The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: College Enrollment Hits New Record Level

October 30, 2009

College Enrollment Hits New Record Level

Almost 40 percent of the nation’s 18- to 24-year-olds in 2008 were enrolled in college, a record number, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Thursday. The rise was driven almost entirely by a surge in students attending community colleges. Enrollment has been rising at two- and four-year colleges alike for decades. And most young adults still prefer four-year colleges, even though they are more expensive. But the increase in the rate of students going to college reflected in the Pew report was attributable almost entirely to increased community-college enrollment. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/education/30college.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Oct 30, 2009 4:29:00 AM | Data/Statistical Reports, Enrollment

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