The Relationship Between Postsecondary & High School Course-taking Patterns: The Preparation of 1980 High School Sophomores Who Entered Postsecondary Institutions by 1984

The general public, policymakers, researchers and special interest groups are interested in the patterns of persistence and change in academic and vocational interests over time using high school and postsecondary transcipt and student data for 1980 high school seniors. Additional questions will be asked about course taking patterns in various academic and vocational subject matter areas. Frequencies and crosstabulations will be used for the data analysis.