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Download full textBerkowitz, Susan G. – 1992
This study examined how secondary institutions define and implement institutional academic standards and progress requirements for federal financial aid recipients and how the federal requirements for academic progress affect the distribution of grades at these institutions. The study used a mail survey of a nationally representative sample of 200…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Eligibility, Federal Aid
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1985
A 1984-1985 update on operations of the Aid for Part-Time Study Program (APTS) in New York State is presented, along with recommendations of the Board of Regents. The APTS program provides up to $2,000 in annual awards to part-time undergraduates enrolled in degree programs. Awards are available for up to 8 years of part-time study for programs…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Credits, College Students, Eligibility
Morante, Edward A.; And Others – 1982
The status of remedial programs in New Jersey's public colleges is analyzed in this report for fall 1981. Following introductory material on New Jersey's basic skills assessment program, the character of the state's remedial programs is examined, focusing on the number of students tested, identification of students needing remediation, placement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
Ellis, Elinor Wall – 1988
After reviewing the literature on mentoring, this report presents the results of a study of 544 students enrolled at Florida A&M University (FAMU), a historically black institution. Students responses to the following issues are analyzed by gender, race, classification, and school and college: (1) reasons for having a mentor relationship at…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Blacks, College Students
Hudis, Paula M.; Stolzenberg, Ross M. – 1987
Statistical trends in the characteristics of registrants for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) are presented. Areas of focus are: registrations (registration volumes have increased dramatically over time); worldwide age distribution (the percentage of older test registrants has increased); world distribution (there has been a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Admission, College Students, Educational Assessment
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Senate. – 1998
These proceedings present testimony from the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education Admissions and Outreach and the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education regarding undergraduate admissions at the University of California (UC) in the aftermath of Proposition 209 and California Board of Regents' Special Proposal 1…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Asian Americans
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Senate. – 1998
This report provides background materials related to the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education Admissions and Outreach and the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education hearing on undergraduate admissions at the University of California (UC) and the Board of Regents' Special Proposal 1 (SP-1), which eliminated the use…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Asian Americans
Indiana State Commission for Higher Education, Indianapolis. – 1989
Beginning in 1985, freshmen enrolled on a part-time basis in associate degree programs in Indiana postsecondary institutions were tracked for eight semesters to determine rates of retention and attrition. In 1985, associate degree-seeking freshmen with a declared major constituted 12% of the total undergraduate population in the state, and 74% of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Freshmen
