This document presents tabular data on the performance of high school students enrolled in public colleges and universities in West Virginia in Fall 2003. Data is provided for the following areas: (1) 2002-2003 West Virginia Public High School Graduates Enrolling in West Virginia Public Colleges in Fall 2003, by County; (2) 2002-2003 West Virginia…

In debates about the adoption of the unified state examination, evaluations have ranged all the way from "a key direction in the modernization of education" to "a three-letter outrage," while those who are support it and those who oppose it have probably done more to accuse their opponents of all the deadly sins than to…

National assessments of U.S. high school students' writing and other verbal abilities do not show that literacy has declined substantially in recent years. In fact, scores have been relatively stable since the 1980s. The proportion of students with solid writing and reading abilities has held fairly steady but remained small during the past 25…

The percentage of public high school graduates entering the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) has increased in the last two years, offsetting the downturn that occurred between 2001 and 2003. In 2005, 9.8% of California public high school graduates entered CSU and 6.4% entered UC. College-going rates for CSU…

This study assesses the role of distance to school in the probability of attending university shortly after high school. Students who grow up near a university may avoid moving and added living costs by commuting from home to attend the local university. The distance between the homes of high school students and the nearest university is…

While male high school graduates were more likely to enroll in college than their female counterparts three decades ago, this pattern reversed by the late 1980s. The gender gap in college attendance rates has continued to increase ever since. In this paper, I examine several factors that might affect the diverging college entrance patterns for…

This research brief examines the destination of Miami-Dade County public high school graduates the year following their graduation. For 1998-99, 58% continued into public postsecondary education, with 37% (375) enrolling at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) (Florida), 9.6% at Florida International University (FIU), and 10.4% at other colleges…

Designed to provide information on reasons for the enrollment decline of full-time, first-time-in-college students at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC), this report presents data showing the patterns of Dade County public high school graduation and subsequent direct-entry enrollment into MDCC for the past 5 years. Introductory material provides…

Statistical tables present data on the distribution of 1980-81 high school graduates of New York State's public and private high schools as of the Fall of 1981. Table 1 shows trends in the rates of entrance into degree-granting institutions and other types of postsecondary education from 1967 to 1981. Table 2 presents trends in the rates of…

"Policy Alert" is a publication series that summarizes important policy findings affecting the future of higher education. This issue looks at the benefits of increasing a state's "educational capital," and highlights four key transition points of the "educational pipeline" marking students' progress from high school to completion of a college…

High School and Beyond data show that blacks are more likely to continue high school and attend college than whites with similar test scores. Black school leavers had far lower employment rates than comparable whites. Multinomial logit estimates suggest fewer job opportunities for blacks as a partial explanation. (SK)

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…

THE CAREERS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GRADUATES' PURSUITS AND THEIR PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS, FAMILY BACKGROUND, AND VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WERE INVESTIGATED. AN AREA OF MAJOR CONCERN WAS THE IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS WHICH APPEAR TO BEAR ON COLLEGE ATTENDANCE. A SAMPLE OF 9,779 STUDENTS WITHIN 16 COMMUNITIES…

SINCE 1900 THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY GROWTH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SLIGHT DECLINE BETWEEN 1940 AND 1950, IN THE NUMBER OF GIRLS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL -- 57,000 IN 1900, 367,000 IN 1930, AND 1.3 MILLION IN 1965. THE NUMBER OF WOMEN FIRST-TIME ENROLLEES IN COLLEGE WAS 32 PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF WOMEN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN 1948, 40 PERCENT…

This study is concerned with assessing the number and percentage of high school graduates in Mississippi in 1963-67 who entered college. Data were secured from the annual reports FALL ENROLLMENTS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN MISSISSIPPI issued for the academic years 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, and 1967-68 by the Board of Trustees of…