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Crain, Robert L.; Mahard, Rita E. – 1978
The question asked in this study is "What are the processes by which different methods of desegregation affect different types of students on different kinds of outcomes?" This analysis focuses on three different types of outcomes: achievement test scores, college attendance, and reaching the junior year of college. The relationship between school…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Achievement, Black Students, College Attendance
Doermann, Humphrey – 1978
The current downward enrollment trend in postsecondary institutions is assessed in terms of its meaning for institutions, students, and taxpayers. An agenda is proposed for the review and an estimate is provided of the number of students who are qualified for postsecondary education but who fail to receive it because they lack the funds. It is…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Access to Education, College Attendance, College Bound Students
HAINES, PETER G.; OZZELLO, LAWRENCE M. – 1966
THE 1964 GRADUATES OF MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOLS WHO HAD BEEN COOPERATIVE TRAINEES WERE SURVEYED 10 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION. THE HIGH SCHOOL COORDINATORS SUPPLIED ADDRESSES AND CLASS RANK OF THE 5,420 TRAINEES. EACH TRAINEE RECEIVED A QUESTIONNAIRE AND, IF NECESSARY, A FOLLOW-UP LETTER AND DUPLICATE QUESTIONNAIRE WITHIN 2 WEEKS. USABLE QUESTIONNAIRES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, Cooperative Education, Distributive Education
Brazziel, William; Brazziel, Marian – 1980
This study examines patterns of enrollment of black undergraduate students in 19 States affected by Adams-Califano litigation and rulings related to desegregation of higher education systems. The purpose of the research was to ascertain the degree of general participation of black undergraduates in higher education and to identify trends toward…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Civil Rights Legislation, College Attendance

Dach, Zofia – Higher Education, 1988
Recent changes in college attendance patterns, curriculum preferences, and academic employment for women in Poland are tabulated and discussed, and comparisons are made with other socialist countries and industrialized capitalist countries. (MSE)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Curriculum, College Faculty

Keegan, Desmond J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
The Regional Tutorial Services Unit of Great Britain's Open University links the school's regional educational programs with the central office, provides for student counseling, and maintains enrollment. This article reviews the unit's first 10 years, its present structure and operations, and the factors underlying or inhibiting its notable…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, College Attendance, College Students
Edmonds, Rick – 2000
In 1988 the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Commission for Educational Quality produced a separate study of trends in population, education, and employment, looking ahead to the year 2000. The SREB Challenge 2000 goals have been the subject of detailed benchmark reports semi-annually since. This year, there are 12 reports in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Attendance, College Preparation
Lewis, Laurie; Farris, Elizabeth – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a survey of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions (n=5,040) about students with disabilities. It includes information about enrollment of postsecondary students with disabilities and support services and accommodations. Results found: (1) an estimated 428,280 students with disabilities were…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), College Attendance, College Students

Randall, Monica – 1999
This report provides statistical data on retention and graduation patterns of first-time, full-time undergraduates at Maryland's public four-year colleges and universities from 1977 to 1997. Among major findings were: (1) the second-year retention rate of all first-time, full-time undergraduates was 82 percent for the cohort of students entering…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Freshmen, College Students
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. – 1998
This report presents information on the residence and migration of first-time freshmen for the State of Hawaii for the Fall 1996 semester. The information presented is for first-time freshmen only. The first-time freshmen population discussed in this report is divided into three groups: (1) those residents of Hawaii who chose to main in the State…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Choice, College Freshmen, Community Colleges

Bhatnagar, Joti – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978
Over 600 part-time evening undergraduate students were surveyed to investigate the relationship between precollege training and persistence. Having a high school diploma, having not repeated a year in high school, undertaking certain types of training, and delaying university entry by a year were conducive to persistence. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Educational Background
Meyers, G. Bruce – Winds of Change, 1997
The 1996 RETAIN (Retention in Education for Today's American Indian Nations) Conference addressed the low number of Native Americans enrolled in higher education and highlighted successful Native American retention and academic support models. Lists important features in a college program and questions that students should ask about college…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indian Education, American Indians, College Attendance

Johnson, David R.; Stodden, Robert A.; Emanuel, Ellen J.; Luecking, Richard; Mack, Mary – Exceptional Children, 2002
The transition challenges discussed are to ensure that (1) students have access to the full range of curriculum options and learning experiences; (2) high school graduation decisions are based on meaningful indicators of learning; (3) students have access to postsecondary education, employment, and independent living options; (4) student and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Planning, Change Strategies

Giddings, Paula J. – Change, 1990
A Black woman who came of age in the 1960s discusses her distrust of educational institutions, including Black institutions. She claims that they avoided issues of race, and it wasn't until the call of Black Power that an era of pluralism was initiated. Black feminist scholars are seen to have been undermined. (MLW)
Descriptors: Activism, Black Power, Blacks, Civil Rights

McClelland, Katherine – Sociology of Education, 1990
Using a social reproduction theory framework, analyzes the process by which high school seniors aspiring to high-level positions are sorted out after graduation. Analyzes early educational attainments and changes in occupational expectations. Shows a process of cumulative disadvantage in which White males are more likely to achieve their goals.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement, College Attendance, Critical Theory