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Schneider, Barbara; Saw, Guan; Broda, Michael – AERA Open, 2016
Forty years ago, the National Center for Education Statistics initiated the national longitudinal studies program in response to congressional concern for policy-relevant information on school-to-work transitions. This program has grown substantially, and not unexpectedly, questions have arisen about its usefulness and present operation. This…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Educational Research, Program Descriptions, Educational Policy
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Chen, Rong; DesJardins, Stephen L. – Journal of Higher Education, 2010
This study focuses on the differences in college student dropout behavior among racial/ethnic groups. We employ event history methods and data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) and National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) surveys to investigate how financial aid may differentially influence dropout risks among these student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, College Students, At Risk Students
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Staklis, Sandra; Bersudskaya, Vera; Horn, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
These Web Tables examine the demographic and postsecondary enrollment characteristics of undergraduates who attended for-profit institutions in 2007-08 and present the 6-year outcomes of undergraduates who first enrolled in for-profit postsecondary institutions in 2003-04. Data are presented for all for-profit students and separately for students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Tables (Data), Public Colleges, Private Colleges