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Direct linkBleemer, Zachary; Kumar, Mukul; Mehta, Aashish; Muellerleile, Chris; Newfield, Christopher – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
High school and college students are inundated by indicators and rankings supposedly designed to help them decide where to go to college and what to study once they arrive. In "Metrics That Matter," coauthors Zachary Bleemer, Mukul Kumar, Aashish Mehta, Chris Muellerleile, and Christopher Newfield take a critical look at these metrics…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, College Choice, Universities
Peer reviewedVan den Broeck, Laura; Vandelannote, Isis; Demanet, Jannick; Van Houtte, Mieke – Educational Review, 2023
Recent research has increasingly been studying the long-lasting effects of secondary education structures and processes on higher education (HE) outcomes. While the influence of socioeconomic composition on higher education enrolment is established, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We posit that the composition effect partially runs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Expectation, Educational Attainment
Download full textColleges Ontario, 2006
This paper presents data on Ontario's student mobility for 2006. This report found that the desire to obtain both a college and university credential in Ontario's postsecondary system is considerable. At least one quarter of college students have serious intentions of attaining a degree after a diploma. Currently, over 7% of Ontario's college…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Credentials, Foreign Countries, College Students
Smith, Wayne E. – 1982
The postsecondary educational plans of black and white high school seniors in the class of 1972 were compared with those in the same racial classification in the class of 1980. Four planning categories were examined: vocational school, community college-vocational, community college-academic, and 4-year college or university. Data were extracted…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Black Students, College Bound Students
Colleges Ontario, 2005
Several data sources indicate that the desire to obtain both a college and university credential in Ontario's postsecondary system is considerable. Aspirations at the start of college are high, with at least one quarter of college students having serious intentions of attaining a degree after a diploma. Data sources include the College Student…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Credentials, Foreign Countries, College Students
PDF pending restorationRussell, C. Neil; And Others – 1978
This survey examines post-secondary plans, aspirations, and characteristics of twelfth grade students in order to develop a medium range enrollment forecasting model of postsecondary education and to develop a data base on high school student aspirations. The survey is the third year of a three-year project undertaken in Manitoba, Canada.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Attendance, College Bound Students
