Higher Education Is in Flux as Demographics Change, Federal Report Shows

For-profit colleges are serving a bigger a share of a market that includes an increasing number of women and minority students, according to report by the U.S. Education Department.

"The Condition of Education 2008" summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 43 indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The 2008 print edition includes 43 indicators in five main areas: (1) participation in education; (2) learner outcomes; (3) student effort and educational progress; (4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and (5) the contexts of postsecondary education.

The complete report is available via the National Center for Education Statistics.

Full-text article by Peter Schmidt is available via The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5.30.08. [Subscription required.]