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Behymer, Jo; Cockriel, Irvin W. – 1986
This study provides insight into selected factors which affect choice of teaching as a career as well as choice of a college. Sixty-one percent of the 142 high school students in the sample who marked teaching as their planned career indicated that scholarships were "very important" to career choice. Thirty-two percent indicated that it was…
Descriptors: Career Choice, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education
McRee, Mary Ellen Rider; Cockriel, Irvin W. – 1986
The award of no-need or merit scholarships and the effect on college choice are discussed. No-need scholarships are increasingly being used to draw students to the teaching profession, provide financial aid, and to recruit students who are academically and athletically talented. When these awards attract bright students to campuses, they can help…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Choice, Enrollment Influences, Financial Needs
