Between 1991 and 1999, the percentage of that age group in school rose from 53 percent to 60 percent. The percentage of high school students armed or fighting at school has fallen since 1993, though threats and weapons injuries are unchanged. The likelihood of earning some degree after high school has risen since 1983, with more black and white high school graduates going on to college. Hispanic students, though, showed no steady rise. Part-time professors made up 40 percent of college faculties in 1998, gaining flexibility for schools but at a risk of less availability to students.
Women earn more than half the country's bachelor's degrees.