College Searching Online
The majority of teens and nearly half of online adults use the internet to search for colleges or schools.
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The majority of teens and nearly half of online adults use the internet to search for colleges or schools.
54% of parents with teenagers use internet filters – a big jump from 2000. Yet both teens and parents believe that youth do things online that their parents would not like.
This short presentation addresses the Project’s late 2004 findings on the steps that parents are taking to protect their teenage children online.
26% of Americans age 65+ go online.
One in four Americans age 65+ has access to the internet, up from 15% in 2000.
A growing number of “Silver Surfers” switch to fast online connections
Debates More Important to Young Voters
This presentation provides new demographic data, not contained in recent reports, that is broken out by age groups. It also contains specific tips for government Web site managers who want to design senior-friendly sites.
This new study from the Pew Hispanic Center that finds that the white/Latino gap in finishing college is larger than the high school completion gap. The study reveals that Latino undergraduates are at a disadvantage in competing for college degrees because of two important factors: many Hispanic undergraduates disproportionately enroll on campuses that have low bachelor's degree completion rates, and they have different experiences than white students even when they enroll on the same campuses.
This study was conducted by the Educational Policy Institute through a grant from the Pew Hispanic Center to provide the most up-to-date analysis of Latino achievement through postsecondary education. The study analyses the latest installment of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS), begun in 1988 with eighth grade students and followed up several times, with the last follow-up survey in 2000: eight years after scheduled high school graduation.
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