Special Reports: Trends & Statistics on Returning to School
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Postsecondary Financing Strategies. Combining Work, Borrowing, and Attendance.
Examines the postsecondary financing strategies of undergraduates, showing how work, borrowing, and attendance is combined to support college enrollment.

Trends in Student Aid (2005).
Annual data from the College Board on aid distributed to students to help pay for the cost of higher

The “Old” New Resource for Education: Student Age.
Studies the proposition that older students show higher academic achievement than younger students, with GPA as the criteria.

College Quality and the Earnings of Recent College Graduates.
Examines factors such as selectivity and other institutional characteristics, and the earnings of recent college graduates 5 years after graduation.

Special Analysis 2002: Nontraditional Undergraduates.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, there are more older students on campus. 39 percent of all college students were 25 years or older in 1999, compared with 28 percent in 1970.

Debt Burden Four Years After College.
Report examines the debt of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients in light of their financial circumstances in 1997, approximately 4 years after they earned their degree.

Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation, and Outcomes.
Addresses how well students with disabilities persist to degree attainment as well as the likely labor market outcomes and graduate school enrollment rates of students with disabilities.

Choosing a Postsecondary Institution.
Examines the factors that students enrolling in postsecondary education for the first time in 1995-96 considered in choosing their institution.

Reaping the Benefits: Defining the Value of Going to College.
An indepth discussion on the benefits of attaining a college degree.