This speech emphasizes the need of all types of academic institutions, to maintain a freedom of choice in higher education that will preserve a vigorous system of independent higher education. Without it, pluralism in any true sense is impossible, and without pluralism in higher education, freedom of choice is without meaning. (Author/MJM)

This document provides a listing of vacancies for college freshmen and transfer students in 2- and 4-year colleges in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. All vacancies reported are for the fall term, 1972, at the 287 colleges and universities that…

Discusses the special needs of students transferring from colleges that have failed. Student reactions, academic issues, financial issues, social issues and choice of a new college are discussed as well as the possibility of a successful department being absorbed into a new institution. (JAC)

Financial aid, still sometimes administered late as an afterthought, is now on the top of the list of priorities in college selection. Students can no longer afford to default other selections while waiting for Number One to make up its mind. The authors have co-authored a book titled, "Shaping an Effective Admissions Program." This is a revised…

In contrast to technological predecessors, the Internet affords a prospective student with unlimited and uncontrolled access to formal and informal information about any institution. Article provides four vignettes that illustrate what a prospective student can find on the Internet. Discusses the implications of the Internet on the college…

Movies are a pervasive cultural influence on the lives of young men and women. One only has to utter the words, "double secret probation" to a college audience to understand the extent of this influence. Yet the large body of research in film does not draw on higher education research. We explore how college choice and adolescent development…

Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (53d, San Francisco, February 28 - March 5, 1969).

This study attempts to discover what 664 prospective students who were accepted for admission, but who did not enroll in the fall of 1971, decided to do instead and what influenced their decisions. (Author)

Identification and discussion of twenty myths which profoundly influence a student's choice of college along with tips on how students can avoid making unwise college choices. (JC)

Describes own method of college selection for her son. (EK)

Surveyed 263 prospective student/parent opinions of campus visitation program. Found that 67 percent of students reported an increased likelihood of attending the college as a result of the program. Discusses additional findings and suggests features desirable for a campus visitation program. (PVV)

A student's decision to go to college and then to enroll is affected by several factors, including: his or her ability and achievement; motivations, tastes, and aspirations; the costs; and college characteristics. (Author/PG)

Advocates uniformity in college applications--a centralized application system in which candidates would supply the required academic, personal, and financial information and a rank-ordered listing of their target universities or colleges. Target colleges would segmentially evaluate the applicant as a first-choice candidate until the applicant was…

The study revealed that parents and students attach somewhat different importance to factors relevant to the college choice decision. Financial, geographical, and academic factors were more important to parents than to students, while students attached greater importance to social and cultural and to informal advice factors. (Author)