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Download full textBaird, Leonard L. – 1985
This report discusses a multiphase project to develop a user-oriented survey of prior accomplishments of graduate student applicants to aid admissions committees and graduate departments in the selection process. The three phases included: (1) development of three prototype instruments based on a checklist approach, a semi-documented approach, and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1985
The estimated proportions of California's 1982-1983 high school graduates who were eligible for admission to the University of California (the University) and the California State University (the State University) are reported. After a discussion of the scope and conduct of the California State Postsecondary Education Commission's 1983 High School…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Chapman, Randall G.; Jackson, Rex – 1987
College preferences and choices of a sample of high-ability high school seniors applying to colleges in spring 1984 were studied to determine the award of no-need (merit) aid to the students and the degree to which such aid influences college choices, in relation to other factors. A multistage model of college choice behavior was employed that…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, College Applicants, College Choice
Spahr, Anthony E. – 1984
A study was conducted at Morton College (Illinois) to develop a profile of students who applied to the college, but did not register for classes. A sample of 445 potential students who participated in the college's placement testing program for the fall 1984 semester completed the First-Time Student Questionnaire, which asked for information…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
King, Jacqueline E. – 1996
The central purpose of this study was to identify factors that increase the likelihood that high school seniors will plan to attend a four-year college, paying particular attention to variables that are associated with college attendance by low-income students. Logistic regression was applied to data from three sources: telephone interviews with…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Admissions Counseling, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Breland, Hunter M.; And Others – 1986
Undergraduate admissions policies and practices were studied in the context of enrollment trends, academic standards for admission, and equal access issues. A total of 2,203 two-year and four-year colleges from both the public and private sectors responded to the survey questionnaire. Information was obtained on: selectivity in admissions,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Washington, DC. – 1980
Undergraduate admissions policies and practices at 1,463 institutions were surveyed. The investigation dealt with many aspects of admission, including policy-making authority, application procedures, accessibility and selectivity, student credentials, recruitment, and marketing, guidance and course placement, and differential treatment of various…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Admission Criteria
Ott, Mary Diederich – 1988
Surveys of admitted students (N=309) at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) were conducted in order to obtain admitted applicants' views of the functioning of the Admission Office and to assess differences in responses of certain subgroups of applicants. The four classification variables defining the subgroups were: acceptance status…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers
Willingham, Warren W.; Breland, Hunter M. – 1982
The extent to which personal and academic factors are important in college admission decisions was studied in 1978, based on data on 25,000 applicants to 9 colleges (Colgate University, Williams College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College, Kalamazoo College, Occidental College, Hartwick College, University of Richmond, and Bucknell…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Church Related Colleges
Schoolcraft Coll., Livonia, MI. – 1995
In winter semester 1995, Schoolcraft College, in Michigan, experienced a 7% drop in enrollment and an 8% drop in credit hours, including 461 students who applied but did not enroll. To determine the reasons that the no shows had for not enrolling and how many planned to enroll in the future, demographic data were collected from application…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Characteristics
Greene, Howard; Minton, Robert – 1987
A 12-step plan for investigating colleges and making college choices is presented for college applicants. In addition to information on selective college admissions, the 12 chapters cover the following steps: knowing admission requirements and procedures, determining the student's strengths, following a demanding curriculum, taking advantage of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Check Lists, College Admission, College Applicants
Gilmour, Joseph E., Jr.; And Others – 1981
The college selection process used by high school students was studied and a paradigm that describes the process was developed, based on marketing theory concerning consumer behavior. Primarily college freshmen and high school seniors were interviewed, and a few high school juniors and upper-level college students were surveyed to determine…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Planning, College Admission, College Applicants
McKenna, Donna – 1993
A project was undertaken to reduce the amount of time required to screen first year students into an oversubscribed early childhood education program at a multicampus community college in Ontario, Canada, and to reduce faculty complaints concerning the procedure. The original process consisted of applicant questionnaires scored by faculty and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant. Inst. for Personal and Career Development. – 1977
Experiential Learning graduate credits are awarded to students enrolled in the Institute for Personal and Career Development (IPCD) graduate programs for knowledge acquired from on-the-job training, on-the-job experiences, non-university workshops, other vocation-related experiences, or avocational achievemnts. These experiences and achievements…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Applicants, College Credits, Credentials
Chapman, David W., Ed. – 1980
A guide for colleges interested in improving the printed information it provides to prospective students is presented, based on the experience of institutions that participated in a three-year effort to improve their informational literature as part of Project CHOICE. CHOICE, the Center for Helping Organizations Improve Choice in Education, was…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Check Lists, College Applicants, College Bound Students
