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Direct linkRebecca Montacute; Carl Cullinane – Sutton Trust, 2023
This report looks at trends since 1997, uniquely combining several data sources to give the most comprehensive view available on how patterns in access to higher education have changed in the years between 1997 and 2022. A major study of higher education trends over the past 25 years reveals persistent access gaps for disadvantaged students,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Trend Analysis, Access to Education, Higher Education
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Download full textLinkow, Tamara; Parsad, Amanda; Martinez, Alina; Miller, Hannah – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2021
This appendix is a companion to the "Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Where and How Long Students Attend College" (ED615732) report. The appendix provides additional information about the "Find the Fit" enhanced advising strategies and the study that assessed its effectiveness when implemented…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, High School Seniors, Federal Programs, Access to Education
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2020
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) 2020 Trustee Index is the third annual survey of governing board members regarding matters imperative to the higher education sector, as well as to the colleges, universities, and multicampus systems they hold in trust. This AGB survey, conducted in collaboration with Gallup,…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Trustees, Professional Associations, Governance
Window, Ken; Morley, Ray – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1990
The article uses graphs and narrative analysis to review twentieth century trends in admissions standards and examinations required for admission to the University of Queensland (Australia). The relatively low numbers of school leavers admitted is noted, as is public dissatisfaction with the current Tertiary Entrance system. (DB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Trends
Lerner, Robert; Nagai, Althea K. – 2001
The admissions policies of 47 colleges and universities were studied to consider the issue of racial and ethnic discrimination in undergraduate admissions. The Center for Equal Opportunity asked schools for data about students' application status, racial and ethnic group membership, verbal and mathematics Scholastic Assessment Test scores, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, College Admission, Equal Education
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1980
The effectiveness of institutional, state, and federal efforts to expand educational participation in California is examined in this third of a three-report series on equal opportunity in California postsecondary education. The purposes of this report are to: (1) review the progress made during the past five years, (2) identify the barriers to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, American Indians, College Students
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the allocation of vocational rehabilitation (VR) funds to determine whether and how states are prioritizing VR services to individuals with the most severe disabilities through the order-of-selection procedure mandated in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. GAO visited VR agencies in 20 states and analyzed…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Caseworker Approach, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
