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Peer reviewedMarthers, Paul – Journal of College Admission, 1995
Surveyed sophomore students to determine their college choice satisfaction and to gather data to distinguish among institutions. Most respondents (40% return rate) gave positive appraisals of the colleges. Dissenting comments included minority students' negative experiences, high rates of alcohol use on campus, and the inaccessibility of athletic…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Choice, College Environment, College Sophomores
Matthay, Eileen R.; And Others – 1995
For many individuals, opportunities for higher education in America are unknown. To meet the long-existing demand for guidance in this area, this volume instructs professionals in all facets of college advising. It shows advisers (school-based counselors, teachers, administrators, and independent counselors) how to motivate and prepare students to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, College Admission, College Bound Students
Walsh, Jim; Trubo, Richard – 1997
This book is intended to help college-bound student athletes to take advantage of the opportunities in college sports. It describes the recruiting process from the perspective of colleges, explains what is required of the student, and how students and their families can effectively manage the recruiting process to dramatically improve the…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Athletes, College Athletics, College Bound Students
Download full textCollege Entrance Examination Board, Atlanta, GA. Southern Regional Office. – 1973
Project Opportunity is a longitudinal demonstration guidance project that seeks to identify and encourage academically talented students to complete high school and continue their education, generally at a college or a vocational/technical institution. Project Opportunity operates at 11 locations in the South. A report, the first of two comprising…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Admission, Demonstration Programs, Enrollment
Indiana Career and Postsecondary Advancement Center, Bloomington. – 1996
This guide is designed to help high school students in Indiana make post-graduation plans. It begins with a discussion of things students should accomplish while still in high school, including mapping out post-school plans. Special attention is given to career choices, and detailes are provided on how career direction, discovering skills, finding…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Awareness, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Muskingum Area Technical Coll., Zanesville, OH. – 1994
This survey investigated the immediate after-high school plans of high school juniors, with a special emphasis on post-secondary education intentions. The survey included the responses of 1,064 students from 12 high schools. Forty-nine percent of the respondents indicated that they planned to attend a four-year college or university, 18 percent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Career Planning
Fine, Kerry Kinney; Lehnertz, Mary Jane – 1990
A study examined the transition from secondary to post-secondary education and the opportunities for academic preparation and planning available to Minnesota secondary students. Data concerning post-secondary enrollment patterns, curriculum, planning, and remedial and developmental studies were gathered from a number of sources. Extensive results…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Preparation, College Students, Dropout Research
Brierley, Miriam; Thompson, Gary – 1989
This document summarizes an evaluation of the 1988/89 College Readiness Program (CRP) in the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools. The CRP targets middle school students who demonstrate potential for success in college but who are not planning to attend college because of their families' financial status or because higher education is not part of their…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Elementary Education, Higher Education
BERDIE, RALPH F.; HOOD, ALBERT B. – 1963
A SURVEY WAS MADE IN 1961 OF ALL (APPROXIMATELY 45,000) GRADUATING SENIORS IN MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO LEARN OF TRENDS IN POST-HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING. THE SURVEY CONSISTED OF AN APTITUDE TEST, ACHIEVEMENT RECORDS, AND A QUESTIONNAIRE ENTITLED "AFTER HIGH SCHOOL--WHAT." IN 1962, A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS WAS SELECTED TO…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Background, Data Analysis, Employment
Kepler, Edwin C. – 1969
The education assistance program is a task force of the Racine Environment Committee (REC), which is a non-profit organization formed in the fall of 1967 for the purpose of studying and seeing that action is taken on community problems which affect the Racine metropolitan area. The education assistance committee reviews applications for assistance…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Admission, High School Graduates, Higher Education
Wiener, Harvey S.; Everson, Howard T. – 1988
The results of the City University of New York's 1988 Prefreshman Summer Program are presented, noting that the program provides small group instruction, peer tutoring, and counseling in an effort to offer both effective instruction in one or more of the basic skills of reading, writing, and mathematics and to facilitate students' transition from…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Basic Skills, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Pappas, John G. – 1988
The need for career guidance and counseling services in post-secondary institutions is well-documented in the professional literature and recent research studies. Accordingly, this module is intended as a guide for instructors to use in conjunction with an existing introductory course in college student personnel/student affairs in higher…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems
MOORE, E.J.; AND OTHERS – 1964
IN 1962 A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY SURVEYING 756,000 FARM FAMILIES IN 30 STATES, WITH CHILDREN 15 THROUGH 21 YEARS OLD. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO--(1) EXAMINE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF ECONOMIC RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO FARM YOUTH FOR SECURING POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, (2) DETERMINE THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND ASPIRATIONS OF THESE FARM YOUTH FOR…
Descriptors: After School Education, Aspiration, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance
Dalton, Herbert F., Jr.; Erdmann, David G. – 1990
This report describes the results of the Gulf County (Florida) College Counseling Project designed to raise the educational aspirations of students in rural areas who would otherwise stop their education upon completion of high school. It also describes how and why scores of young people from poor and working class homes in the Florida Panhandle…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admissions Counseling, College Preparation, Counseling Services
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
The General Accounting Office (GAO) undertook this review to test the effectiveness of the Upward Bound program, which is administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's (HEW) Office of Education (OE). This program was designed to provide low income students who are potentially successful but inadequately trained, with skills…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Compensatory Education
