In the spring of 1980, the High School and Beyond (HSB) base year survey collected data from about 28,000 seniors and about 30,000 sophomores in more than 1,000 secondary schools. This supplement was designed to collect data concerning the methodology associated with the receipt of postsecondary financial aid within the first 4 years after high…

A quasi-longitudinal case study was used to determine the effects on secondary students of participation in a program of enrichment and extracurricular science activities in terms of their interest and enjoyment in being involved in science activities, their motivation to continue to participate in science, and their perceptions about scientists…

This paper is the second in a series exploring the impact of changing proportions of youth in our society. It attempts to verify the theory of demographic discontinuity (see SO 013 568) through historical analysis. The main part of the paper presents a careful analysis of five historical situations that are generally recognized as being important…

This study sought to answer the following questions: Are commuting students different from resident students? Are commuters a heterogeneous population? Do trends in commuter concerns from 1973-75 persist in 1976? A sample of 1475 incoming freshmen at the University of Maryland, College Park, who attended the 1976 two-day freshman orientation…

The effects of the GI Bill on veteran's readjustment to civilian life and on the educational community are examined in an effort to determine if (1) benefit levels should be changed; (2) the time that veterans must complete their training or school should be extended; and (3) benefits for attending flight and correspondence school should be…

Student retention and attrition patterns of entering freshmen at North Carolina State University and a description of transfer student retention and attrition are presented. The status of freshmen entering the college from 1971-1976 is given in terms of: total freshmen, black freshmen, white freshmen, freshmen females, freshmen males, graduation…

This report continues an analysis of the student flow patterns of the fall 1975 entering students at the Hawaii community colleges. Focus is placed on the extreme persisters (students who were enrolled for all six semesters without a break in attendance at their campus of entry) who continued their studies for the seventh semester. Findings are…

This report presents data from three longitudinal studies conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. The National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972, the High School and Beyond study, and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) were all designed to assess the educational experiences and achievements of high…

This report presents national data for 1990 on high school dropout and retention rates. The report uses the Current Population Survey and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. The three types of dropout rates discussed are: (1) event rates, (2) status rates, and (3) cohort rates. The report also examines high school completion and…

The High School and Beyond (HSB) Course Offerings and Course Enrollments (COCE) data file includes a record for every school eligible for the HSB First Follow-Up school survey. A total of 1,015 of these schools are from the HSB "main sample" of secondary schools, and 17 are "target schools" that absorbed all or most of the…

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) was contracted by the National Center for Education Statistics to investigate changes in tested achievement using cross-sectional comparisons between the 1972 National Longitudinal Study (NLS) seniors and the 1980 High School and Beyond (HSB) senior cohort. The ETS is also responsible for estimating the extent…

Analysis of data from the High School and Beyond panel study indicates that the willingness to consider single motherhood can be linked to the following: (1) nonconforming behavior; (2) educational opportunity costs; and (3) for whites and Hispanics, depression. This report examined 13,061 females from the 1980 sophomore cohort who responded to…

This report summarizes and documents the major technical aspects of the High School and Beyond First Follow-Up survey. Student data were collected (through questionnaires and tests) from samples of the 1980 High School and Beyond Base Year survey sophomore and senior cohorts, and school data from administrators. High school transcripts for a…

As part of a longitudinal study designed to monitor students who entered Kapiolani Community College (KCC) in Fall 1979 for five consecutive semesters, the two sets of data tables in this report summarize the academic progress of the students as of Spring 1981. The first set of tables, which break down data by sex, program, financial aid and…

The third in a series of six reports on higher education in Iowa, this document presents enrollment projections for Iowa postsecondary education institutions from 1978 through 1986. Data were collected from the regents universities, independent colleges, and area colleges throughout the state. A computerized nonprescriptive projection model was…