Reports a retrospective cohort study among students living in campus dormitories to examine potential risk factors for measles vaccine failure. As in secondary schools, measles outbreaks can occur among highly vaccinated college populations. Requiring two doses of measles vaccine for college entrants should help reduce measles outbreaks in college…

Publicly-provided grants have a significant, positive effect on high school seniors' decisions to enroll in college, particularly among lower income groups. Other types of student financial aid have no measurable effect, according to a study using a binomial logic model based on a multiperiod household utility maximization model. (PGD)

This paper reports on the use of qualitative methods to determine first-year student perceptions of the Orientation program delivered by North Carolina State University. One hundred thirty freshmen were interviewed, in groups of 6 to 10, to learn about their orientation experiences, and why they felt some sessions were helpful, and where sessions…