The Office of Institutional Development and Technology at College of the Canyons, California, conducted a study of the characteristics of the students who submitted an application to the College but did not enroll, compared with students who submitted an application and subsequently enrolled. Student characteristics included high school,…

This directory provides general information for students, parents, and counselors about college options for migrant youth. In addition to scholarships available through specific colleges, additional scholarship sources are listed as examples of the variety of funding available. "Planning for College during High School" lists steps to take each…

As a result of the recent growth in homeschooling in the United States, colleges and universities have received an increasing number of applications from home-schooled students. Admissions officers have found it necessary to assess whether and how their admissions requirements should be modified to allow fair review of the credentials submitted by…

A mail survey of nonaccepters of places in Britain's Open University showed the major reasons for declining were financial problems, time commitment, effects on family life, other family or personal changes, increased work responsibilities, moving, unemployment, and necessity of studying another field for work. (MSE)

File and survey data are used to determine the characteristics of students receiving college acceptances who decide to enroll full- or parttime rather than decline the admission offer. The objective was to distinguish between factors of eligibility for college and the personal and social factors affecting student self-selection for attendance.…

File and survey data are used to determine the characteristics of students receiving college acceptances who decide to enroll full- or part-time rather than decline the admission offer. The objective was to distinguish between factors of eligibility for college and the personal and social factors affecting student self-selection for attendance.…

Among the critical needs in pharmacy programs are: emphasis on quality of leadership, faculty, and student applicant pool; faculty research and scholarly activity; curricular balance and strength; and a suitable mix of practice sites. Colleges of pharmacy have the responsibility of ensuring the future economic viability of the profession. (MSE)

An understanding of the impact of financial aid policies must be an integral part of institutional planning, since aid policies and availability will have a growing effect on student body composition. Current data are incomplete, but priorities implicit in policy will have to be reexamined in the early 1980s. (Author/MSE)

A computerized system is discussed that was developed and implemented through the University of Nevada's Office of Student Affairs to provide nonconfidential admissions information (demographic, economic, and scholastic data) to appropriate decision-making bodies in the community. These bodies included health planning agencies and the state…

With increased tuition at medical schools, concern has grown over a decline in the socioeconomic diversity and the academic qualifications of applicants. A study of Georgetown University School of Medicine, with the highest tuition in the United States, indicates that academic and nonacademic characteristics of entering classes have remained…

A survey of directors of psychiatric residency training regarding the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) indicates substantial dissatisfaction with the NRMP as a mechanism for matching applicants with psychiatric training programs. Only 25 percent of training directors view the plan as satisfactory. Reasons for this dissatisfaction are…

A comparison of the qualifications of medical school examinees, applicants, and accepted candidates with humanities majors and natural science majors is presented. Humanities majors have a higher acceptance rate (50 percent) than natural science majors (45.7 percent). (MLW)

The reliability and difficulty level of faculty interviewing of applicants to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine are assessed. An index is proposed for classifying interviewers, along with a point system for assuring fairness in assigning interviewers. Tabular data are included. (MSE)

A survey of 121 internal medicine residents at Mount Sinai Hospital (New York) investigated students' career plans and decision timing, the effect on their residency of applying for a fellowship, and the timing of the fellowship process. Results indicate the current medical fellowship application system is generally experienced negatively. A…

Two attempts to adjust state mean Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores for differential participation rates are examined. Both attempts are rejected, and five rules for performing adjustments are outlined to foster follow-up checks on untested assumptions. National Assessment of Educational Progress state data are determined to be more accurate.…