Employing NCES databases, we investigate how college selectivity influences job satisfaction and prestige from the 1970s to the 1990s and across different racial categories. We find that the effect of college selectivity has essentially disappeared over time and that minority students are particularly disadvantaged with respect to job satisfaction.

The NLS 72 and CIRP files were used to construct profiles of student financing for 1973-74 through 1979-80. Students finance smaller amounts than institutions list. Student self-support is declining while family and scholarship/grant support is rising. The middle-income squeeze and the importance of student aid to private institutions are evident.…

Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study High School Class of 1972 found that having a two-year college education culminating in a degree or certificate (as compared to entering the labor market with no postsecondary education) improved individuals' occupational outcomes (income and/or job status), but left patterns of inequality…

Declining birth rates in the 1960s have caused some to forecast shortages of new scientists and engineers by the end of this decade. Students in national longitudinal studies begun in 1972 and 1980 were compared, and it was concluded that a decline in the supply of engineers and scientists is unlikely. (Author/MLW)

Data from the 1979 follow-up of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 suggested that early career experiences of undergraduate humanities majors differed little from contemporaries in other liberal arts fields, but contrasted with those in which job-major fit was better or pay higher. (Author/MLW)

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, this study of 3,171 individuals 13-14 years after high school graduation found, when educational attainment is held constant, students initially enrolling in a 2-year vs. 4-year colleges are not significantly disadvantaged in occupational and economic attainments.…

Drawing on data from a national longitudinal study (n=12,841), research examined the relationship of activities after college, particularly among students who spent the first year after college neither working nor in school, to later life. Results indicate that neither working nor attending school during this year had neither strong nor consistent…

A study examined student satisfactions and reports of their college academic experiences as outcomes of higher education, based on institutional data and data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Data were analyzed in terms of college characteristics, academic discipline, educational attainment, and student…

A study using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 compared effects of attendance at a women's college for one to six years (n=125) with attendance at only coeducational colleges (n=1832). Findings indicated significant occupational achievement benefits were realized for each year of attendance at a women's…