U.S. Education Department Releases Annual Digest of Statistics for 2009

The U.S. Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics has published its “Digest of Education Statistics, 2009,” an annual compilation that gathers data released over the last 12 months about all levels of education. Among other things, the digest includes data on the number of colleges, college enrollments, and college graduates; on federal and other spending on public and private education; on education attainment levels; on tuition, fees, and student aid; and on a range of faculty and staff employment issues, including tenure, part time vs. full time, and pay. The statistics center also published today a shorter version of the digest, the “Mini-Digest of Education Statistics, 2009.”