Student, Faculty & Staff Demographics

News File

International Student Enrollment Rises 7 Percent (November 20, 2008)
Paying for College - Sallie Mae/Gallup Survey Results Released (August 20, 2008)
Foreign Applications to Graduate Schools Increase Slightly, Still Behind Previous Levels (April 15, 2008)
Dwindling Number of Potential College Applicants Forecasted for Many States (March 3, 2008)

Reports

Student Demographics

Admissions, Enrollment and Completions

Carey, K. (April, 2008). Graduation Rate Watch: Making Minority Student Success a Priority. Washington, DC: Education Sector.
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). (March 2008). Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity 1992-2022. Boulder, CO: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).
Hawkins, D., and Clinedinst, M. (October, 2007). State of College Admissions. Alexandria, VA: National Association for College Admission Counseling. (available for purchase on the NACAC website)
Kewal Ramani, A., Gilbertson, L., Fox, M., and Provasnik, S. (September 2007). Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (NCES 2007-039). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Chen, X. (2007). Part-Time Undergraduates in Postsecondary Education: 2003–04 (NCES 2007-165). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP). (January, 2007). The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2006. Los Angeles: University of California.
Noel-Levitz. (March, 2006). Cost of Recruiting Report: Summary of findings for two-year and four-year institutions. Iowa City, IA: Noel-Levitz, Inc.
Adelman, C. (February, 2006). The Toolbox Revisited: Paths to Degree Completion From High School Through College. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
Peter, K. and Forrest Cataldi, E. (May, 2005). The Road Less Traveled? Students Who Enroll in Multiple Institutions. (NCES 2005-157). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Gender, Income, and Race/Ethnicity

Corbett, Christianne, Catherine Hill, and Andresse St. Rose. (May 2008). Where The Girls Are: The Facts About Gender Equity in Education. Washington, DC: American Association of University Women (AAUW).
Li, X. (November 2007). Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions and Minority Undergraduates Enrolled in These Institutions (NCES 2008-156). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
American Council on Education. (September, 2007). Minorities in Higher Education 22nd Annual Status Report: 2007 Supplement.. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
Santiago, Deborah A. (August, 2007). Choosing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): A Closer Look at Latino Students' College Choices. Washington, DC: Excellencia in Education.
Engle, J., O'Brien, C. (May, 2007). Demography Is Not Destiny: Increasing the Graduation Rates of Low-Income College Students at Large Public Universities. The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.

American Council on Education (October, 2006). Students of Color Make Dramatic Gains in College Enrollment but Still Trail Whites in the Rate at Which They Attend College. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
King, J. (July, 2006). Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2006. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
Umbach, P., Kinzie, J., Thomas, A., Palmer, M., and Kuh, G. (July, 2006). Women Students at Coeducational and Women's Colleges: How do Their Experiences Compare. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Unversity Center for Postsecondary Research.
Anderson, E., and Kim, D. (Spring 2006). Increasing the Success of Minority Students in Science and Technology. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
Freeman, C., and Fox, M. (August, 2005). Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives (NCES 2005-108). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Peter, K., and Horn, L. (2005). Gender Differences in Participation and Completion of Undergraduate Education and How They Have Changed Over Time. (NCES 2005–169). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Graduate Students

Redd, Kenneth. (April, 2008). 2008 CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey, Phase I: Applications. Washington, DC: Council of Graduate Schools.
Redd, Kenneth. (November, 2007). Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 1996 to 2006. Washington, DC: Council of Graduate Schools.
Hoffer, T.B., M. Hess, V. Welch, Jr., and K. Williams. 2007. Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2006. Chicago: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted for six federal agencies, NSF, NIH, USED, NEH, USDA, and NASA by NORC.)
Council of Graduate Schools (November, 2007). Findings from the 2007 CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey, Phase III: Final Offers of Admission and Enrollment. Washington, DC: Council of Graduate Schools.
Council of Graduate Schools. (August, 2007). Phase II: Final Applications and Initial Offers of Admission. Washington, DC: Council of Graduate Schools.
Nevill, S.C., and Chen, X. (2007). The Path Through Graduate School: A Longitudinal Examination 10 Years After Bachelor’s Degree (NCES 2007-162). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Thurgood, L., Golladay, M., Hill, S. (June, 2006). US Doctorates in the 20th Century. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics.

Faculty & Staff Demographics

Conley, V. (March, 2007) Providing Incentives for Faculty Retirement. Washington, DC: American Association of University Professors
American Council on Education. (2007) The American College President: 2007 Edition. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
Knapp, L., and Miller, E. (2007) Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2005 and Salaries of Full-time Instructional Faculty (NCES 2007-150). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Curtis, J., Jacobe, M. (December, 2006) AAUP Contingent Faculty Index 2006. Washington, DC: American Association of University Professors.
West, M., Curtis, J. (October, 2006). AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006. Washington, DC: American Association of University Professors.
Li, X. (July, 2006). Changes in Staff Distribution and Salaries of Full-time Employees in Postsecondary Institutions: 1993–2003 (NCES 2006-152). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Forrest Cataldi, Emily, Fahimi, M. and Bradburn, E.M. (May, 2005). 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04) Report on Faculty and Instructional Staff in Fall 2003. (NCES 2005-172). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.