May 29, 2009

Full-Time Students Account for a Growing Share of Enrollments

By Peter Schmidt

Washington

Full-time students have accounted for a growing share of college enrollments in recent years—especially at two-year institutions—as the number of students coming out of high schools has steadily risen, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Education Department.

The report, a compendium of data published annually by the department’s National Center for Education Statistics, also shows that black students have been making major strides in gaining access to

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