Analysis of the income distribution of students enrolled in New Jersey's colleges and universities was structured to yield results that would help develop policy recommendations, especially in the areas of access and equity. Major findings include: (1) New Jersey families are more affluent than families in the U.S. in general, but families with…

Earnings data show that Indonesian males have significantly lower returns to education than females, especially at diploma and secondary vocational levels. Indonesian women have acquired secondary and postsecondary education in greater numbers. Greater returns to schooling also appear for older cohorts. (SK)

Data on educational opportunity for U.S.A., Seden, Spain and Germany are used to portray diverse status profiles of students. Then changes in rates of attendance for three status categories in Sweden from 1950 to 1970 are measured in three ways. Results show a strong tendency toward social "democratization" in Sweden. (Editor/JT)

Five tables present data concerning the distribution of 1988-89 high school graduates of New York State's public and nonpublic schools. The data were secured through the State Education Department's Basic Educational Data System and reflect the status of graduates in the fall of 1989. Table 1 presents trends in the college-going rate of New York…

These tables represent an analysis of enrollment in Oklahoma higher Education for fall semester 1975 in comparison with previous fall semesters, including enrollments in state and private Oklahoma colleges and universities. Enrollments are catagorized by geographic origin, graduate and undergraduate status, county, state, and outlying area,…

This document is the fourth in a series of operations reports dealing with student enrollment data for the community college system in the state of Washington, and is intended to provide an accurate and current compilation of information concerning such enrollment. Data for the years 1962 through 1973 are included for historical comparison…

This publication provides historical data on enrollment, weekly student contact hours, and average daily attendance for the district and for each college in the district. Detailed enrollment data (by student category and also by ethnic group) are provided for the 1972-73 and 1973-74 academic years. Ten-year trends are available for less detailed…

The 1968 Educational Commission, appointed by the Swedish Minister of Education, was charged with the tasks of working out an overall plan for the future postsecondary education of Sweden, covering in particular its capacity, location, and organization. This document summarizes the report of the Commission. Emphasis is placed on the definition of…

Records from the quarterly collection of data on Australia's apprentices and trainees were matched with the annual data from vocational education and training providers (VET). The results provide information on the courses and modules undertaken as part of off-the-job training of apprentices and trainees who had a contract of training with an…

After a systematic national search, 86 special education doctoral programs were found to be active in 1999. Program administrators were surveyed and results indicate most special education doctoral programs are under enrolled, doctoral students' enrollment has declined 30% over the last 20 years, and programs are not highly selective. (Contains…

This paper presents data on educational expenditures of lesser developed countries (LDCs) and member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and compares patterns of expenditures by levels of education. Expenditures for each level of education are also analyzed in terms of unit costs, enrollment rates, and 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…

The Illinois High School Class of 2002 is part of the third generational wave of American students following the landmark Supreme Court decision in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka," which outlawed segregation in public education. This longitudinal study allows the authors to examine the long-term impacts of this monumental…

In the spring of 2005, the Ministry of Advanced Education on behalf of the 22 Central Data Warehouse (CDW) participating institutions, the Ministry of Education, and the BC Universities signed an agreement to establish a formal mechanism that protects individual privacy while enabling the exchange of personal information between the parties for…

The report summarizes state-level changes in black student enrollment that occurred between 1978-79 and 1987-88 and discusses campus-level changes since the low point of black enrollment in 1984-85. It concludes that, using any of several measures of college participation and setting aside the issue of student migration, Indiana higher education…