Postsecondary Education

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Table S-22-1. Standard errors for the percentage of first-year undergraduate students who took remedial education courses, by number of courses and selected characteristics: 2007-08

Selected characteristic	First-year undergraduates
	Number of students, in thousands	Percent who ever took a remedial course	Number who took a remedial course in 2007-08, in thousands	Percent who took remedial courses in 2007–08
	Number of students, in thousands	Percent who ever took a remedial course	Number who took a remedial course in 2007-08, in thousands	Any courses	1 course	2 courses	3 or more courses
Total	†	0.39	†	0.32	0.21	0.16	0.17

Sex
Male	†	0.51	†	0.47	0.33	0.25	0.20
Female	†	0.49	†	0.40	0.28	0.23	0.23

Race/ethnicity of student
White	†	0.39	†	0.39	0.28	0.22	0.19
Black	†	0.96	†	0.85	0.64	0.44	0.48
Hispanic	†	1.11	†	0.79	0.48	0.49	0.41
Asian	†	1.82	†	1.84	1.03	0.78	0.84
Pacific Islander	†	4.00	†	3.87	2.65	2.67	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	4.43	†	3.62	2.03	1.77	1.91
Two or more races	†	2.15	†	1.72	1.40	1.00	0.81
Other	†	5.97	†	4.92	3.08	3.02	†

Age
15 to 23	†	0.46	†	0.39	0.31	0.22	0.20
24 to 29	†	0.88	†	0.73	0.59	0.45	0.41
30 or older	†	0.92	†	0.63	0.48	0.28	0.35

Attendance status
Exclusively full-time	†	0.52	†	0.41	0.28	0.26	0.22
Exclusively part-time	†	0.66	†	0.52	0.33	0.30	0.27
Mixed full- and part-time	†	1.03	†	1.07	0.70	0.51	0.45

Student housing status
On-campus	†	0.78	†	0.73	0.59	0.43	0.30
Off-campus, not with relatives	†	0.59	†	0.49	0.36	0.23	0.24
With parents or relatives	†	0.69	†	0.62	0.49	0.37	0.33

Control and level of institution
Public less-than-2-year	†	2.58	†	0.88	1.01	0.34	0.70
Public 2-year	†	0.48	†	0.43	0.30	0.25	0.25
Public 4-year nondoctorate	†	1.47	†	1.10	0.68	0.64	0.53
Public 4-year doctorate	†	0.96	†	0.77	0.58	0.35	0.28
Private not-for-profit less than 4-year	†	3.07	†	2.47	1.23	0.71	0.99
Private not-for-profit 4-year nondoctorate	†	1.69	†	1.44	1.08	0.67	0.68
Private not-for-profit 4-year doctorate	†	1.66	†	1.36	1.10	0.65	0.43
Private for-profit less-than-2-year	†	0.77	†	0.43	0.25	0.25	0.22
Private for-profit, 2 years or more	†	1.32	†	1.12	0.69	0.57	0.73

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08).

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