survey on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Paying for College, Public Opinion
McPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David – National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2008
With passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, the Higher Education Act (HEA) is now reauthorized. What effect will it have on U.S. higher education? Students receiving Pell grants will find that college is more affordable while those who feared that the government would exert control over learning outcomes have breathed a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Aid, Research Universities, State Universities
Advance Illinois, 2012
This report assesses Illinois' academic performance from early childhood through postsecondary, providing a snapshot of how Illinois compares to other states and nations as we collectively work to provide all students a world-class education. The analysis is divided into three parts: (1) The first section examines how Illinois public schools serve…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
North Dakota University System, 2007
Also referred to as "The Viewbook", this publication provides an introduction to the North Dakota University System's 11 campuses, a matrix of programs of study and some of the key facts about enrollment, admission, the cost of college and financial aid.
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Enrollment, College Admission, Student Costs
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2010
In 1960, California developed a "master plan" for its already famed public higher education system. It was and continues to be arguably the single most influential effort to plan the future of a system of higher education in the annals of American higher education. Despite popular belief, however, the California Master Plan for Higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Educational Attainment, Academic Degrees
Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2008
An educated and skilled workforce is critical to Texas' economic vitality and competitiveness. However, Texas' low educational attainment poses tremendous challenges for the future. Rising tuition and limited financial aid also present Texas families and students with considerable barriers in paying for college and postsecondary training. Without…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Paying for College, Elementary Secondary Education
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
For-profit colleges, unlike the rest of higher education, are enjoying a financial boon that is likely to improve in the next couple of years. Enrollments this fall at nine major publicly traded college companies grew at a pace faster than the average annual rate of growth for the past three years, while profit margins for this year are projected…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Educational Finance, Private Colleges