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Blake H. Heller; Kirsten Slungaard Mumma – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
In 2000, federally funded public adult education programs provided basic skills training and English language instruction to over 2.6 million students, or about 1.5% of the U.S. adult population. By 2021, enrollment had plummeted to under 900,000, or less than 0.4% of adults. What explains these declines? This policy brief describes the evolution…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, English Learners, Enrollment Rate
Mulhern, Christine; Zaber, Melanie A. – RAND Corporation, 2021
This Perspective summarizes recent trends in young peoples' entrance into and completion of postsecondary educational programs. Education is an important pathway into well-paying jobs and the American middle class. Education levels have been rising for the past 50 years, including large gains for many demographic groups. But declining public…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Postsecondary Education, Educational Attainment
Causey, J.; Gardner, A.; Pevitz, A.; Ryu, M.; Shapiro, D. – National Student Clearinghouse, 2023
Nearly all states in the United States (45) currently have a postsecondary attainment goal to improve the average education levels of their residents and develop a highly-educated workforce. During a time of accelerated COVID-19 related postsecondary enrollment declines, the question as to how states will meet these goals could be particularly…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, College Enrollment, Enrollment Rate
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Zerquera, Desiree D.; Acevedo-Gil, Nancy; Flores, Elizabeth; Marantal, Patrick – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2018
This study used descriptive statistics to complicate the national narrative of Latina/o/x student college-going trends and aims to provide directions for future research on Latina/o/x students in the community college. Taking a state-by-state perspective, this study examined whether Latina/o/x college students enrolled in community colleges at…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, National Surveys
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Usher, Alex – Education Next, 2019
The United States has long been the world's most popular destination for international students studying abroad. Yet in 2017-18, American universities sustained a 6.6 percent drop in new enrollments by foreign students, continuing a trend that began in 2015-16 and causing much handwringing in higher-education circles and the media. In covering the…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Politics of Education
Nicholson, Starr; Mulvey, Patrick J. – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2016
Physics bachelor's degree production continues to increase, with the 8,122 bachelor's awarded representing yet another all-time high. Further increases in physics bachelor's degree production are anticipated as undergraduate junior- and senior-level enrollments continue to climb. The all-time high of 1,860 physics PhDs conferred in the class of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Enrollment Rate, Graduation Rate, School Statistics
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Schaub, Maryellen – American Journal of Education, 2016
The emergence and transformation of kindergarten in the United States is the quintessential example of the irrepressibility of schooling expansion, the ever-greater institutionalization of education in children's lives, and the rise in formal education's emphasis on cognitive skills among young children. This article explores the cultural…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Educational Change
Nicholson, Starr; Mulvey, Patrick J. – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2015
Undergraduate astronomy enrollments in the US continue to rise with junior and senior level enrollments exceeding the previous year's all-time high. The increasing undergraduate enrollments have produced 428 bachelor's in the 2013-14 academic year, also an all-time high. Undergraduate astronomy degree production will continue to rise given the…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Departments, Enrollment Rate, Graduation Rate
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Brown, Alan V.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Using a data set exclusively prepared for and licensed to them by the College Board, the authors examined the growth of the Advanced Placement program in foreign languages and overall trends in regard to the number of candidates who sat for the foreign language exams, their gender, their scores, and their ethnicity over the 36-year period covering…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Advanced Placement Programs, Trend Analysis, Student Participation
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Fass-Holmes, Barry – Journal of International Students, 2017
How many international students are reported for academic integrity violations (AIV), what are their demographics, and how do AIV sanctions affect their retention and/or graduation? Descriptive statistical analyses showed that the number of internationals reported for AIVs at an American West Coast public university increased almost six-fold…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Behavior, Integrity, Demography
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Kritz, Mary M. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2016
International student mobility has increased rapidly since 1975. This article examined country differences in outbound student mobility and the correlates of those differences. Previous studies have addressed this question but differ in their conclusions depending on whether they focus on factors associated with student outflows or inflows. UNESCO…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Comparative Education, Data Analysis, Study Abroad
Coca, Vanessa M.; Nagaoka, Jenny; Seeskin, Alex – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2017
This report from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research and the To&Through Project examines two- and four-year college enrollment patterns among Chicago Public Schools (CPS) graduates over the last 10 years. CPS graduates' immediate college enrollment rates increased over the decade, with 63 percent of 2015 graduates enrolling…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Two Year College Students, College Students, Community Colleges
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Patterson, Margaret Becker – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2016
Two core adult education outcomes for advanced adult learners in U.S. states under the National Reporting System are learning gains in adult secondary education and entry into postsecondary education (PSE). Advanced learner outcomes are associated with key functions in an adult education programming framework, as well as with adequate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Outcomes of Education, College Faculty, Achievement Gains
Gilleland, Kevin; Muli, Juliana – Wake County Public School System, 2015
Advanced Placement (AP) outcomes for Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) students have continued an upward trend for over 18 years, out-performing the state and the nation in all measures. In 2013-14 there were 13,757 exams taken by 6,955 WCPSS test-takers with almost 76% of the exams resulting in scores at or above 3, outperforming Guilford…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, County School Districts, Outcome Measures, Achievement Gains
Nicholson, Starr; Mulvey, Patrick J. – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2015
Physics bachelor's degree production has more than doubled since the recent low in 1999 and total enrollments in US undergraduate physics programs continue to increase. The all-time high of 7,526 bachelor's degrees in the class of 2014 represents the 15th consecutive year that the number of physics bachelor's conferred has increased. First-year…
Descriptors: Physics, Departments, Annual Reports, Enrollment Rate
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