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This is a list of sources that may assist in the understanding of issues related to the college student. Please note that this section of the website will eventually be password-restricted and accessible to consortium members only.

Student Demographics

• Profile of Beginning College Students, 1998.
• Student Facts: Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Portraits of Students: A Retrospective, 2000.
• Degrees Conferred in Oklahoma.
• Accountability Report about the Progress of Higher Education in Oklahoma, 2000.
• Condition of Education, 1999.
• Shutting the College Doors: Are We Cutting Out the Route to the Middle Class?, 2002.
• Community College Students: Goals, Academic Preparation, and Outcomes, 2003.
• Meeting the Challenges of Population Growth and the Future Demand for Postsecondary Education, 2004.
  
  Students of Color
• Minority Undergraduate Participation, 1995.
• Racial & Ethnic Differences in Participation in Higher Education, 1997.
• American Indians & Alaskan Natives in Postsecondary Education, 1998.
• Generational Status & Educational Outcomes Among Asian & Hispanic 1988 Eighth Graders, 1998.
• Creating Seamless Educational Transitions for Urban African American and Hispanic Students, 2001.
• Latinos in Higher Education, 2002.
• Hispanic Graduation, 2002.
• Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Path to a Postsecondary Credential, 2003.
  
  Nontraditional Students
• Profile of Part-Time Undergraduates, 1995.
• Nontraditional Undergraduates, 1996.
• Confronting the Odds: Students at Risk and Pipeline to Higher Education, 1997.
• Toward Resiliency: At Risk Students Who Make it to College, 1998.
• Low Income Students: Who They Are and How They Pay for Their Education, 2000.
• Nontraditional Undergraduates, 2002.
  
  First-Generation Students
• First-Generation College Students, 1998.
• Generational Status and Educational Outcomes, 1998.
• Mapping the Road, 2000.
• Bridging the Gap, 2001.
  

Specialized Institutions

• Tribal Colleges, 1999.
• A Closer Look at Women's Colleges, 1999.
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions, 2002.
  

Finance

• Losing Ground, 2002.
• What Students Pay for College, 2002.
• Trends in College Pricing, 2002.
• College Affordability, 2003.
• How Families of Low- and Middle-Income Undergraduates Pay for College, 2003.
• Institutional Aid to Full-Time Undergraduates Attending 4-Year Colleges and Universities, 2003.
• Dealing with Debts, 10 Years Later, 2006.
• Student Financing of Undergraduate Education, 2006.
• Mortgaging Our Future, ACSFA, 2006.

Distributive/Distance Learning

• Distributed Education and Its Challenges: An Overview, 2001.
• Maintaining the Delicate Balance, 2002.
• Graduates and Employers Evaluate Their Worth, 2001.
• A Profile of Participation in Distance Education, 2002.
  

College Access and Choice

• Factors Related to Matriculation Behavior (1994).
• Access and Choice in Postsecondary Education, 1996.
• Choosing a Postsecondary Education, 1998.
• Access to Postsecondary Education, 1998.
• The Price of Admissions, 1998.
• College Access and Affordability, 1998.
• Reconceptualizing Access in Postsecondary Education, 1998.
• Choosing a Postsecondary Education, 1998.
• Transition from High School to College, 1999.
• Admission Policy Impact Study (Oklahoma), 2000.
• Raising our Sights: No High School Senior Left Behind, 2001.
• The Policy of Choice, 2002.
• Trends in College Admissions, 2000.
• Fifty Years of College Choice, Hosler, 2004.
• State of College Admission, 2006.

Alcohol Abuse/Binge Drinking

• College Binge Drinking in the 1990s (Harvard Study), 2000.
• Binge Drinking on Campus, 2000.
• The Stepping Project on Binge Drinking.
• The Higher Education Center on Alcohol Use.
• The Marketing of Alcohol to College Students, 2003.

Credit Card Use/Misuse

• Credit Risk or Credit Worthy? (1998).
• Oklahoma College Student Credit Card Study (2003).

Persistence and Educational Attainment

• Beginning Postsecondary Students: Five Years Later, 1996.
• Non-Traditional Undergraduates: Persistence and Attainment, 1996.
• Transfer Behavior Among Beginning Postsecondary Students, 1997.
• Postsecondary Persistence & Attainment, 1997.
• Dropout Rates in the US, 1997.
• Stayouts or Stopouts? Undergraduates Who Leave College in Their First Year, 1998.
• Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange.
• Institutional and Student Characteristics in Student Success (1999).
• Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor's Degree Attainment, 1999.
• Historically Black Colleges & Universities: A Look at Student Retention, 1999.
• What Helps or Hinders Students' Chances of Success in College?, 2001.
• What Helps or Hinders Students' Educational Achievement, 1999.
• Persistence and Attainment of Beginning Students with Pell Grants, 2002.
• A Matter of Degrees, Carey, 2004.
• Profile of Undergraduates: Emphasis on Community College Students, 2006.
  

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Majors

• Undergraduate Origins of Recent Science and Engineering Doctorates, 1996.
• Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science & Engineering, 1999.
• Science Highlights: The Nations Report, 2000.
• Entry & Persistence of Women & Minorities in College Science & Engineering Education, 2000.
• Science and Engineering Degrees, 2001.
• The Human Capital Liabilities
• Gender & Ethnic Differences in Persistence & Graduation (2002).

Effects of College

• Baccalaureate & Beyond Longitudinal Study: 1993/97 Second Follow-up Methodology Report, 1997.
• Gender Differences in Earnings Among Young Adults Entering the Labor Markets, 1998.
• Projected Postsecondary Outcomes 0f 1992 High School Graduates, 1999
• Life After College, 1999.
• Debt Burden Four Years After College, 2000.
• Annual Employment Outcomes Report (OK), FY 2000.
• College Quality & Earnings of Recent College Graduates, 2000.
• The State-by-State Report Card, 2000.
• Condition and Effectiveness of Higher Education, 2001.
• Diversity of Employment, 2002.
  

Student Assessment

• Principles of Assessment, 1996.
• Student Outcomes Information for Policy Making, 1997.
• Fair Assessment Practices, 2000.
• Culture of Evidence: Postsecondary Assessment and Learning Outcomes, 2006.

Revised 7/20/06