US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO): Doctoral Universities In the lifecycle of colleges and universities, the month of May has historically marked the end of many students’ journey through their academic pursuits and into the beginning of their careers. While most attention to student outcomes within higher education has remained focused on retention/persistence and…
Using IPEDS Outcome Measures to Explore Graduation Rates in Texas In our previous blog post, we introduced the relatively new Outcome Measures (OM) calculated by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) as a means for comparing institutions across a combination of three variables: Pell grant status, prior college experience (first-time or transfer), and attendance…
Using IPEDS Outcome Measures to Explore Graduation Rates in the United States Throughout the course of modern higher education in America, any discussion regarding student success (retention/persistence rates and graduation rates) has primarily involved a single group: first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students. Data reporting at the federal (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System [IPEDS]) and state (Texas…
Persistence and Retention: The Texas Perspective As a follow-up to the last blog post that reviewed persistence and retention data at the national level, this post focuses the analytical lens on public universities in Texas. The following definitions will be used in the discussion below: Retention rate is measured by the percentage of students who return…
Persistence and Retention: The National Perspective While the past few blog posts have specifically addressed enrollment trends in Texas public universities, this blog post will begin a multi-part series of posts that will look at student outcomes data. We will begin by looking at the national trends associated with persistence and retention before moving to…
IHE Enrollment Trends in Texas: Demographic Data The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) recently published more granular enrollment data for all public universities in Texas, providing the first insight into how COVID-19 affected student enrollment across demographic groups. In the previous blog post, we showed that statewide enrollment at public universities increased from 657,985 in…
This blog post is a follow-up to an overview of enrollment trends in Texas posted last fall, which was limited to data through fall 2019. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) recently published an updated report, Enrollment Forecast 2021-2035: Texas Institutions in Higher Education that provides not only projections for the next 15 years, but also provided preliminary actual enrollment figures for fall 2020 by campus.
A comparison of faculty and student demographics at Texas public universities Success of students in higher education can be attributed to many factors. Personal work ethic, academic preparation, effective learning environment, and support systems are just a few of the variables that promote student persistence and graduation from colleges and universities. Among higher education researchers,…
Previous posts in this blog have explored various aspects of enrollment in public colleges and universities in Texas. Whether looking at direct enrollment trends of high school graduates, the “some college, no bachelors degree” population in Texas, or recent demographic shifts in higher education, the blog posts have sought to better understand challenges facing institutions…