The New Forgotten Half and Research Directions to Support Them

This report analyzes the nationally representative Educational Longitudinal Survey (ELS), which followed the high school class of 2004 for 10 years, from their sophomore more (2002) year until 2012. This survey can’t analyze high school dropout, which occurs mostly before 10th grade, so although it is important, that problem is not addressed here. Instead, we focus on new problems in the era of college for all, which affect many students who have recently gained college access but have radically different circumstances than traditional college students.