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Baxter, Neale – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1994
Looks at graduate school decision making and discusses cost, number of professional degrees conferred, evaluating schools and programs, placement after graduation, salary expectations, and personal factors to be considered. Provides a list of agencies for further information. (JOW)
Descriptors: College Choice, Educational Benefits, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Spies, Richard R. – 1978
The question of whether private colleges are pricing themselves out of the market is considered. An analysis of the actual application patterns of a sample of high-ability students indicates that colleges and universities are not pricing themselves out of the market. Despite substantial increases in tuition and other fees over the last several…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Applicants, College Choice, Educational Finance
Bob, Sharon H. – 1979
Enrollment patterns of women in higher education and factors that may contribute to these patterns are examined based on a review of the literature. Evidence is cited indicating that while women are attending colleges and universities in large numbers, they continue to study fields traditionally studied by women, and they continue to enroll in the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, College Students, Enrollment Influences
Download full textGreen, Kenneth C. – 1987
The growing campus role in providing student financial aid is discussed based on data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, Peterson's Guide, and other sources. The campus contribution to student aid programs has grown far more than recent tuition increases. A significant portion of the financial aid burden has passed from federal…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Role, College Students, Eligibility
PDF pending restorationPugh, Susan L. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1984
A study of student borrowing in the Indiana Guaranteed Student Loan Program focused on impacts of loan amounts on college choice and other sources of student support. Findings related to family income levels and loan amounts, public versus private college choice and aid packages, student decision making, and student costs. Recommendations are made…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, College Students, Eligibility
Webster, David S. – 1978
Selectivity is criticized as an index of college quality. Standardized college entrance examination scores can at best reflect college quality, it is proposed. In addition, using them as a measure of college quality assumes, perhaps erroneously, that the college admits only the highest-scoring applicants. Further reasons are these: (1) SAT scores…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice
Pickens, William H. – 1982
Fiscal support for higher education and policy concerns at the state level during difficult financial times are discussed, with specific reference to the western states. States vary widely in several ways: the strength of their economies, the actions of legislatures and voters to reduce the revenues or the expenditure base of state and local…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Budgeting, College Choice
