It was learned through a special nontraditional adult student matriculation program in five British cities that only about half of the adult students' inquiries are followed up. Lack of confidence, financial problems, and personal circumstances deterred some, while others chose institutions and courses with simpler entry requirements. (MSE)

Examines the shortcomings of traditional counselor selection and training procedures, and presents suggestions for improving them vis-a-vis human rights counseling. Discusses recruitment and admission issues in counselor selection and the goals of human rights counseling. (Author/RC)

Describes the programs and students of a magnet high school and some of the educational and social considerations influencing the school. (IRT)

Maintains that although Lee Sigelman collected useful data and raised some interesting questions, he failed to provide a theoretical framework. Argues for utilizing this data as a starting point for research incorporating a broader set of variables, including administrative support, student retention, and the importance ascribed to collegiate…

A strategy for postgraduate admissions decisions based on employee recruitment and selection practices is described. Research at Otago University (New Zealand) concerning the predictive ability of the Graduate Management Admission Test is presented. An alternative strategy, Qualified Random Selection, is presented. (SK)

This paper describes the college admission process through the conceptual lens of Dickason's (2001) phases of affirmative action. The first phase, obligatory affirmative action, describes the history of affirmative action and the impact on college admission. The second phase, voluntary affirmative action, describes University of West Florida's…

For every 100 Mexican Americans who enter elementary school, only 22.5 make it to college. Of these 22.5, only 5.4 graduate. The situation appears as bleak in the area of graduate studies. However, Chicano or Mexican American oriented groups at universities in the Southwest, often aided by outside groups, have been pushing for institutional…

Women over age 25 represent a substantial age group that may be recruited to bolster undergraduate student recruitment efforts at Northwestern University and similar institutions of higher education. By 1990, the number of recruitable 18-year-olds will fall by 20 percent nationwide, causing financial hardship for many private colleges and…

The recruitment process is examined, including its effect upon the social composition of the student group, the utilization of talent, and its association with the incidence of disappointment for unsuccessful candidates. (Author/LBH)

IN 1980, the president of Trenton State College directed the administrators for admissions, college relations, planning, and institutional research to develop and implement a marketing program to raise the average total SAT scores of entering freshmen from 927 to 1000. The accomplishment of this goal is described. (MLW)

This book examines two themes and the interplay between them: (1) the future of the university in an era of mass higher education; and (2) social inclusion or exclusion. It is informed by studies its authors made of British and Belgian higher education and by research from their colleagues elsewhere in Europe. Following an introductory chapter…

Reviews the issues and assumptions underlying college articulation and transfer. A result of declining enrollment is the removal of artificial barriers to student transfers, and an increasing emphasis on recruitment and services aimed at transfer students. Adjustments in higher education reflect changes in the economy and society in general. (JAC)

Texas Tech University School of Medicine targeted Hispanics at the University of Texas at El Paso who are from disadvantaged backgrounds for their Medical Mentoring Program. The backbone of the mentoring program is the one-to-one pairing of these premedical students with junior medical students. (MLW)

An attempt at the Footscray Institute of Technology to involve students from local schools in its tertiary courses is described. The ways in which the Institute recruited potential students of mathematics and science from pools of students who experience significant difficulty obtaining entry to higher education are described. (MLW)

The academization process in Israeli colleges of teacher education was designed to attract better teacher candidates and improve professional status. Research examining resulting changes in curricula and student populations found that the colleges were moving appropriately toward improving academic programs and raising admission requirements but…