Pre-college characteristics of 99 University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) freshmen were assessed, based on routine pre-college admission information and a national survey of entering freshmen conducted by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. Using the 1984 Student Information Form, data were collected on UNCW freshmen…

A guide to 279 college and universities offering full-service programs for students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities (LDs) is presented. An introductory section discusses what LDs are, what college students with LDs are like, why colleges began providing programs for these students, admissions and support after admission, and how high…

Each spring, the previous year's graduates of Prince George's Community College (PGCC) are surveyed. These surveys serve as the major source of information about transfer rates and the further educational experiences of PGCC's graduates. The graduate survey conducted in fiscal year 1987 revealed that: (1) 49% of the 521 survey respondents had…

Goals of student financial aid programs in Maryland as well as student financial needs are discussed, based on the work of the Financial Aid Task Force of the Maryland State Board for Higher Education. Task Force recommendations are also provided. Four goals for student financial aid programs are discussed: to insure access for qualified entering…

Information on why entering college students leave New Jersey is presented. Attention is also directed to characteristics of high school seniors who choose out-of-state colleges, including their grade point average, rank in class, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, family income, and parental education. Seniors who could be attracted to New Jersey's…

The collegiate options considered by more than one-half million high school seniors in the eastern third of the nation are analyzed, and perspectives are offered on enrollment planning. A framework for public and institutional policies is provided, along with a vocabulary to describe the actual workings of the higher education market. The origins…

A resource guide describes the availability of support services for students with learning disabilities at colleges and universities in the state of Connecticut. Designed to help high school guidance counselors, students, teachers, and parents, it is the result of a survey of 41 institutions (public and private community, junior, baccalaureate,…

Papers from the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid are presented. They include: (1) "Keynote: Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Student Aid on Access, Choice, and Persistence" (Larry Leslie and Paul Brinkman); (2) "College Choice…

The effects of family background characteristics (family income, parents' marital status, parents' education, and number of children already enrolled in postsecondary education) upon parents' postsecondary educational plans for their children, parents' saving for their children, and the amount of planning parents do with their children are…

This self-directed learning center is intended to serve as a resource upon which to develop and support a career education program. The center is organized into educational activities that have been designed to enhance the career education process, including development of self-awareness, decision making, career exploration, and job search skills.…

The postsecondary educational plans of black and white high school seniors in the class of 1972 were compared with those in the same racial classification in the class of 1980. Data were extracted from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 and from the survey entitled, "High School and Beyond." In order to test…

Results of studying the trend of declining enrollment for black, full-time undergraduates in New Jersey are presented. Factors accounting for the enrollment decline of this group include entry into the labor force of a larger number of black high school graduates and an increase in the number of black students going to colleges outside of New…

Focusing primarily on students with above-average ability, this study tries to measure the extent to which these students, or subgroups of them, are discouraged from applying to high-priced institutions by purely financial considerations. Questionnaires were developed and mailed to approximately 8,000 students selected randomly from the list of…

The purpose of the Center for Helping Organizations Improve Choice in Education (CHOICE) project, the scope of its activities, and evaluations of the effectiveness of those activities are described. One major project goal was to encourage and facilitate institutional efforts to provide more complete and accurate information to prospective…

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…