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                            |          Percent of colleges offering         |    Change in percentage points
                            |        remedial instruction or tutoring       |______________________________________________
      Type and control      |_______________________________________________| 1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 | 1991-92
       of institution       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   to    |   to   |   to   |   to   |   to
                            |1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93| 1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 | 1992-93
____________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|________|________|________|_________
             1              |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |    8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |   12
____________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|________|________|________|_________
                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |        |        |        |
Total ......................|  72.7 |  74.9 |  76.6 |  77.7 |  78.6 |  76.6 |     2.1 |    1.8 |    1.0 |    0.9 |    -2.0
  All 4-year colleges ......|  66.0 |  68.2 |  69.6 |  70.6 |  71.4 |  69.7 |     2.3 |    1.4 |    0.9 |    0.9 |    -1.7
  All 2-year colleges ......|  82.7 |  84.7 |  87.2 |  88.4 |  89.2 |  86.6 |     2.0 |    2.5 |    1.1 |    0.8 |    -2.6
                            |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|________|________|________|_________
    Public institutions     |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |        |        |        |
4-year colleges ............|  80.5 |  81.8 |  82.9 |  83.5 |  84.5 |  78.4 |     1.3 |    1.1 |    0.7 |    0.9 |    -6.1
2-year colleges ............|  96.4 |  96.6 |  98.2 |  98.9 |  99.6 |  95.6 |     0.3 |    1.6 |    0.6 |    0.7 |    -4.0
                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |        |        |        |
    Private institutions    |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |        |        |        |
4-year colleges ............|  60.3 |  63.0 |  64.5 |  65.6 |  66.4 |  66.2 |     2.7 |    1.5 |    1.1 |    0.8 |    -0.2
2-year colleges ............|  53.0 |  58.6 |  63.0 |  65.5 |  65.8 |  65.4 |     5.6 |    4.3 |    2.5 |    0.4 |    -0.4
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1995.)