Posts Tagged ‘Trends & Indicators’
Trends & Indicators: International Enrollment
by Journal Staff
July 9, 2012
Updated July 2012
New England colleges and universities enrolled nearly 59,000 foreign students in 2011—more than three times as many as they did in 1980, according to data from the New York City-based Institute of International Education.
New England campuses attract 8.1% of all foreign students who enrolled in the United States.
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Trends & Indicators: Demography
by Journal Staff
May 3, 2012
Updated May 2012 ...
The six-state New England region's population grew by a sluggish 3.8% between 2000 and 2010—while the nation's as a whole grew by 9.7%, according to U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 population figures released in December.
Among other highlights:
• United Van Lines, the nation’s largest household goods mover, classified four of the six New England ...
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Trends & Indicators: High School Success
by NEBHE Staff
April 9, 2012
Updated April 2012 ...
New England public schools were expected to award more than 147,000 high school diplomas in 2008-09. Fully 78% of New England 9th-graders graduate from high school in the "normal" four years time, compared with 70% nationally. Nearly a dozen foreign countries outperform the U.S. in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with a high ... Read MoreTags: Education Week, high school success, John O. Harney, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), OECD, Trends & Indicators | No Comments
Trends & Indicators: Financing Higher Education
by NEBHE Staff
February 1, 2012
Updated February 2012 ...
New England's public and private two-year and four-year colleges continue to be more expensive than the U.S. averages. The region continues to hold the dubious distinction of America’s lowest state appropriations for higher education and highest tuitions and fees for public colleges and universities. Recent data from the annual Grapevine survey by the Illinois ... Read MoreTags: appropriations, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, SHEEO, Trends & Indicators, tuition | No Comments
NE College Prices Continue to Outpace Nation’s; Obama Unveils New Tuition Proposals
by Monnica Chan and John O. Harney
January 29, 2012
New England's public and private two- and four years colleges continue to charge higher prices than the U.S. average, according to new data posted to the Financing Higher Education section of NEBHE's Trends & Indicators. To view the latest updates to our Higher Education Financing section, visit Trends & Indicators: Continually ...
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Trends & Indicators: Enrollment Period
by John O. Harney
December 21, 2011
Updated December 2011 ...
Since NEBHE began publishing tables and charts exploring “Trends & Indicators” in New England higher education more than a half-century ago, few figures have grabbed as much attention as college enrollment data. These local, state, regional and national data go beyond simple headcounts of students going to college to tell the ...
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New Enrollment Data Show NE College Student Pop. Nears Million Mark, But Region’s Share of US Total Dips
by John O. Harney
December 19, 2011
New England's public and private nonprofit colleges and universities enrolled nearly a million full- and part-time students in 2010. But the region's historically disproportionate share of total U.S. enrollment continued to decline to 4.7%, down from 5.4% early in the decade.
For more than a half-century, NEBHE has been publishing tables and charts exploring ...
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Trends & Indicators 2011: Demography, Part II
by John O. Harney
July 5, 2011
Is demography really destiny?
The makeup of the population and the perceived value of education are changing. So this year following the decennial census, we're presenting our demography figures a few ways. (We also presented a set in January.)
The universities of the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) attracted more than 7,000 students of color this year—a ...
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Trends & Indicators: NE Universities Still R&D Powerhouses
by John O. Harney
March 10, 2011
New England universities performed more than $4 billion worth of research and development in 2009, but the region’s share of total R&D performed by all U.S. universities remained at 7.3%, down from more than 10% in the 1980s.
The region's university research labs have been world-famous for ideas that breed companies and whole ...
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Trends & Indicators: Continually Updated Stats on New England’s Education and Economy
by Journal Staff
January 25, 2011
For more than half a century, NEBHE has been publishing tables and charts exploring "Trends & Indicators" in New England’s demography, high school performance and graduation, college enrollment, college graduation rates and degree production, higher education financing and university research.
Our printed compendium richly juxtaposed 60-plus figures on state, regional, national and global higher education trends, ...
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