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Table 308. -  Colleges and universities offering remedial services, by type and control of institution: 1987-88 to 1997-98
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                       |                                                                                          |Change in per-
                       |                    Percent of colleges offering remedial services                        |centage points
   Type and control    |                                                                                          |_______________
    of institution     |__________________________________________________________________________________________|1987-88|1990-91
                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |  to   |  to
                       |1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98\1\|1996-97|1997-98
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______
           1           |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |    12    |  13   |  14
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______
                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |       |
Total .................|  72.7 |  74.9 |  76.6 |  77.7 |  78.6 |  78.5 |  79.0 |  79.8 |  79.5 |  80.0 |     76.7 |   7.3 |   ---
  All 4-year colleges .|  66.0 |  68.2 |  69.6 |  70.6 |  71.4 |  71.5 |  72.2 |  73.6 |  73.0 |  73.1 |     72.5 |   7.1 |   ---
  All 2-year colleges .|  82.7 |  84.7 |  87.2 |  88.4 |  89.2 |  88.8 |  89.5 |  89.1 |  89.4 |  91.0 |     82.2 |   8.3 |   ---
                       |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______
  Public institutions .|  90.4 |  91.0 |  92.4 |  93.0 |  93.9 |  93.5 |  93.5 |  93.7 |  93.7 |  94.0 |     93.8 |   3.6 |   0.8
    4-year colleges ...|  80.5 |  81.8 |  82.9 |  83.5 |  84.5 |  84.5 |  84.6 |  85.3 |  85.4 |  85.1 |     85.2 |   4.6 |   1.6
    2-year colleges ...|  96.4 |  96.6 |  98.2 |  98.9 |  99.6 |  98.8 |  98.7 |  98.6 |  98.6 |  99.2 |     98.7 |   2.9 |  -0.2
                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |       |
  Private institutions |  58.6 |  62.0 |  64.1 |  65.6 |  66.3 |  66.4 |  67.4 |  68.6 |  68.0 |  68.6 |     64.2 |  10.0 |   ---
    4-year colleges ...|  60.3 |  63.0 |  64.5 |  65.6 |  66.4 |  66.5 |  67.5 |  69.2 |  68.4 |  68.6 |     67.8 |   8.3 |   ---
    2-year colleges ...|  53.0 |  58.6 |  63.0 |  65.5 |  65.8 |  65.8 |  67.0 |  66.6 |  66.3 |  68.4 |     55.1 |  15.3 |   ---
                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |       |
    Nonprofit .........|   --- |   --- |  65.0 |  65.6 |  66.2 |  66.7 |  67.7 |  69.3 |  68.9 |  69.2 |     69.0 |   --- |   3.5
      4-year colleges .|   --- |   --- |  64.2 |  64.9 |  65.8 |  66.2 |  67.0 |  68.7 |  68.3 |  68.3 |     68.3 |   --- |   3.4
      2-year colleges .|   --- |   --- |  71.8 |  71.3 |  69.9 |  71.5 |  73.5 |  74.0 |  73.3 |  77.3 |     75.4 |   --- |   4.2
                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |       |
    Proprietary .......|   --- |   --- |  59.5 |  65.6 |  66.6 |  64.6 |  65.6 |  65.2 |  63.5 |  65.2 |     51.7 |   --- |   ---
      4-year colleges .|   --- |   --- |  71.7 |  81.3 |  79.2 |  73.7 |  76.3 |  76.0 |  69.2 |  72.7 |     63.9 |   --- |   ---
      2-year colleges .|   --- |   --- |  57.0 |  62.0 |  63.2 |  62.0 |  62.1 |  60.8 |  60.5 |  60.8 |     47.5 |   --- |   ---
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______

\1\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal finance aid programs.
---Data not available.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1999.)


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