This section provides an overview of changing characteristics and trends in higher education enrollments and the academic preparation of students entering colleges and universities. It is followed by Section III, which considers the potential future environment for higher education. Fall Enrollment Trends North Carolina's higher education sectors . Institutions in all three sectors have experienced considerable growth in enrollments and degrees conferred, as Table II.1 shows. It is likely that even greater growth in enrollments will occur during the next decade as the annual number of high school graduates increases and as more working adults seek additional education.
Women constitute the majority of enrolled students in all North Carolina higher education sectors.
Fall Enrollment Trends Fig. Fall Enrollment Trends Higher education enrollment trends. However, in recent years this trend has stabilized and even declined in some sectors. Fall Enrollment Trends Fig. The ABC's of Public Education, the state's major education reform effort, began in high schools in fall 1997.