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In applying latent class analysis techniques, we identified multiple types of students who do not pursue college. One group of non-enrollees (27.6%) reports forgoing college because the economic barriers are too high – either because of college affordability or family financial responsibility.
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The Post-9/11 GI Bill increased the higher education benefits available to eligible individuals, but its implementation presented challenges to both student veterans and campus administrators.
NEWS RELEASE
Data on the experiences of student veterans and campus administrators during the first year of the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
RESEARCH BRIEF
The Post-9/11 GI Bill increased the higher education benefits available to eligible individuals. Offering benefits to nearly 2 million veterans, it is more generous than previous bills but beneficiaries report challenges in using the new benefits.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Using two measures of job opportunities -- local unemployment rates and the percentage of local workers employed in jobs that require a bachelor's degree -- I find support for the warehouse hypothesis.
NEWS RELEASE
Chicago's multi-grade charter high schools (those serving students in grades 7-12, 6-12 or K-12) appear to improve their students' chances of graduating and attending college, as compared with the city's traditional public high schools.
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This volume examines higher education as an industry. The authors focus on how institutions serve four identifiable markets that generate revenue (student enrollment, research funding, public fiscal support, and private giving).
JOURNAL ARTICLE
In this paper the authors analyze whether undergraduate college quality affects the likelihood that an individual attends graduate school.
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