Meta-analysis of college diversity experiences and civic engagement
2011 meta-study from Notre Dame on how diversity on college campuses promotes civic engagement.
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Black gender gap in education: Historical trends and racial comparisons
2011 study in the journal Demography examining the higher education completion rates for black men and women between 1940 and 2000.
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Trends in college spending in the United States, 1999-2009
2011 report by the Delta Cost Project on enrollment levels, funding and staffing by universities and colleges over the past decade.
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Education and the reproduction of economic inequality in the U.S.
2010 study in Economics of Education Review on link between family background, education and achievement.
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The digital revolution and higher education
2011 report by the Pew Internet and American Life project analyzes data collected from a survey of 2,412 American adults.
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics: Good jobs now and for the future
2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce on the current state of the science, technology, engineering and math-based job industries.
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Causes of gender differences in political knowledge
2009 study by the University of Missouri in Political Behavior on the origins of the male-female divide in knowledge of politics.
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Subprime opportunity: The unfulfilled promise of for-profit colleges and universities
2010 report from the Education Trust on the relative characteristics of the for-profit school sector, including tuition costs, average student loan amounts and default rates, and graduation rates.
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