Since 2004, the Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) has tracked the postsecondary experiences of successive cohorts of graduating Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students and examined the relationship among high school preparation, support, college choice, and postsecondary outcomes. The goal of this research is to help CPS understand the…

The rate of increase of Illinois junior college enrollment has decreased for the past several years. One reason for this may lie in the fact that the consumption of a service has its greatest rate of increase in the early stages of the supply of the service. As the unmet demand for it becomes satisfied, additional consumption decreases, approaches…

Examines the effects of tuition and fee increases on enrollment at 39 of the 40 Illinois community college districts. Indicates that tuition increases are not responsible for 1993 enrollment losses but that other explanations, including the possibility that increased employment place greater time demand on potential students, may be more…