Publication Date
| In 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2023 | 0 |
| Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Author
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 6 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 3 |
| High Schools | 2 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
| Two Year Colleges | 1 |
Audience
Location
| California | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Pell Grant Program | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textVelez, Erin Dunlop; Horn, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
This Statistics in Brief describes high school student perceptions of the cost of college using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). The analyses examine the accuracy of students' and parents' estimates of public 4-year college tuition and mandatory fees in their states by comparing their estimates with actual tuition…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Bound Students, Higher Education, Paying for College
Arbeit, Caren A.; Staklis, Sandra; Horn, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
Statistics in Brief publications present descriptive data in tabular formats to provide useful information to a broad audience, including members of the general public. They address simple and topical issues and questions. This Statistics in Brief profiles the demographic and enrollment characteristics of undergraduates who are immigrants or…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Enrollment Trends, Age Differences, Immigrants
Radford, Alexandria Walton; Horn, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
These Web Tables provide an overview of classes taken and credits earned by a nationwide sample of first-time beginning postsecondary students based on data from the Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS) of the 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study. PETS collected transcripts from all the postsecondary institutions…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Freshmen, Academic Records, Longitudinal Studies
Radford, Alexandria Walton; Robles, Jessica; Cataylo, Stacey; Horn, Laura; Thornton, Jessica; Whitfield, Keith E. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
While press coverage of MOOCs (massive open online courses) has been considerable and major MOOC providers are beginning to realize that employers may be a market for their courses, research on employers' receptivity to using MOOCs is scarce. To help fill this gap, the Finding and Developing Talent study surveyed 103 employers and interviewed a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mixed Methods Research, Employers, Interviews
Wei, Christina Chang; Horn, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
In 2006-07, the federal government awarded over $13 billion in Pell Grants to more than 5 million undergraduate students (U.S. Department of Education 2007). The goal of the Pell Grant program is to help students with financial need enroll in and graduate from college by providing them with a basic foundation of financial aid, to which they may…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Financial Needs, College Graduates, Statistical Analysis
Horn, Laura; Lew, Stephen – MPR Associates, Inc., 2007
This is the first in a series of MPR Research Briefs published on the outcomes and experiences of California community college students. California Community Colleges (CCC) enroll roughly two-thirds of all California college students and nearly one-fourth of all community college students in the nation. Their low fees and open-admission policies…
Descriptors: Transfer Rates (College), Community Colleges, College Students, Course Selection (Students)
