DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS

General:

• American Council on Education and the Association for Institutional Research: Measuring Quality: Choosing Among Surveys and Other Assessments of College Quality
• The Chronicle of Higher Education Facts & Figures  
• United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics

Aid and Pricing:

• The College Board: Trends in Student Aid
• The College Board: Trends in College Pricing
• United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States (Formerly Titled - Money Income in the United States)

Retention:

• United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Educational Attainment in the United States

Racial and Ethnic Diversity:

• Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education: Projections of High School Graduates by Race and Ethnicity

Implication Studies:

• United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (Formerly Office of Educational Research and Improvement)

Guide to College and University Rankings:

• The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Guide to College and University Rankings. This online guide lists national, international, and subject specific sources of rankings, along with a bibliography of articles about rankings and the merits for/against them.

COMPETITION TRENDS

Financial Reports & Statistics:

• IPEDS (National Center for Education Statistics)
• United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
• NACUBO (National Association of College and University Business Officers)
• The Center at the University of Florida's Lombardi Program on Measuring University Performance

Guidebooks (Available for Purchase in Any Bookstore, Websites Such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Through the Guidebook Company Directly):

• Barron's: Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges
• Barron's: Profiles of American Colleges
• The College Board: The College Handbook
• Fiske: The Fiske Guide to Colleges
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Choosing the Right College
• Kaplan: Guide to the Best Colleges in the U.S.
• Peterson's: Guide to Four Year Colleges, and Guide to Competitive Colleges
• The Princeton Review: The Best 357 Colleges
• US News & World Report: America's Best Colleges

FACULTY TRENDS

Background Information:

• Higher Education Research Institute: Faculty Survey

Performance and Effectiveness:

• National Center for Higher Education Management Systems: Institutional Performance Survey

Student and Faculty Priority Overlap:

• Noel-Levitz Institutional Priorities Survey

Student Assessment of Graduate and Undergraduate Programs:

• Educational Testing Service: Program Self-Assessment Services

General:

• The Boston College Fact Book

Prospects:

• The College Board: Student Search Service, Enrollment Planning Service, etc.

Inquiries:

• Office of Undergraduate Admission: Inquiry Data File (current admission cycle)
• Office of Enrollment Management: Inquiry Data File Backups (previous admission cycles)

Applicants:

• Office of Undergraduate Admission: Application Data File (current admission cycle)
• Office of Enrollment Management: Application Data File Backups (previous admission cycles)

Accepted Students:

• Office of Undergraduate Admission: Application Data File (current admission cycle)
• Office of Enrollment Management: Application Data File Backups (previous admission cycles)
• Office of Enrollment Management: Admitted Student Questionnaire Plus

Entering Students and Current Students:

• Office of Institutional Research: Freshman Survey
• Office of Institutional Research: Senior Survey
• Office of Student Services: Student File Snapshots
• Office of Student Services: Student Data File
• Office of Student Services: Student Services Satisfaction Survey

Parents:

• Office of Student Services: Parent Services Satisfaction Survey

Alumni:

• Alumni Association Database
• Career Center
• Offices of Marketing Communications and University Relations Survey
• Office of Student Services: Student Data File