Working adult undergraduates can be broken into two groups: employees who study (those who work full-time and pursue postsecondary education to obtain skills necessary to advance in their careers) and students who work (those who work part-time and attend school full-time). In 1999-2000 roughly two-thirds of working undergraduates aged 24 or older…

By 2025, 22 percent of the U.S. college-age population will be Latino, a level already reached in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. Meeting the country's future human capital and workforce needs make it imperative to improve outcomes for Latino students today. As public attention is focused on current achievement gaps,…

This report is a statistical analysis of trends in the participation of women in higher education and in the labor market from 1970-1994. In 45 figures and 14 tables, data on women's achievements are compared with those of men, with each chart accompanied by a short analysis of the data. The first section of the report presents demographic and…

These proceedings include approximately 100 abstracts of papers dealing with the following aspects of research in nursing education: clinical judgment, faculty roles and expectations, learning, clinical experience, ethics and moral development, implications for the nursing curriculum of clinical nursing knowledge research, professional…

The academic careers of City University of New York (CUNY) freshmen who enrolled during the initial years of the open-admissions policy were studied. For 1970, 1971, and 1972 entrants, educational attainments were measured through 1984. Attention was directed to: rates of graduation for undergraduate degrees after 12 or more years; how students…

In 1970, 55 percent of the US population over age 25 had completed high school or some college and 11 percent had completed 4 or more years of college; by 1999, those figures had reached 83 percent and 25 percent, respectively. A comparison between 1982 and 1992 high school seniors found more completing some postsecondary credits (from 53 percent…

Four studies concerning the impact on students and faculty of individualized baccalaureate programs at the General College of the University of Minnesota were conducted. These studies concerned faculty perceptions of the individualized degree program; consequences of the program on faculty advising, activities, and academic load; reactions of…

Based on data collected for the first phase of a study conducted by the Bureau of Social Research in cooperation with the American Council on Education, this report examines the education- and work-related experiences of graduates from external degree programs at the undergraduate level to gather baseline information about how well such degrees…

The United States is losing high-paying jobs to countries that produce a more reliable supply of college graduates in math and science. Texas faces its own economic slowdown if it is unable to graduate more students with bachelor's degrees. The state has been addressing many of the obstacles students face in earning a four-year degree. Outreach…

This study examined the work force attainments of three groups of deaf adults: persons with no college degrees, persons with sub-Baccalaureate degrees, and persons with Bachelor degrees. Data were derived from the "Alumni Feedback Questionnaire" of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and from the "Secondary School Graduate Follow-up…

There is a strong and growing argument for higher educational attainment in the United States. The jobs that are expected to support the economy in the coming years will depend on a skilled workforce that is able to learn and adapt quickly to new challenges. However, demographic patterns demonstrate that relying on the traditional K-16 pipeline to…

While Part I looked at the entire cohort of 8th graders and what became of them 12-years later, this section focuses on the NELS cohort that went on to postsecondary education. For that reason, we suggest caution in comparing data herein with those in Part I. The percentages will not match up perfectly between reports because the cohorts analyzed…

This booklet summarizes data on the persistence and attainment outcomes of students in postsecondary education and the enrollment factors related to these outcomes. The primary data describe students, as of 1994, who began their postsecondary education in the 1989-90 academic year. Additional data describe postsecondary education experiences of…

According to the 1999 annual surveys of technical and further education (TAFE) and university bachelor graduates in Australia, both sectors have experienced significant growth in the past 10 years (10-year growth rates of more than 70% and 41%, respectively). Within 6 months of graduation, 72.8% of TAFE graduates and 66.4% of university graduates…

This monograph traces changes in computer science as a field of study in the college curriculum, and the associated changes in the work force and labor market. The study followed two cohorts of students from high school to age 30. Records for the first cover the period 1972-84; and for the second, the period 1982-93. The purpose of the study was…