This CD-ROM contains public release data from the National Education Longitudinal Study:1988 (data files and updated electronic codebook for the Base Year (1988) through Third Follow-up (1994) of NELS:88). This CD-ROM contains data concerning access and choice issues related to postsecondary education experiences of a national sample of young Americans who were eighth-graders in 1988. NELS:88/94 collected information on postsecondary education participation, employment, earnings,family formation, and other activities and experiences relevant to individuals as they were about to enter their adult lives.