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Download full textEmrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
Rising college costs have outpaced federal grant aid and placed more of the financial burden on students and their families. Children's Savings Account (CSA) programs help families, especially lower-income families, save for college--and other postsecondary education--by providing financial contributions and possibly other supports. A Senate…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Money Management, Low Income Groups, Program Effectiveness
Mazzuca, Lois C. – 1982
The transition process from high school to college is considered from the perspective of a high school practitioner. Educational, social/personal, and financial factors that influence student planning are discussed. It is suggested that the secondary school must begin as early as the freshman year to help plan the curriculum the student will…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Admissions Counseling, Articulation (Education), Career Planning
Reyes, Luis O. – 1990
The crisis of dropping out among Latino high school students points directly to the important role that teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and community groups can play in creating for each student a vision of the future that includes postsecondary education. The Five Cities High School Dropout Study, which documents the effect of key…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Administrator Role, Community Role, Cultural Awareness
Vaccaro, John – 1982
Developments relating to college admission standards, the quality of high school curricula, and academic achievement are discussed by a representative of the College Board. Attention is directed to College Board data on the following issues: the decline on verbal and mathematics Scholastic Aptitude Test scores; trends in the number of years that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Acceleration (Education)
Putnam, John F. – 1981
A handbook of terms and definitions for describing students in postsecondary education includes technical and vocational schools as well as various forms of adult education and nontraditional study. Input was gathered from 40 national organizations and 29 federal agencies; 20 organizations and agencies provided field test sites. The guide's…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Classification, College Admission, Confidential Records
