The past 15 years of efforts to improve college access and success could be deemed the “attainment goal era,” as nearly every state in the country set an ambitious goal to increase the share of their ...

The effect of education on survival outcomes was evaluated both overall and as it related to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Ultimate education level may be an independent risk factor for all-cause and ...

White New Yorkers and residents of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods are significantly more likely to have college degrees than Blacks, Hispanics and those who live in the city’s poorest ...

The National Center for Education Statistics regularly publishes status high school completion rates (National Center for Education Statistics, 2009a). Researchers interested in gauging the ...

While being overweight or obese in adolescence may have detrimental effects on academic attainment, the evidence base is limited by reliance on cross-sectional studies with small sample sizes, failure ...

The United States has made impressive gains in college completion, especially among Latino young adults, but big equity gaps remain. These are grave concerns. However, they’re not the whole story of ...

Postsecondary education creates opportunities for individuals and prepares them to join the workforce. For this reason, it is important that we understand how educational attainment is measured. A ...

The paper provides a detailed description of a novel dataset on education attainment in public administrations covering the period 1981-2011 for 178 countries. The dataset uses information extracted ...