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Pitre, Paul E. – College Student Journal, 2006
This study examined African American and White ninth grade students' aspirations for college attendance, utilizing the predisposition stage of Hossler and Gallegher's (1987) model of college choice as a conceptual framework. This study also introduced a measure of student perceptions of how well high school was preparing them for college. Findings…
Descriptors: Grade 9, College Attendance, White Students, African American Students
Howard Community Coll., Columbia, MD. Office of Planning and Evaluation. – 1998
This data report includes trend tables from three sources of data regarding where Howard County (Maryland) citizens and recent high school graduates attend college. These trend tables are described and documented with minimal analysis and are intended to serve as a central data source for further development of charts, presentations, and analyses…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1977
A summary and analysis of data are presented regarding the tendency of Maryland high school seniors to attend institutions of higher education in other states. Out-of-state attendance is addressed from three perspectives. First, a summary is given, on a county-by-county basis, of the percentages of college-bound high school seniors who intend to…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Enrollment Trends, Geographic Distribution
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1982
The college plans of 184 Maryland high school seniors who qualified as National Merit or National Achievement semifinalists were surveyed. Findings include the following: 58 percent of the semifinalists selected a private college and 18 percent chose a public college outside Maryland; 16 percent planned to attend Maryland public institutions, and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Choice, Enrollment Influences
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
The college plans of 167 Maryland high school seniors who qualified as National Merit or National Achievement semifinalists were surveyed. Findings include the following: of the semifinalists choosing out-of-state colleges, 58 percent selected private and about 22 percent selected public institutions; slightly less than 10 percent planned to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Choice, Enrollment Influences
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1997
This report notes results of a survey of high-ability students who graduated from a Maryland high school in the spring of 1996. Survey respondents, 56 percent of whom were women, were asked what postsecondary institution they planned to attend; what reasons were most important to their decision; what was their intended academic major; and what…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Choice