The 53rd annual study of collegiate enrollments shows 4,755,795 full-time, 1,651,255 part-time, and 6,407,050 grand total students enrolled. Teachers colleges show loss of 5.6 per cent students while professional, technological, and related schools are up 1.2 per cent. (DS)

Examined higher education costs (expenditures) paid by institutions and prices paid by students and their families. The detailed analyses found variations in the nature and the strength of relationships between costs and prices across types of institutions, and within types of institutions over time. (EV)

Traces the history of the development of the "Digest of Education Statistics" and describes its characteristics and uses. From 1962 to the present, the "Digest" has been a major compilation of information about U.S. education and has been widely used. (SLD)

A total of 26,495 continuing education courses were provided by British universities in 1989-90--52 percent postgraduate (PG) and 48 percent liberal adult education (LAE). Over 53 percent were offered by an adult or continuing education department. LAE courses were typically one to two hours per week, dominated by the humanities. PG focused on…

Standard reading test scores were gathered from 2,500 British students at ages 6 and 8. School and pupil variables sieved with multilevel modeling were used to develop a measure of school effectiveness that ranked schools substantially differently than the raw scores. The measure may be a fairer comparison of school effectiveness. (SK)

The essential purpose of education indicator systems is to assess direction, mission, and strategy. For state officials, this means analyzing state educational aims and determining whether they are being met. Using current state indicator systems for accountability purposes is premature. Quality considerations, relationship analysis limitations,…

Describes administration of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) to three groups of United States Military Academy students in order to evaluate changes in student performance as a result of taking a student-success course (RS101). LASSI measures students' affective growth upon completion of the RS101 course and their growth in…

Presents a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Provides information about the numbers of students, teachers, and schools and about educational attainment, finance, and employment patterns. (SLD)

In 2007, under the leadership of Superintendent Walter Rulffes and the Clark County Education Association (CCEA), the Clark County School District (CCSD) conducted a web-based survey of all school-based licensed educators in which they were asked to share their perceptions of the state of teaching and learning conditions in the district. It was…

Since President Obama took office, he has repeatedly called for the United States to significantly improve its postsecondary education performance. One goal in particular has gained wide attention: the President's declaration that in an ever more competitive global marketplace, the United States must once again lead the world in college…

When studying different types of returns to education, educational reforms are commonly used in the economics literature as a source of exogenous variation in education. The Swedish compulsory school reform is one example; the reform extended compulsory education throughout the country, in different municipalities at different points in time. Such…

In 1970, prior to the 1972 enactment of Title IX, there were only 2.5 women's teams per school and a total of only about 16,000 female intercollegiate athletes. In 1977/1978, the academic year preceding the mandatory compliance date for Title IX, the number of varsity sports for women had grown to 5.61 per school. A decade later, in 1988, the…

This paper provides an overview of U.S. Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law. It includes information as well on the laboratories, centers, and other facilities funded by the Department that provide important resources for education. Each entry, which gives a brief overview of a program or resource, is listed…

To assess some of the major attributes and activities of the 19,176 students it served in the fall of 1998, Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) in Ohio conducted this study of enrollment trends and student characteristics. Major results included: (1) the fall headcount was CCC's lowest since 1973 and a 28% decline from fall 1993; (2) losses were not…

This booklet provides figures and tables of data on the financial characteristics of institutions of higher education from 1980 to 1988. The data were gathered annually by the National Center for Education Statistics through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Nine figures display current funds revenues and expenditures in constant…