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Tag: Postsecondary

  • Natural Disasters in Longitudinal Education Data

    Natural Disasters in Longitudinal Education Data

    Sep 29, 2025

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    David Richards
    in Data Analysis, Higher education

    Without longitudinal education data, it may be harder for researchers to determine the immediate or long-term impacts many of these natural events will have on the persistence and attainment of U.S. postsecondary students.


  • Losing the richness of education data: Arts education and teacher research impacts

    Losing the richness of education data: Arts education and teacher research impacts

    Sep 15, 2025

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    Elise Christopher
    in Data Preservation, Reporting, Schools

    Dr. Ken Elpus from UMD shares how losing access to rich, national data like NCES’ affects the field of arts education and downstream users of the data.


  • Summer melt is happening… the numbers to watch are not the temperature

    Summer melt is happening… the numbers to watch are not the temperature

    Aug 13, 2025

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    Elise Christopher
    in Data Analysis, Higher education, Test and Survey

    It’s not just the temperature that’s on the rise right now… It’s also summer melt… that phenomenon where, even as this post is written, somewhere in the US a student who was planning to start college this fall is thinking that maybe they just won’t go…


  • U.S. Postsecondary Institutions’ Average Tuition and Fees Roughly Double in 20 Years

    U.S. Postsecondary Institutions’ Average Tuition and Fees Roughly Double in 20 Years

    Jun 11, 2025

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    Tiffany Yanosky
    in Data Analysis, Reporting, Schools

    According to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the average annual tuition and fees for full-time students at postsecondary institutions in the United States, after adjusting for inflation, roughly doubled from 2003–04 to 2023–24. Such increasing tuition and fees might influence students either to…


  • U.S. Trends in Conferred Postsecondary Degrees in Health Professions 

    U.S. Trends in Conferred Postsecondary Degrees in Health Professions 

    May 28, 2025

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    Tiffany Yanosky
    in Data Analysis, Reporting, Schools

    Conferred Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor’s Degrees in the Health Professions According to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the numbers of conferred degrees in healthcare programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s levels in the United States have increased in recent years. For decades,…


  • College decision time: Longitudinal data spotlight

    College decision time: Longitudinal data spotlight

    Apr 24, 2025

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    Elise Christopher
    in Data Analysis, Reporting

    It’s the time of year when college acceptances are rolling out to mailboxes and inboxes nationwide. How are potential enrollees making their choices?


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