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Download full textCataldi, Emily Forrest; Bennett, Christopher T.; Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
This Statistics in Brief focuses on students whose parents have not attended college and examines these students' high school success and postsecondary enrollment, persistence and degree completion once they enrolled in college, and graduate school enrollment and employment outcomes after they attained a bachelor's degree. Their outcomes are…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Access to Education, Prior Learning, Academic Persistence
Chen, Xianglei; Elliott, Barbara G.; Kinney, Satkartar K.; Cooney, Darryl; Pretlow, Joshua; Bryan, Michael; Wu, Joanna; Ramirez, Nestor Alexis; Campbell, Taylor – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019
This First Look report presents selected findings from the 2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17), a nationally representative survey of undergraduates who entered postsecondary education for the first time in the 2011-12 academic year. BPS:12/17 covers the experiences of these first-time beginning postsecondary…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Educational Attainment, College Freshmen
Topper, Amelia M.; Howard, Melissa – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2017
Issues of postsecondary education access and attainment have a direct impact on individuals' social and economic mobility, the labor market, and the nation's ability to stay globally competitive. Sample surveys--cross-sectional or longitudinal surveys of a subpopulation of individuals--on precollege experiences and preparation, postsecondary…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Postsecondary Education, Alignment (Education), Educational Policy
Chiang, Hanley; Walsh, Elias; Shanahan, Timothy; Gentile, Claudia; Maccarone, Alyssa; Waits, Tiffany; Carlson, Barbara; Rikoon, Samuel – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
Reading comprehension--the ability to understand the meaning of text--is a foundational ability that enables children to learn in school and throughout life. Children who struggle with reading comprehension in the third or fourth grade are at high risk for dropping out of school, with detrimental effects on their future employment, income, and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Acquisition, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education
Klein-Collins, Rebecca – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2010
Prior Learning Assessment, or PLA, is an important and often overlooked strategy for helping adults progress towards a degree. PLA is the process by which many colleges evaluate for academic credit the college-level knowledge and skills an individual has gained outside of the classroom (or from non-college instructional programs), including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduation Rate, Academic Achievement, Military Training
Belcheir, Marcia J. – 1999
This study addressed the question of how much graduation rates would improve if new students were followed for 10 instead of four or six years from their date of first enrollment; it also compared enrollment and graduation patterns of new freshmen and new transfers to see if graduation rates were similar after 10 years. Participants were all…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Research, Enrollment Trends
