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Download full textClewell, Beatriz C.; Ficklen, Myra S. – 1986
Programs and policies at four-year majority white institutions with good minority retention rates are examined, and factors contributing to their success that are adaptable to other sites are identified. Identification of the institutions used in the study was based on an objective statistical procedure and expert nomination. The four institutions…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, College Attendance, Educational Opportunities
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
Data on student enrollment in all postsecondary institutions in the United States are provided, based on the Early National Estimates Survey which is part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Enrollment in postsecondary institutions in the fall of 1986 is reported according to enrollment by sex and racial/ethnic group of student,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, Educational Trends
Farrell, Charles S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
The death of a basketball player at the University of Maryland is giving new impetus to proposals to toughen the testing of athletes for drugs and to tighten limits on the time college players devote to their sports. Developments at Maryland and the National Collegiate Athletic Association are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletes, College Attendance, College Environment
Phillips, Frank M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
The American high school is a growing institution, and now includes more than 19,000 public high schools; 2,500 private high schools and academies; and more than 300 preparatory departments of universities and colleges. To a large majority of secondary students, the modern high school is their final school; to others it is a preparatory school, an…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Secondary Schools, High Schools, State Schools
Peer reviewedJones, John – Studies in Higher Education, 1982
The socioeconomic and ethnic origins of students attending universities in New Zealand are described and the effects of these origins on academic performance and progress are examined. It is concluded that only ethnic origin bears any relation to academic performance once students have made the decision to attend. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Aspiration, College Attendance
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1989
Describes Rust College, a Mississippi college dedicated to educating Blacks from economically and educationally impoverished backgrounds. Discusses the college's financial management, recent fund-raising efforts, building program, and academic programs. Examines the role of the predominantly Black college and Rust's mission to help students…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Teachers
O'Brien, Eileen M. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1989
College personnel professionals use a variety of strategies to recruit and retain minority group students. The following programs and approaches are described: (1) student monitoring; (2) faculty mentoring; (3) referral for tutoring and remediation; (4) encouragement of participation in minority student activities; (5) peer mentoring; (6) early…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Attendance, Higher Education, Mentors
Bollag, Burton – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Discusses how, as more countries have instituted or increased tuition, student loans have spread. But the programs are a flop in much of the world, raising fears that many low-income people will be shut out of higher education. (EV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
Direct linkBishop, John H. – Education Next, 2004
Nations other than the U.S. elicit better performance from their students through the use of high-stakes graduation exams. Along these same lines, Michigan now links college scholarships to high school test results. Michigan has rejected the use of minimum-competency exams, largely because it wanted the state's high-school test to reflect more…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Test Results, College Attendance, Scholarships
Arboleda, Ana; Chen, JingJing; Shelley, Mack C., II; Whalen, Donald F. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2004
Linear models of two of the most salient motivations for undergraduates to attend college--learning (intrinsic) and enhanced post-graduation earnings (extrinsic)--are estimated from a sample of 2,199 respondents to the 2000 Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) survey of first-year students, supplemented by institutional records. Model…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Student Development, Teaching Methods
Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Baum, Sandy; Schwartz, Saul – 1988
The extent to which educational debt is burdensome for borrowers who are currently in repayment was studied with attention to the actual impact of loan repayment on economic behavior and the perceptions of repayers concerning that impact. Opinions of borrowers concerning the role of student loans in providing access to and choice among higher…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Attendance, College Choice
Gold, Theresa G. – 1984
The needs of predominantly Hispanic colleges and universities are discussed, based in part on the experience of Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) of San Antonio, Texas. Some comparisons are made of the educational attainment of Hispanics and Blacks. Available statistics indicate that only about 30 percent of Hispanics who enter college…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Attendance, Educational Attainment, Higher Education
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1983
Trend data on college-going rates in California are considered in this 1984 update. Enrollment rates since 1974 and changes in rates experienced by major segments of higher education and by counties are examined. The information also provides a basis for analyzing the college-going rates of men and women and of several ethnic minority groups,…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups
Nicholls, William L., II; Many, F. V. – 1978
Methods of the 1976-77 Expanded Eligibility Survey, which was conducted for the University of California at Berkeley and the University of California System, are described. The survey was undertaken as a supplement to the 1976 High School Eligibility Study. A subsample of the 1976 Eligibility Study graduates was mailed questionnaires to determine…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Choice, Data Collection, Eligibility
