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                            |          Percent of colleges offering remedial services               |Change in percentage
                            |                                                                       |       points
                            |                                                                       |--------------------
      Type and control      |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 1987-88  | 1990-91
       of institution       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    to    |   to
                            |1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96| 1995-96  | 1995-96
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             1              |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |    11    |   12
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                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |
Total ......................|  72.7 |  74.9 |  76.6 |  77.7 |  78.6 |  76.6 |  77.1 |  78.0 |  77.8 |      5.1 |     0.1
  All 4-year colleges ......|  66.0 |  68.2 |  69.6 |  70.6 |  71.4 |  69.7 |  70.4 |  71.9 |  71.6 |      5.6 |     1.0
  All 2-year colleges ......|  82.7 |  84.7 |  87.2 |  88.4 |  89.2 |  86.6 |  87.2 |  87.1 |  87.4 |      4.7 |    -1.0
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    Public institutions     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |
4-year colleges ............|  80.5 |  81.8 |  82.9 |  83.5 |  84.5 |  78.4 |  78.4 |  79.4 |  80.0 |     -0.5 |    -3.6
2-year colleges ............|  96.4 |  96.6 |  98.2 |  98.9 |  99.6 |  95.6 |  95.5 |  95.5 |  95.5 |     -0.9 |    -3.4
                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |
    Private institutions    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |          |
4-year colleges ............|  60.3 |  63.0 |  64.5 |  65.6 |  66.4 |  66.2 |  67.2 |  68.9 |  68.2 |      7.9 |     2.6
2-year colleges ............|  53.0 |  58.6 |  63.0 |  65.5 |  65.8 |  65.4 |  66.7 |  66.6 |  66.3 |     13.2 |     0.8
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared September 1996.)