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ERIC Review, 1997
The "ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This issue is a compendium of resources, advice, and research to help guidance counselors, parents, and students plan for college. The first section, "Starting Out on the Path to College," contains the following articles: "Why Get on…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Black Colleges, College Attendance, College Bound Students
MacFarland, Thomas W. – 1997
The report summarizes a survey of 46 graduates of the Nova Southeastern University (Florida) doctoral program in optometry, the only such program in the state, concerning professional and program issues, including professional employment patterns and feedback on the doctoral program. Results indicate that school location was a primary reason for…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), College Choice, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment
Colleges Ontario, 2005
The 2004 College Applicant Survey (CAS) describes the college-bound applicant pool by covering a broad range of areas including key demographics, factors influencing college selection, academic background and financial preparedness. It is the most comprehensive and the richest source of survey data to date on applicants to the Ontario Colleges of…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Profiles, Surveys, Individual Characteristics
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Oates, Gary L. St. C. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2004
The present study assesses the impact of attending colleges with higher black enrollment on African Americans' self-esteem and self-efficacy. It tests Rosenberg's proposition that racially "consonant" environments enhance self-appraisals. The LISREL models control for various pre-college attributes and for institutional selectivity.…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Self Efficacy, African Americans, Undergraduate Students
Aber, Joanne – 1996
This book, directed especially to individuals over age 30, takes a how-to approach to earning a college degree in the least amount of time for the least amount of money. The book explains how to use fast-track methods such as "testing out," which takes advantage of prior learning, and accredited shortcuts to earn an accelerated degree. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria
Walters, Donald L. – 1997
This paper offers the personal reactions of a high school student and his parents to 27 preapplication college campus visits conducted from June through August 1994. The institutions included three public, six private religious, and 18 private nonsectarian institutions. Data were obtained through observations and interviews, and the study reports…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Church Related Colleges, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Hossler, Don; Hu, Shouping; Schmit, Jack – 1998
This study focuses on predictors of student sensitivity to college tuition and financial aid in their college choice process. Data were drawn from a longitudinal study on the postsecondary education choices of high school students in the state of Indiana. The variables student and family background, student academic characteristics, student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, College Preparation, Correlation
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1983
Comprehensive information about types of postsecondary institutions and the entrance process is presented, with special consideration given to the special needs of American students overseas. The guidelines may also be useful to non-Americans educated in overseas schools who seek further study in the United States. Advantages and drawbacks to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Environment
Boyer, Ernest L. – 1987
The experience of baccalaureate-level students in the United States is considered with particular attention to the way college structures and procedures affect students' lives. During fall 1984, site visits by 16 observer-reporters were made to 29 colleges and universities representing liberal arts colleges, comprehensive colleges,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bachelors Degrees, College Admission, College Bound Students
Anderson, Kristine L. – 1984
The effects of the nature of the college/university on students' academic persistence and attainment, achievement goals, and occupational attainment were studied. Students entering academic programs at two- or four-year colleges by fall 1974 were studied using findings of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Choice, College Desegregation, College Students
Anderson, Kristine L. – 1984
The effects of institutional types and their structural and compositional characteristics on students entering two- or four-year academic programs were examined, with a focus on students' educational attainment. Data were obtained from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Individual student variables were considered,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Choice, College Desegregation, College Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in both Notre Dame, Indiana, and Washington, D.C., in 1985 are presented. Title IV of the Act, which authorizes student financial aid programs, is the focus. The Pell Grant program is aimed at the lower-income student, and the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education
Kidwell, Clara Sue – 1986
There are no quick and easy tips to motivating American Indian students into graduate education. The decision to make a commitment of time and money to graduate training, particularly at the doctoral level, and the ability to succeed in such a program, is affected by a number of factors: (1) parental and peer encouragement; (2) awareness of career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, American Indian Education, American Indians
Talbot, Gilles L. – 1988
The Assessment of Skills for Successful Entry and Transfer (ASSET)--a student advisement and placement service published by American College Testing (ACT) of Iowa City, Iowa--is evaluated. Focus is on determining whether the ASSET is suitable for assessing the cognitive entry characteristics of students entering the College of General and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, College Choice, Content Analysis
Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice
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