Guess Who's Coming to College: Your Students in 1990. A Research Report from the State-National Information Network for Independent Higher Education.

Autor/in	Hodgkinson, Harold L.
Institution	National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. National Inst. of Independent Colleges and Universities.
Titel	Guess Who's Coming to College: Your Students in 1990. A Research Report from the State-National Information Network for Independent Higher Education.
Quelle	(1983), (22 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Students; Age Groups; Birth Rate; College Attendance; College Students; Demography; Enrollment Influences; Geographic Distribution; Geographic Regions; Higher Education; Minority Groups; Nonschool Educational Programs; Nontraditional Students; Older Adults; Population Trends; Prediction; Race; Student Characteristics; Trend Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Age grop; Altersgruppe; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Collegestudent; Demografie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ethnische Minderheit; Älterer Erwachsener; Bevölkerungsprognose; Vorhersage; Rasse; Abstammung; Trendanalyse
Abstract	Major demographic trends affecting the size and composition of the college population, and consequences for higher education are examined. Trends and implications include the following: the under-20 group will fall below 30 percent during the decade; total births and birth rates are up in the Sun Belt and holding even or declining in most of the Frost Belt; Native Americans, Hispanics, Orientals, and some religious groups are increasing rapidly; a much higher percentage of the diminished youth cohort of the decade will be from minority backgrounds, single-parent families, multiple-earner families, and others who may have problems getting prepared for college; industry, the military, government, and voluntary agencies are educating 75 percent of U.S. adult learners; there is a rapid expansion in the numbers of those over 65, which may affect issues of access to education and assistance; women and Blacks have rapidly gained better access to higher education, while Hispanics will also; and a large increase in the 35- to 44-year-old age group will mark the economic development of the 1980s. It is suggested that liberal arts institutions, which have relied on attracting a white, middle-class, suburban student body, will be more vulnerable, and collaboration with industry, the military, and others may bring new programs to higher education. (SW)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01