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Nussbaum, Harvey – 1983
In fall 1982, a telephone survey was conducted to determine the attitudes and opinions of residents of the Wayne County Community College (WCCC) District toward the college and its programs. Study findings, based on usable interviews with 295 District residents, included the following: (1) 35% of the respondents named WCCC as the community college…
Descriptors: College Choice, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Surveys
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
Simmons, Fran C. – 1983
Information on why entering college students leave New Jersey is presented. Attention is also directed to characteristics of high school seniors who choose out-of-state colleges, including their grade point average, rank in class, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, family income, and parental education. Seniors who could be attracted to New Jersey's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Choice, Educational Quality