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Pendleton, Erika H., Ed.; Zidzik, Mark A., Ed. – 1994
This guidebook is designed primarily to give students the information they need in selecting a two-year college. It provides information about individual colleges and indexes to help students locate colleges with particular characteristics. The data in this guide were obtained directly from the colleges themselves and are updated annually.…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Associate Degrees, Athletics, College Admission
Evans-Layng, Michael – 1985
An examination of the results of two surveys of the attitudes of entering freshmen at Muir College, University of California at San Diego (UCSD) is presented. The surveys were conducted in 1968 and 1984 in conjunction with national surveys coordinated by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. Information is presented on: (1) changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Career Development, College Choice
Walz, Garry R. – 1987
The 1980s have witnessed a resurgence of interest in and demand for counseling services, particularly in the areas of mental health, family concerns, and adult agency counseling. Four critical issues brought up by that increased demand are: (1) computers in counseling; (2) students at risk; (3) pre-college guidance; and (4) career guidance. These…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Career Counseling, College Choice, College Preparation
Lapchick, Richard E.; Malekoff, Robert – 1987
A self-help guide for junior and senior high school athletes is presented to help them choose colleges and avoid mistakes that may affect their lives as well as their athletic careers. Stories of the good/bad experiences of athletes are included. For the college-bound student, information is included on admissions, grades, college entrance tests,…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Athletes, College Admission, College Athletics
Davis, Marianna W. – 1980
Information is presented on black access to and participation in the South Carolina state system of higher education and plans for desegregation of the system, in response to the 1978 Revised Criteria issued by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The only traditionally black, senior, public institution in the state is examined…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice, College Faculty
Galambos, Eva C. – Regional Spotlight, 1982
Approaches to cooperation between colleges and schools in serving students capable of advanced work are examined. Two major ways of serving bright high school students within their own schools in coordination with colleges are: programs developed by individual colleges with particular high schools, and the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, College Choice, College Credits
Ruskus, Joan A.; Solmon, Lewis C. – 1984
Entering freshmen in 13 fields of study were compared longitudinally on demographic characteristics, high school achievement, college selection process, ability to finance college, highest degree planned, academic expectations, career plans, and aspirations. Attributes of students in the humanities and nonhumanities were also assessed. The…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, College Admission, College Choice
Jackson, Rex – 1977
The summary reporting service of the College Board Admissions Testing Program permits groups of colleges to obtain group reports for Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) candidates from the most recent high school class who requested that their scores be reported to at least one college in the group (i.e. public four-year, private four-year, Catholic…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations
Singleton, Thelma M. – 1977
A comprehensive guide was formulated for directing economically disadvantaged students through the higher education process. It is meant to help alleviate three major problems: (1) severe lack of guidance and career counseling in secondary and postsecondary schools; (2) financial aid that is left unused because of lack of student awareness; and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Admission
Whitmore, Robin L.; Amos, Arthur K., Jr. – 1982
In May 1980, the 1973-1979 minority graduates of the University California at Davis were surveyed about their employment, graduate and professional school training, career progress, and university experiences. The response rate was 33.7 percent. Minority groups included were American Indian, black, Chicano, Latino, and Filipino. Most had taken…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Careers, College Choice
Solmon, Lewis C.; Gordon, Joanne J. – 1980
Similarities and differences between adult and traditional-aged students were analyzed based on a survey of 13 cohorts of first-year college freshmen. A sample of 172,400 first-year students over the age of 21 who responded to the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's freshman survey between 1966 and 1978 was compared to a nationally…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Students, Age Differences, Age Groups
Miller, Robert; And Others – 1977
The factors affecting the admission and enrollment of minority students at the 12 state universities in Ohio were studied through campus visits, questionnaire administration, and correlation and multiple regression analysis of the findings. Summaries are presented on minority recruitment and retention efforts at each university for the following…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Black Culture, Black Students, Black Studies
Rolph, John E.; And Others – 1978
A study was conducted to predict performance of majority and minority students in medical school by analyzing results of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), Parts I and II. Data were collected from members of the 1975 and 1976 graduating classes of nine medical schools, and included Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations
Tweddale, R. Bruce – 1976
Students were surveyed who took the American College Testing Program test, enrolled in the Grand Valley State Colleges in the fall of l973, and were still enrolled in fall 1975. Based on a sample of 40 students, these results were shown: over a quarter had changed majors; the overall distribution of majors had not changed; over a third anticipate…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Career Choice, Cluster Colleges, College Choice
Rever, Philip R.; And Others – 1973
The report is a response to Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority's concern about limiting factors which constrain students' choices of paths to follow after leaving high school, specifically unacceptable factors that prohibit students (1) from pursuing postsecondary education and (2) from entering postsecondary institutions of their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Career Planning
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