This report presents findings on the role of tuition in financing higher education and as payment by students and parents. The content is organized into 11 chapters grouped into six parts. Part 1 is an enrollment profile of students who opt to attend college. Topics covered include starting conditions, such as student academic skills, family…

This brief summarizes data from a 1994-95 survey of the states on special education expenditures in the U.S. and analyzes other extant cost data that adjust for inflation and consider rising special education enrollments. The study estimates that the 1995-96 national expenditure for special education was about $32.6 billion (compared to $19.3…

This report presents summary data on school enrollment for October 1985 and on some of the important changes in enrollment that have occurred in the past 20 years. Presented in six tables, the data are from the October school enrollment supplement to the Current Population Survey. Highlights of the report include the following findings: (1) in…

This bulletin discusses the mathematics and science course enrollment trends of secondary students in Australia, which are of national concern because of the low participation rates overall and because of the gender imbalance in enrollment numbers. Statistics are reported for 12th-grade mathematics and science course enrollment, and expectations…

The first in a series of annual analytical reports prepared by the Missouri Department of Higher Education from the annual state data collection is presented. Tables, charts, and graphs provide numerical data, supplemented by brief analyses, in these areas: enrollment by sector; enrollment trends for fall 1974 through fall 1978; fall enrollment…

This publication's 25 tables display statistics related to enrollment and student characteristics in 1982 at all levels of education from nursery school through the undergraduate years of college. The tables break enrollment figures down to show the numbers enrolled at each level according to age, race, sex, national origin, regional location,…

Comparative nursery, elementary, and secondary school and college level enrollment statistics for male, female, white, black, and Hispanic students are presented in this paper. Enrollment trend highlights indicate that: (1) the decline in total school enrollment from 1977 to 1978 reflects declines in enrollment at all levels from kindergarten to…

This first in a series of bulletins on trends and projections presents past and projected enrollment trends in public elementary and secondary schools from 1965 to 2000. Enrollments in regular elementary and secondary schools from the Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data Survey were used to develop the projections. For the…

Older students (those beyond the age of 24) represented nearly 40 percent of all college and university enrollment in 1988, compared with 33 percent in 1974. Two sets of projections are suggested to show that, by 1995, the share of older students may increase somewhat, but students in the "traditional" age range (less than 25 years old) will still…

Using data from the October supplements to the Current Population Survey (CPS), collected in 1984 and 1985, this report presents statistical information on students in the United States attending nursery school through college by age, race, Spanish origin, sex, marital status, household relationship, residence, and family income. The data are…

Six tables present data on nationwide school enrollment among various socioeconomic and demographic groups in 1980 and earlier years. The data reveal no significant changes from 1979, according to the authors, except for an increase in preprimary enrollment and a decrease in college enrollment among people over 35. The major educational trends of…

This research brief reviews trends in Asian-American population and higher education participation. It determines the status of Asian-American students and faculty compared with other ethnic groups and identifies issues and problems connected with Asian Americans in academe. Data specifically include: composition of the Asian American population,…

This report presents the results of a fall 1997 survey of U.S. colleges and universities that offer doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. Highlighted are the following: (1) although enrollments in physics degree programs have been declining, the number of…

Six tables present data on nationwide school enrollment among various socioeconomic and demographic groups in 1981 and earlier years. From 1980 to 1981, total school enrollment continued the downward trend that began 6 years earlier, as the number of elementary school students declined and the number of high school students leveled off and then…

This volume of data on higher education highlights trends over the past 20 years, with some data traced back to the 1930s. The data was obtained from both government and nongovernment sources, including especially the U.S. Department of Education, the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the National Science Foundation, and is…