May 26, 2011
NCES Releases Report, "The Coalition of Education 2011"
news_05262011.pdf
NCES Releases Report, "The Coalition of Education 2011"
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released its annual report, “The Condition of Education 2011” at a briefing today, which EFC attended. The report summarizes developments and trends in education, presenting 50 indicators covering all aspects of education, including early childhood through postsecondary education, student achievement and outcomes, and school environments and resources. The report also examines postsecondary education by institution level (2-year or 4-year) and control (public, private not-for-profit, or private for-profit). The topics covered include: enrollment trends by age; student achievement from the National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading and mathematics; international reading, mathematics, and science literacy; annual earnings of young adults; public high school graduation rates; status dropout rates; immediate transition to college; postsecondary graduation rates; students in high-poverty schools; characteristics of postsecondary institutions; and degrees earned.
A press release on the report provides the following postsecondary education findings:
- “Growth in Enrollment: From 2000 to 2009, undergraduate enrollment in postsecondary institutions increased from 13 million students to 8 million. Of this increase, 27 percent (representing 1.2 million students) occurred at private for-profit institutions.
- Choice of Institution Varies by Age: Some 30 percent of full-time students age 35 and over attended private for-profit 4-year institutions in 2009, compared with 3 percent of full-time students under the age of 25.
- Distance Learning Most Popular at Private For-Profit Institutions: Private for-profit 4-year institutions had the highest rate of distance course taking (30 percent) among all institutions. Private for-profit 4-year institutions also had the highest rate of students taking their entire program through distance education (19 percent).
- Nearly Half of First-Time, Full-Time Students Have Student Debt: In 2008-09, some 49 percent of first-time, full-time students at degree-granting institutions had a student loan and the average annual loan amount was $7,000.
- Number of Degrees Up: Forty-one percent more associate’s degrees, 33 percent more bachelor’s degrees, and 49 percent more master’s degrees were awarded in 2008-09 than were in 1998-99.”
The report is available for download from the NCES website HERE.
news_05262011.pdf
