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Fordyce, Hugh – Research Report, 1988
Issues concerning the collection and uses of data about college student retention are considered. Some of the documented findings about student retention in U.S. colleges is summarized, with attention to both national data and data for colleges belonging to the United Negro College Fund. Difficulties in obtaining useful retention data are…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, College Students, Data Collection
Download full textKaye, H. Stephen – Disability Statistics Abstract, 1997
This abstract uses graphs and text to summarize recent statistics on the education of children with disabilities based on data from the U.S. Department of Education. It reports that 12.2 percent of students enrolled in American schools in 1993-94 were officially designated as having disabilities. More than two-thirds of students have mental or…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Stewart, Jewel H. – 1979
Data on age distributions for students enrolled in higher education institutions in Missouri for the 1978-79 school year are presented. The majority of students were within the traditional age group for college attendance (21 years of age or younger). This was especially true for the full-time undergraduate student. A substantial number of…
Descriptors: Age, College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
