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Table 310. Percent of degree-granting institutions offering remedial services, by type and control of institution: 1989-90 to 2003-04

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                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     | Change in per-
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     | centage points
Type and control      |1989-|1990-|1991-|1992-|1993-|1994-|1995-|1996-|1997-|1998-|1999-|2000-|2001-|2002-|2003-|_______________
of institution        |  90 |  91 |  92 |  93 |  94 |  95 |  96 |  97 |  98 |  99 |2000 |  01 |  02 |  03 |  04 |1989-90|1997-98
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |    to |    to
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |1996-97|2003-04
______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______
1                     |   2 |   3 |   4 |   5 |   6 |   7 |   8 |   9 |  10 |  11 |  12 |  13 |  14 |  15 |   16|     17|     18
______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______
   Total .............| 76.6| 77.7| 78.6| 78.5| 79.0| 79.8| 79.5| 80.0| 76.7| 76.1| 76.1| 75.1| 73.3| 72.5| 72.1|    3.4|   -4.5
                      |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |
All 4-year colleges ..| 69.6| 70.6| 71.4| 71.5| 72.2| 73.6| 73.0| 73.1| 72.5| 72.0| 71.6| 71.4| 69.0| 67.6| 67.1|    3.5|   -5.4
All 2-year colleges ..| 87.2| 88.4| 89.2| 88.8| 89.5| 89.1| 89.4| 91.0| 82.2| 81.5| 82.2| 80.4| 79.5| 79.5| 79.7|    3.8|   -2.6
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |
Public institutions ..| 92.4| 93.0| 93.9| 93.5| 93.5| 93.7| 93.7| 94.0| 93.8| 93.6| 93.5| 93.1| 92.3| 91.7| 91.3|    1.6|   -2.5
  4-year colleges ....| 82.9| 83.5| 84.5| 84.5| 84.6| 85.3| 85.4| 85.1| 85.2| 84.2| 83.6| 81.7| 79.9| 78.4| 77.3|    2.2|   -7.9
  2-year colleges ....| 98.2| 98.9| 99.6| 98.8| 98.7| 98.6| 98.6| 99.2| 98.7| 99.0| 99.2| 99.7| 99.4| 99.4| 99.5|    1.0|    0.8
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |
Private institutions .| 64.1| 65.6| 66.3| 66.4| 67.4| 68.6| 68.0| 68.6| 64.2| 63.6| 63.9| 62.8| 60.2| 59.0| 59.0|    4.4|   -5.2
  4-year colleges ....| 64.5| 65.6| 66.4| 66.5| 67.5| 69.2| 68.4| 68.6| 67.8| 67.7| 67.4| 67.9| 65.3| 63.9| 63.7|    4.1|   -4.2
  2-year colleges ....| 63.0| 65.5| 65.8| 65.8| 67.0| 66.6| 66.3| 68.4| 55.1| 52.8| 54.4| 48.8| 45.0| 44.8| 44.8|    5.4|  -10.2
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |
  Not-for-profit .....| 65.0| 65.6| 66.2| 66.7| 67.7| 69.3| 68.9| 69.2| 69.0| 68.6| 69.2| 67.6| 66.1| 65.4| 65.0|    4.2|   -4.1
    4-year colleges ..| 64.2| 64.9| 65.8| 66.2| 67.0| 68.7| 68.3| 68.3| 68.3| 68.3| 68.5| 67.0| 65.5| 64.7| 64.0|    4.1|   -4.2
    2-year colleges ..| 71.8| 71.3| 69.9| 71.5| 73.5| 74.0| 73.3| 77.3| 75.4| 71.6| 76.7| 73.6| 72.6| 74.0| 77.1|    5.6|    1.7
                      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |
  For-profit .........| 59.5| 65.6| 66.6| 64.6| 65.6| 65.2| 63.5| 65.2| 51.7| 51.1| 51.5| 52.7| 48.0| 45.6| 47.4|    5.7|   -4.3
    4-year colleges ..| 71.7| 81.3| 79.2| 73.7| 76.3| 76.0| 69.2| 72.7| 63.9| 63.4| 60.1| 72.9| 64.5| 59.6| 62.0|    1.0|   -1.9
    2-year colleges ..| 57.0| 62.0| 63.2| 62.0| 62.1| 60.8| 60.5| 60.8| 47.5| 46.2| 47.7| 41.8| 37.3| 37.2| 37.3|    3.8|  -10.3
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NOTE: Data for 1989-90 to 1996-97 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate's or higher degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1989-90 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:89-2000), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared April 2005.)