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Tuition and Fee Charges Versus Inflation at Public and Private Four-Year Colleges (1987 to 2025)

May 5, 2026 wswail Leave a comment

The graphic below is not a Picasso or some bizarro modern art image. So stay with us, please. This is…

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Posted in: 2026, College Access, College Costs & Affordability, Higher Education, Student Debt Filed under: featured, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, writing

Average cost of attendance (COA) at four-year institutions, 2024–25

April 27, 2026 wswail Leave a comment

Data from the National Center on Education Statistics illustrate the current total cost of attendance (COA) at a four-year university…

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Posted in: 2026, College Access, College Costs & Affordability, Higher Education, Student Debt Filed under: featured, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, writing

Percent of Population Who are Under the Poverty Level

April 15, 2026 wswail

People who are at or below the poverty level are less likely to attain a diploma or degree, have lower…

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Posted in: 2026, Return on Investment Filed under: featured, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, writing

Percent of Students Who Score Above Average on the NAEP Mathematics Assessment, by Race/Ethnicity and SES (2024)

March 31, 2026 wswail

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, best known as “NAEP,” gives us an inside view of the academic preparedness of…

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Posted in: 2026, Academics, EPIGraph, K12 Filed under: featured, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, writing

EPIGraph – Distribution of people age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher (2001 – 2021)

March 26, 2026 wswail

Data from the US Census Bureau illustrate the percentage of adults aged 25 or older who earned a bachelor’s degree…

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Posted in: 2026, EPIGraph, Higher Education, Retention & Attainment, Return on Investment Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – College Readiness of High School Graduates, 2018-2023 (ACT)

March 20, 2026 wswail

According to ACT, the college readiness of recent high school graduates declined precipitously between 2018 and 2023. In each of…

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Posted in: 2026, Academics, College Access, EPIGraph, Higher Education, K12 Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – Expected Family Contributions (EFC) for Undergraduate Students (2020)

March 2, 2026 wswail

Today’s EPIGraph takes a look at what we call the “EFC,” or the Expected Family Contribution, for undergraduate students and…

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Posted in: 2026, College Costs & Affordability, EPIGraph, Financial Aid, Higher Education Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – PSE Enrollment as a Percentage of Total Population, by State (2023)

December 17, 2025 wswail

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall Enrollment component, Spring…

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Posted in: 2025, College Access, Enrollment, EPIGraph, Higher Education Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – Literacy Rates by Country (2023)

December 8, 2025 wswail

Exhibit 1. Mean literacy proficiency score among adults ages 16−65, by country (2023). SOURCE: 2023 Survey of Adult Skills, OECD.

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Posted in: 2025, Academics, EPIGraph Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – Running Out of Money – Financial Issues for College Students

December 2, 2025 wswail

Exhibit 1. Percent of Students Who Run Out of Money During the Year (2022). SOURCE: Fletcher, C., Cornett, A., Webster,…

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Posted in: 2025, College Costs & Affordability, EPIGraph, Higher Education Filed under: affordability, college costs, finance, food insecurity, gender, hunger, money issues, race/ethnicity

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  • Tuition and Fee Charges Versus Inflation at Public and Private Four-Year Colleges (1987 to 2025) May 5, 2026
  • Average cost of attendance (COA) at four-year institutions, 2024–25 April 27, 2026
  • Percent of Population Who are Under the Poverty Level April 15, 2026
  • Percent of Students Who Score Above Average on the NAEP Mathematics Assessment, by Race/Ethnicity and SES (2024) March 31, 2026
  • EPIGraph – Distribution of people age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher (2001 – 2021) March 26, 2026
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