Issue #235 - January 2012 [Article]
This issue of OPPORTUNITY: The inconvenient truth...Family Income and Educational Attainment, 1970 to 2010 is devoted to our annual analysis of data from the Census Bureau on educational progression and attainment by levels of family income.  Students from different family income backgrounds are sorted, tracked and either encouraged or discouraged to persist and attain according to their inherited family income backgrounds. This process is especially brutal in higher education where nearly all efforts—perhaps including yours in enrollment management—have been directed toward and benefit almost entirely students born into the top half of family incomes, above about $61,600. 2/2/2012
related topics: Affordability, College participation, Degrees awarded, Demographics, Educational attainment, Family income, High school graduation, K-12 education, Persistence

TRIO Programs Summary Statistics [Spread]
This spreadsheet was used in the December 2012 Issue #234 of OPPORTUNITY. 2/2/2012
related topics: Academic preparation, Financial aid, States, TRIO

Issue #234 - December 2011 [Article]
Federal aid.... TRIO Supportive Services 1965 to 2010 ....beyond financial aid

This issue of OPPORTUNITY is devoted to the federal TRIO supportive services. These programs help secondary education students from low income/first generation families prepare for college (Upward Bound, Talent Search), for adults to get back into college (Educational Opportunity Centers), for students to succeed in college (Student Support Services) and to prepare for doctoral study (McNair Scholars). For the current 2011-12 academic year there are 2947 of TRIO programs serving 797,248 participants. 1/17/2012
related topics: Academic preparation, Financial aid, States, TRIO

The American Experiment: Higher Educating the Underserved [Presentation]
First International Australasian Conference on Enabling Access to Higher Education
University of South Australia West Campus
December 6, 2011
Adelaide, Australia 12/5/2011
related topics: College participation, Demographics, Educational attainment, Employment, Family income, Financial aid, High school graduation, Income, Institutions, International, Pell grants, State appropriations, Tuition and fees, Unmet financial need

Issue #233 - November 2011 [Article]

In this issue of OPPORTUNITY: Reality versus Policy....The Changing Human Capital Economy of the United States, 1948 to 2010 we examine the restructuring of employment in the United States between 1948 and 2010. To the extent we expect education to prepare young people for employment during their adult lives, our analysis makes clear that many jobs in some goods producing industries that paid well in the past are gone forever. Yet the human capital economic evolution is producing new jobs in many service providing industries that pay well, but only with large investments in postsecondary education and training.

Reality versus Policy: Consequences of the Disconnect [Presentation]
Prof. Jan Friedel's Higher Education Class
Iowa State University
November 9, 2011
Ames, IA 11/9/2011
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Issue #232 - October 2011 [Article]
In this issue of OPPORTUNITY: Article 1 looks at "Progress" Toward the National Goal Having the Highest Proportion of College Graduates in the World by 2020 and Article 2 is about: State Need-Based Grant Aid Compared to Federal Pell Grant Aid by State, 1979 to 2010 11/7/2011
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Issue #232 - October 2011 Article 2 [Article]
State Need-Based Grant Aid Compared to Federal Pell Grant Aid by State, 1979 to 2010 11/7/2011
related topics: Select Topic, Affordability, Costs of attendance, Family income, Financial aid, Institutions, Pell grants, State appropriations, States, Tuition and fees, Unmet financial need

Issue #232 - October 2011 Article 1 [Article]
"Progress" Toward the National Goal Having the Highest Proportion of College Graduates in the World by 2020 11/7/2011
related topics: Age, College participation, Educational attainment, Gender, International, Special topics

Males in Education and Work [Presentation]
American Enterprise Institute
November 2, 2011
Washington, DC 11/3/2011
related topics: Civic engagement, College participation, Educational attainment, Employment, Gender, Special topics

The State of College Opportunity In the United States [Presentation]
Balancing Market and Mission Symposium
DePaul University
October 19, 2011
Chicago, IL 10/20/2011
related topics: Academic selectivity, College participation, Degrees awarded, Demographics, Educational attainment, Family income, Gender, Graduation, High school graduation, Institutions, International, K-12 education, Pell grants, Race/ethnicity

State Data Books for ALL of the states have been updated. [Other]
several worksheets have been updated in the state Data Books
The following worksheets were UPDATED:
7.  Employment by Industry, 1990 to 2010
9.  Unemployment Rates, 1976-2010
13. College Participation for Students from Low Income Families, 1992 to 2010
14. Pell Grant Recipients, 1976-77 to 2009-10
15. Dependent and Independent Pell Grant Recipients by Institutional Type/Control, 1993-94 to 2009-10
16. Pell Grant Recipients as a Percentage of Pell-Ellibigle Undergraduate Enrollments.....1993-94 to 2009-10
17. State Need-Based Grant Coverage of Pell Grant Recipients, 1978-79 to 2009-10  10/18/2011
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Pell Grant Recipients as a Percentage of Pell-Eligible Undergraduate Enrollment [Spread]
 by Institutional Type/Control and State, 1993-94 to 2009-10 10/14/2011
related topics: Affordability, Financial aid, Institutions, Pell grants, States

Opportunity for Higher Education in South Carolina [Presentation]
University of South Carolina
October 12, 2011
Columbia, SC 10/11/2011
related topics: States

Issue #231 - September 2011 [Article]
Boys in K-12 Education, 1994 to 2009

Males have become seriously underrepresented in higher education over the last three decades, and failure to get a higher education sharply curtails their prospects and welfare the rest of their lives. This analysis of recently released data from the Census Bureau explores the origins of male disengagement from higher education. These data focus on male feelings about school in elementary and secondary education. -- Efforts to restore male enrollments in higher education must begin no later than the middle school grades if boys are to be prepared for the challenges and opportunities of higher education.

Actual versus Predicted Institutional Graduation Rates [Presentation]
Access and Completion
White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
September 19, 2011
Washington, DC 9/19/2011
related topics: Degrees awarded, Educational attainment, Graduation, Institutions, Persistence

College Participation Rates for Students from Low Income Families by State FY1993 to FY2010 [Spread]
This Excel workbook contains state and national data used to calculate college participation rates for students from low income families for the years FY1993 to FY2010. 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.
The data for each state includes: dependent Pell Grant recipients by state of residence, 4th to 9th grade enrollments in public schools, the percent of children approved for subsidized school lunches, the number of 4th to 9th graders in these low income families, and their rate of enrollment in college nine years later. These data show the number of children in these low income families in the K-12 pipeline headed toward higher education in each state. 9/14/2011
related topics: College Participation, Demographics, Family income, Pell grants, Persistence, Poverty, States

Pell Grant Recipient Data by State, 1976-77 to 2009-10 [Spread]
This large Excel workbook contains Pell Grant recipient data by state, by institutional control, and by year, 1976 to 2010.
The data are compiled from annual Pell Grant End of Year reports prepared by the U.S. Department of Education. The recipient data included both the numbers of Pell Grant recipients and the Pell Grant dollars they received for each academic year. The Pell Grant recipient data are classified in two ways: first by location of institution, then by state of residence of the recipients. The difference between these two is net migration of Pell Grant recipients and dollars into or out of each state. 9/14/2011
related topics: Financial aid, Institutions, Interstate migration, Pell grants, States, TRIO

Unemployment Rates by State, 1976-2010 [Spread] 9/14/2011
related topics: Employment, Labor market, Special topics

In a World of Change, Can Higher Education Keep Up? [Presentation]
National College Access Network
September 13, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri 9/13/2011
related topics: Degrees awarded, Demographics, Educational attainment, Employment, Family income, Finance, Financial aid, Gender, High school graduation, Income, Institutions, K-12 education, Pell grants, State appropriations, Tuition and fees, Unmet financial need