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Dylan Conger; Steven W. Hemelt; María Luisa Vásquez – EdResearch for Action, 2024
The EdResearch for Action "Overview Series" summarizes the research on key topics to provide K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students. Authors -- leading experts from across the field of education research -- are charged with highlighting key findings from…
Descriptors: Courses, Early Experience, College Credits, High School Students
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Hemelt, Steven W.; Swiderski, Tom – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022
We analyze the rollout of a Statewide Dual-Credit (SDC) program intended to expand access to college-level courses during high school. We find that SDC increased early postsecondary course-taking among students in the middle of the achievement distribution, especially through courses in vocational subjects, without decreasing participation in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Courses
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Chen, Xianglei; Caves, Lesa R.; Pretlow, Joshua; Caperton, Samuel Austin; Bryan, Michael; Cooney, Darryl – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
This First Look report presents selected findings from transcript data collected through the Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS) for the 2011-12 cohort of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12). The students in the 2011-12 cohort were selected during the 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study…
Descriptors: Courses, College Credits, Time to Degree, Undergraduate Students
Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2014
Maryland's postsecondary colleges and universities serve more than 350,000 students and enrollments are expected to increase in the coming years. Along with growth in enrollment, the state expects to see an increasingly diverse student body. The 2013-2017 Maryland State Plan for Higher Education, "Maryland Ready," highlights the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, State Colleges, Enrollment Rate, Delivery Systems
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Marken, Stephanie; Gray, Lucinda; Lewis, Laurie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
This report provides descriptive national data on the prevalence and characteristics of dual enrollment programs at postsecondary institutions in the United States. For this survey, dual enrollment refers to high school students earning college credits for courses taken through a postsecondary institution. The National Center for Education…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, High School Students, Postsecondary Education, High Schools
Pinkham, Karen L., Ed. – 1983
Designed for students planning to transfer within the University of Nevada (UN) System, this guide provides general information and specific data on the transfer status of courses offered by the four community colleges in the system. Introductory material provides information on UN admissions, transfer courses, course numbering, curriculum…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, Community Colleges, Courses
Jones, Calvin; And Others – 1986
The codebook for the Postsecondary Education Transcript File of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72), which is a machine-readable data file containing information on transcripts from NLS-72 senior cohort members who reported attending a postsecondary institution after high school, is presented. Records were…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Credits, College Students, Courses
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1986
The Postsecondary Education Transcript File of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) is a machine-readable data file containing information on transcripts from NLS-72 senior cohort members who reported attending a postsecondary institution after high school. Records were obtained from all types of educational…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Credits, College Students, Courses
Phillips, Rebecca R. – 1979
A survey of 89 two- and four-year colleges in the Western and Southwestern United States was conducted to provide an overview of Library Media Technical Assistant (LMTA) education programs in those sections of the country. Each of the target institutions was identified by the Guidance Information System or the "Ferguson Guide to Two-Year…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Credits, Community Colleges
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1979
The "National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972: Base Year (1972) through Fourth Follow-up (1979)" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a single merged file of student responses to the original interviews or tests in 1972 and the mail follow-up surveys of 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979. The 1972 data were gathered by…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Planning, Careers, College Attendance