<p>“The Condition of Education (COE) is a congressionally mandated annual report that summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available statistics. The Condition of Education 2012 contains 49 indicators, plus a Closer Look.”
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<p>Thought this would be of interest here. It was just released this morning so I only did a 5 minute browse but the following caught my eye & might answer <em>some</em> of the questions that get debated here on CC:</p>
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<li><p>Total undergraduate enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions increased from 7.4 million students in fall 1970 to 13.2 million in fall 2000 and 18.1 million in fall 2010</p></li>
<li><p>According to projections, undergraduate enrollment is expected to reach 20.6 million in fall 2021</p></li>
<li><p>Undergraduate enrollment in public institutions increased from 10.5 million students in 2000 to 13.7 million in 2010, a 30 percent increase.</p></li>
<li><p>Private institutions experienced a higher rate of growth over this period, increasing 67 percent, from 2.6 to 4.4 million students. </p></li>
<li><p>Most of the growth in private institution enrollment between 2000 and 2010 occurred among for-profit institutionstheir enrollment increased more than 300 percent, from 0.4 to 1.7 million students.</p></li>
<li><p>Enrollment at private nonprofit institutions increased by 20 percent, from 2.2 to 2.7 million students. </p></li>
<li><p>Since 1990, there has been no measurable change in the participation of high school seniors in the extracurricular activities of newspaper/yearbook, music/performing arts, academic clubs, and other school clubs/activities. However, the percentage of high school seniors who participated in athletics in 2010 (40 percent) was higher than the percentage who participated in 1990 (36 percent), and the percentage who participated in student council/ government was lower in 2010 (9 percent) than in 1990 (11 percent).</p></li>
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