Postsecondary Expectations and Plans for the High School Senior Class of 2003-04. Issue Tables

摘要

Increasing numbers of students expect to attend college after high school. This set of Issue Tables, the second in a series examining students preparation for college, draws on data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02) to highlight postsecondary expectations and plans among the senior class of 2003-04. The following provides a summary of this set of Issue Tables: Tables 1 and 2 examine the highest level of education that students expected to attain and that parents expected students to attain. Tables 3 to 5 examine students postsecondary plans. Table 3 looks at whether or not students planned to continue their education after high school and where they planned to enroll. Table 4 focuses only on students with postsecondary plans and examines when after high school they planned to enroll in postsecondary education. Table 5 explores the reasons for students not planning to enroll in postsecondary education right after high school. Table 6 looks at the opinions of students parents, school staff, and friends about going to college after high school; table 7 shows how frequently students discussed going to college with their parents; and table 8 presents the number of students friends planning to attend a 2- or 4-year college after high school.