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Download full textMcDonough, Patricia M.; Calderone, Shannon M.; Purdy, William C. – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2007
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) commissioned this paper to help policy leaders and decision makers understand the impact of selected state financial aid programs on students' choices--choices of which college to attend, where to attend college, and even whether to attend college at all. As the paper shows, states…
Descriptors: State Aid, Federal Government, Student Financial Aid, Grants
Peer reviewedEhrenberg, Ronald G.; Luzadis, Rebecca A. – Economics of Education Review, 1986
Using data from the Social Security Administration's "1973 Survey of Student Beneficiaries, this paper shows that the Social Security Student Benefit Program (terminated in 1982) positively influenced recipients' selection of quality private college programs. The program also affected parents' contributions and recipients' on campus…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Choice, Family Financial Resources, Higher Education
Oregon Univ. System, Eugene. Office of Institutional Research Services. – 2000
Since 1993 The Oregon University System has gathered information about the college enrollment characteristics of its graduates in order to understand the college choices and behavior of Oregon's high school graduates. It sought to identify the proportion of the graduating class that went on to a postsecondary school, the type of college students…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Choice, Colleges
Green, Mary Anne, Ed.; Seher, Patricia, Ed. – 1986
Nevada high school seniors were surveyed in 1986 to provide high school and college planners with information about students' demographic characteristics, high school experience, and postsecondary plans. Factors influencing students' choice of postsecondary institutions and students' impressions of the University of Nevada System institutions were…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Choice
Hossler, Don – 1984
Enrollment management is discussed with focus on the expanding role of admissions professions and their increasing impact on institutional policymaking. Enrollment management influences the size, shape, and characteristics of a student body by directing student marketing and recruitment as well as pricing and financial aid. Attention is also…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Admission
Orfield, Gary; And Others – 1984
This report to the Illinois Senate Committee on Higher Education assesses the extent to which students in metropolitan Chicago have real access to higher education and choice among postsecondary institutions. The chapters in part I address issues related to inequality in higher education in Chicago, providing analyses of the causes of inequality,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, College Attendance, College Choice
McConner, Ora B. – 1982
The preparation of high school students for the transition from secondary to postsecondary education is discussed by an official of the Chicago public schools. It is suggested that access to postsecondary education should not be linked solely to test scores without regard to achievement within the child's environment. Recent statistics show that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admissions Counseling, Articulation (Education), Career Planning
