Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Notes to the Series and Data Series
Chapter 1. Introduction
The Interpretation of Trends
Aggregated and Disaggregated Measures
Criteria for the Selection of an Indicator
Major Sources of Data
The Types of Statistical Series
The Organization of the Volume
Conventions of the Statistical Tables and Graphs
Footnotes
Elementary and Secondary School Enrollment
Retention in Secondary School
Continuation Ratios, 9th to 10th Grade
Continuation Ratios, 10th to 11th Grade
Continuation Ratios, 11th to 12th Grade
The Effects of War and the Business Cycle Upon Continuation in School
Junior College Enrollment
Ratio of First-time Enrollment to the 18-Year-Old Population, by Sex
Ratio, College Enrollment to Population 18-21 Years of Age
Enrollment Rates by Age
Age Specific Enrollment Rates, by Cohort
Footnotes
Chapter 3. Teachers
College Faculty
Public School Teachers by Sex
Age of Teachers
Teachers with Substandard Certificates
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Footnotes
Chapter 4. The Quality of Education
Scholastic Aptitude, High School Juniors in Minnesota
Educational Achievement, High School Seniors in Iowa
Achievement: College Seniors
Footnotes
Chapter 5. Graduates
Gross Production of the Educational System High School Graduates
Ratio, High School Graduates to 17-Year-Olds
Ratio of Baccalaureate Degrees to High School Graduates Four Years Earlier
Baccalaureate Degrees Related to First-time Enrollment Four Years Earlier, by Sex
From Baccalaureate to Higher Degrees
Lapse Time, B.A. to Ph.D.
Trends in Various Specialty Fields: Patterns of Growth
Projections of Degrees
An Academic Production Index
Suggestions for Improving Data on Graduates
Footnotes
Chapter 6. Trends in Educational Organization and Finance
The Number of Institutions by Type
Size of School Systems
Length of Term and Days Attended
Institutions of Higher Education
Size of Institutions of Higher Education
Revenue for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Revenues of Institutions of Higher Education
Sources of Revenue for Higher Education
Expenditures of Institutions of Higher Education
Footnotes
Chapter 7. Educational Attainment
Median Years of Schooling
Percentage Attaining Given Years of School
Less than Five Years Schooling of an Age Group by Sex and Color
Twelve or More Years Schooling, by Age and Sex, for the Population 20-24 Years of Age
One Year or More of College for White Females in Three Age Groups
Cumulative Distributions of Educational Attainment, 20-24-Year-Old Nonwhite Males
Footnotes
Chapter 8. Attaining Society's Goals for Education
Goals Concerning Teachers
Goals Concerning Segregation
Goals for the Education of Women
Goals for the High School Curriculum
Goals for Higher Education
Goals for Financing Higher Education
Footnotes
Appendix A. What Contributes Most to an Increase in Degrees: A Change in Rate or Change in Population?
Appendix B. The Development of an Academic Production Index
Appendix C. Age Cohorts of the Population
Appendix D. Notes to the Series
Appendix E. Statistical Series
Bibliography