This report profiles undergraduates enrolled in postsecondary education for the academic year 1989-90 and presents a description of the social and economic backgrounds of these students, what types of institutions they attended, their educational experience, and their educational aspirations. The information presented includes the following…

The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is the third in a series of longitudinal studies sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics. This report profiles the mathematics and science instruction received by eighth graders (11,414 surveyed in mathematics and 10,686 in science) in public and private schools in 1988…

The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is the third in a series of longitudinal studies sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics. The NELS:88 is being conducted in several waves, beginning with a base year experience of approximately 25,000 eighth graders. This report profiles the family characteristics and…

This publication compares first-generation students (i.e., those whose parents have no more than a high school education) with their peers whose parent or parents attended college. It focuses on mathematics course taking--the effectiveness of taking algebra in 8th grade and advanced math courses in high school for subsequent college…

Many colleges and universities provide grant aid to undergraduates to help them pay for all or part of the tuition and fees charged by the institution. This study provides information about recent trends in institutional aid receipt and then examines the relationship between such aid and the likelihood of recipients staying enrolled in the…

This comprehensive profile of students with disabilities enrolled in postsecondary education is based on four national surveys which examined the following questions: (1) how represented are students with disabilities in postsecondary education?; (2) which high school students with disabilities gain access to postsecondary education?; (3) how well…

Based on the survey responses and transcripts of students with disabilities, examines these students' representation in, access to, and persistence in post-secondary education. Also includes early labor outcomes and graduate school enrollment rates among college graduates with disabilities. (Author)

This report profiles undergraduates enrolled in postsecondary education for the academic year 1992-93. It relies on data from the 1992-93 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, third in a series conducted by the Department of Education. The report begins with an essay that explores the extent to which undergraduates have outside…

Information about the educational progress of 1972 high school seniors from the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) and information from the High School and Beyond (HS&B) Study about 1980 high school seniors were analyzed to compare the patterns of enrollment, program completion, dropout rates, and vocational course-taking patterns of members of…

The Pell grant program is the largest federal need-based grant program available to postsecondary education students. This report provides a description of Pell Grant recipients who were first-time beginning postsecondary students in the 1995-1996 academic year. Using data from the 1996 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study First…

This report uses data from the 1995-96 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study to profile undergraduates who were enrolled in U.S. postsecondary institutions in the academic year 1995-96. The report begins with an essay that explores the extent to which undergraduates work while they are in school. This essay found that 79 percent of…

This study examined whether or not student, parent, and peer engagement factors that contribute to at-risk students' success in graduating from high school continue to be important in making the transition from high school to postsecondary education. The data set used was the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, which included 1994 data…

This report examines the relationship between high school academic curricula and students' persistence path through college, approximately 3 years after first enrolling. Data are from the 1995-1996 Beginning Postsecondary Students Survey, a longitudinal study of beginning postsecondary students who first enrolled in a four-year college in…

The analysis described in this report investigated the relationship between undergraduate major and early employment outcomes among 1992-1993 college graduates who did not pursue graduate education within 4 years after earning their bachelors' degrees (i.e., as of 1997). These college graduates represented 70% of all graduates, and most entered…

Examined the academic and enrollment characteristics and persistence rates of first-time beginning students in 1995-1996 who received a Pell grant and compared them with beginning students who did not receive a Pell Grant using data from the Beginning Post-secondary Students Longitudinal Survey. After taking a number of variables into account, the…