Issue #250 - April 2013 U.S.A. Inc. -- Student Employment 1960 to 2012 This issue of OPPORTUNITY examines recently updated and released data on student employment. The years between 16 to 24 years are transition years, from student enrollment to the adult world of work. Our analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CIRP freshman Survey, the Census Bureau and other sources finds student employment to in broad and long-term decline. While a growing share of college freshmen are expecting to find work to help pay their college attendance costs, a declining share of college undergraduates are actually employed. more
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(4/4/2013)Opportunity for Higher Education in a Perfect StormTri-State Consortium of Opportunity Programs April 8, 2013 Newark, New Jersey
(4/4/2013)Opportunity for Higher Education in a Perfect StormNew England Educational Opportunity Association April 11, 2013 Warrick, Rhode Island
(3/31/2013)College Participation Rates for Students from Low Income Families by State FY1993 to FY2011This Excel workbook contains state and national data used to calculate college participation rates for students from low income families for the years FY1993 to FY2011. This rate is the ratio of dependent Pell Grant Recipients divided by 4th to 9th graders nine years earlier, approved for free or reduced-price school lunches.
(4/1/2013)State Data Books for ALL of the states have been updated. several worksheets have been updated in the state Data Books
