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Froomkin, Joseph; And Others – 1978
Current proposals to assist middle-income groups with college costs and estimates of the burden to parents in different income groups are considered. Reasons for discontent by middle-income and upper-income groups regarding college costs are considered in relation to the following issues: the demographic squeeze, the temptation to choose high-cost…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Choice, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Fidler, Paul P. – 1981
A profile of entering freshmen at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia campus, for fall 1980 is presented. Information was obtained from the responses of 2,166 students (approximately 65 percent of the freshmen class) to a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education. Comparisons are also made to national norms, based on…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Black Students, College Choice
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Colleges. – 1979
Data tables summarize statistics on community college transfer students attending the nine Florida state universities during 1976 through 1978. Data indicate that the number of transfers increased from 1976 to 1977, but decreased from 1977 to 1978. Males typically outnumbered females. Racial distribution remained relatively stable, though the…
Descriptors: Age, Articulation (Education), College Choice, College Credits
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Junior Colleges. – 1978
Data tables summarize statistics on community college transfer students attending the nine Florida state universities during 1975 through 1977. Data indicate that the number of transfers increased each year, with males typically outnumbering females. Racial distribution remained relatively stable, though the percentages of blacks and hispanics…
Descriptors: Age, Articulation (Education), College Choice, College Credits
Berejikian, Harry – 1978
These descriptions of articulation efforts between five community colleges and their feeder high schools were drawn from previous reports and from interviews with community college administrators. Interviews at two Los Angeles (California) community colleges revealed an attitude of unconcern toward maintaining a supply of high school graduates;…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College Choice, College Day
Braddock, Jomills Henry, II – 1979
Using data from a survey of 265 randomly selected black students attending two predominantly black and two predominantly white colleges in Florida, this study examines the hypothesis that black students who attend desegregated high schools are more likely to attend desegregated colleges. Sex and social class as background variables along with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, College Choice, College Desegregation
Amarillo Coll., TX. – 1980
During 1978, a study was conducted at Amarillo College (AC) to determine: (1) selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics of AC students; (2) selected academic background characteristics, AC enrollment classifications, and educational goals of students; (3) students' motivations for attending AC and for choosing their major programs;…
Descriptors: College Choice, Community Colleges, Educational Background, Enrollment
Wenckowski, Charlene – 1978
In order to be able to more effectively serve the Howard County high school graduate, Howard Community College (HCC) surveyed high school juniors in spring 1978 as to their career interests and educational plans, their attitudes toward the college and its recruitment efforts, and their reading and listening habits (for advertising purposes).…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Bound Students, College Choice
Rosenbaum, James E. – 1976
This book attempts to overcome the limitations of previous large-scale studies by focusing on educational inequality in a systematic case study. This is the first study to describe the opportunity structure in a socially homogenous school; consequently this study is able to discover the pure effects of selection on socialization-quite apart from…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Case Studies, College Attendance, College Choice
Kirby, Emily B. – 1978
This paper describes the development of a system for assessing transfer program outcomes (TPO), using the effort at Oakton Community College (OCC) as an example. While originally designed to provide timely information on senior institutions as experienced by transfer students, TPO appeared to do considerably more. System highlights included more…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Choice, Community Colleges, Followup Studies
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
A booklet designed to help individuals determine if the schools or programs they are considering are the right ones for them encourages asking questions about a variety of matters: admissions requirements; program or degree completion requirements; faculty; the school's graduates' successes in their chosen fields; academic counseling; internships;…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bibliographies, College Choice, Counseling
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Davis, Jerry S.; Kirschner, Alan H. – 1977
A study funded by the Southern Education Foundation had as its purpose to identify, describe, and assess: (1) the costs of education to United Negro College Fund (UNCF) students in 1975-76; (2) the resources available to meet those costs; (3) the need for additional aid resources; and (4) some major relationships among college costs, financial aid…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, Budgets
Shearon, Ronald W.; And Others – 1975
The objectives of this research project were to: (1) replicate and update data gathered in 1969 about North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) credit students; (2) provide a similar profile of non-credit students; (3) provide a profile of all North Carolina adults (over 18) in 1970 to serve as a comparison basis; (4) examine student value…
Descriptors: College Choice, Day Students, Educational Attitudes, Evening Students
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1976
As part of a longitudinal study of student progress through the Hawaii community colleges, spring 1976 applications to the system were studied. The total number of applications received numbered 6,692 (3,924 new students, and 2,768 transfers), about half the number received for the fall semester (13,631). The colleges accepted 90 percent of the…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Attendance, College Choice
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Hossler, Don; Gallagher, Karen S. – College and University, 1987
A model of the decision-making process for college choice that has three phases (predisposition, search, and choice) is proposed, and the implications of this model for college and government policy formation are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Applicants, College Choice, Decision Making
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