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Download full textHuman Resources Development Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2002
This updated guide is designed to help students in Alberta, Canada, plan and finance postsecondary education. A student who has made financial plans will have more options when it is time to choose an institution for postsecondary education. How to choose the right school depends on what a student wants from education and what he or she plans for…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Foreign Countries, Paying for College, Student Financial Aid
Asher, Donald – 2000
This guide profiles innovative and unusual colleges that might interest the college applicant who is looking for the perfect "fit" and who thinks that "fit" might be met by something different. It also contains information to help the applicant contact other accredited 4-year institutions in the United States and Canada. The…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Colleges, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2001
This guide is designed to help students in Alberta, Canada, plan and finance postsecondary education. A student who has made financial plans will have more options when it is time to choose an institution for postsecondary education. How to choose the right school depends on what a student wants from education and what he or she plans for the…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Paying for College
Craemer, Helmien, Ed.; Verster, Annetjie, Ed.; du Toit, Renette, Ed.; Davids, Derek, Ed. – 1998
This guide for students contains information on the more than 2,200 programs offered at institutions of higher education in South Africa, as well as on the approximately 1,200 bursaries that provide student financial aid. The first section urges students to adopt a long-range life planning approach to choosing a career and college. The next…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Association of Canadian Medical Colleges, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1983
Information is presented to help applicants to Canadian medical colleges realistically assess their chances for gaining admission. The guide is also intended for career counselors in high schools and higher education. One section provides statistics on the following characteristics that are associated with being selected: sex, age, Medical College…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1984
Information on schooling in 50 countries is provided in the third volume of a handbook on the placement of foreign graduate students. For each country, guidelines concerning placement in U.S. graduate programs are provided. In addition, country profiles cover: years of study included at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels; diplomas,…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, Degrees (Academic), Educational Certificates
Adelman, Alan, Ed.; Salazar, Sylvia Ortega, Ed. – 1995
This guide for students interested in studying at Mexican universities covers 50 universities including all state universities, the National University of Mexico, as well as a representative selection of the leading private universities. Introductory material provides a brief history of Mexico, a discussion of differences from and similarities to…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Choice, College Credits, Foreign Countries
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1982
A comparative guide to the systems and main stages of higher education in 145 countries is provided to aid (1) those who evaluate college applicants; (2) the college applicants; and (3) students and researchers of comparative education. Each country profile provides a description of the higher education system, a glossary of the degrees and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Applicants, College Programs, Comparative Education
Lane, Marcia S., Ed. – 1982
Up-to-date information on Canadian and U.S. baccalaureate, master's, nontraditional, and doctoral programs in health services administration is presented. After an introduction to the field, information about accreditation for health services administration programs is provided. For U.S. and Canadian baccalaureate and master's programs, each entry…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Bachelors Degrees
Haselgrove, Susanne, Ed. – 1994
This collection of papers discusses the experience of students in the United Kingdom's new, mass higher education system. The papers are viewed as dispatches from the "front line" rather than conventional analyses by education researchers. The organization of the papers mirrors the stages of students' experience of higher…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), College Admission, College Applicants, College Attendance
