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Brodigan, David L.; And Others – 1981
The effects of concern about price of college and student aptitude for college upon the tendencies of parents and students to change their preference for private colleges to public colleges at the application stage of the college selection process were examined through two surveys conducted by Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. In one…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice
Cooper, Edward M. – 1980
Ways in which institutions of higher education can provide more meaningful information to students, especially prospective students, were studied. The specific study objective was to investigate the meaningfulness/understandability and comparability of written formats and to explore possible differences associated with age, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Charts, College Bound Students, College Choice
Holahan, Carole K.; Kelley, H. Paul – 1974
To obtain a demographic description of University of Texas at Austin (U.T. Austin) transfer students, to investigate transfer students' evaluations of the university and of their previous college, and to compare transfer students with non-transfer undergraduate students, 1,365 responses to a questionnaire were analyzed. The survey explored student…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Students, College Transfer Students, Comparative Analysis
Winkworth, John M.; And Others – 1974
Information obtained from the 1973 Davis Student Survey regarding the experience of undergraduate students at the University of California at Davis is presented. Two types of information are provided. The first covers general issues pertaining to the selection of a college and the expected outcomes of a college education, and include sections…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Environment, College Students, Degrees (Academic)
Winkworth, John M.; And Others – 1974
Information obtained from the 1973 Davis Student Survey regarding the experience of graduate/professional students at the University of California at Davis is presented. Two types of information are provided. The first covers general issues pertaining to the expected outcomes of a college education, and includes sections devoted to the desired…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Environment, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Regents. – 1976
The New York State program of student financial assistance is broad and comprehensive, comprising an extensive network of low-tuition public colleges, scholarships for outstanding high school graduates, tuition assistance grants for use at public and independent colleges, and guaranteed loans to college students. The present scholarship and…
Descriptors: College Choice, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Financial Support
Stark, Joan S.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1978
The need for colleges and universities to develop standards of fair practice and academic integrity in providing adequate information to prospective students is discussed. The possibility of federal regulation in this area is critically analyzed. A "seller" and "consumer" assistance system, based on obligations to students and…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Choice, Consumer Protection, Federal Regulation
Quigley, Stephen P. – 1969
One of three projects included examined the effects of combined speech and fingerspelling on the development of language and communication using a survey of over 200 subjects from six residential schools. The results showed that fingerspelling in combination with speech leads to improved achievement, shows no detrimental effects on the acquisition…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Administrator Evaluation, College Choice, College Students
Watley, Donivan J. – 1971
This report concerns the 796,474 eleventh grade students from 17,757 public and private high schools who took the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) in February 1967, the thirteenth annual administration of the NMSQT. The schools in which the NMSQT is given enroll about 95 percent of all eleventh grade students in the United…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Choice, Educational Testing
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1976
This document contains a summary descriptive analysis of a sample of 19,716 students who took the ACT test (American College Testing Program) and were enrolled in the public community colleges of Illinois during the fall 1975 term. The sample of students represented 12% of the total freshman enrollment and 20% of the full-time freshman enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, College Choice, College Freshmen

Tierney, Michael L. – College and University, 1984
Analysis of the joint submission of Scholastic Aptitude Test scores by 10,704 high school seniors shows that relatively few colleges compete with each other in local student markets. This suggests that state and institutional policies for adapting to demographically induced enrollment declines will be severely constrained by the competitive…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Choice

Pugh, Susan L. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1984
A study of student borrowing in the Indiana Guaranteed Student Loan Program focused on impacts of loan amounts on college choice and other sources of student support. Findings related to family income levels and loan amounts, public versus private college choice and aid packages, student decision making, and student costs. Recommendations are made…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, College Students, Eligibility

Kuh, George D.; And Others – College and University, 1984
Common quantitative measures used as indicators of institutional quality (library holdings, student faculty ratio, expenditures) may be less revealing than other factors (out-of-class student-faculty interaction, special living environments, the institution's informal organization, etc.). Admissions staff should have such information available for…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Environment, College Role
Acker, Jon Charles; Hughes, William W.; Fendley, William R., Jr. – Online Submission, 2004
Alabama's primary competitor in recruiting is in-state rival Auburn University which lures away roughly one in eight of UA's admitted students. Two factors stand above all others in attracting students to UA--academic reputation and social activities reputation. Factors following distantly are a visit to the UA campus, financial assistance and the…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Student Recruitment, Enrollment Management
Basten, Jay; Cole, John; Maestas, Ricardo; Mason, Katherine – 1997
This study examined characteristics of the student bodies of highly selective and less-selective colleges and universities specifically those related to race and socioeconomic status (SES) and the possible effects of replacing race and ethnicity with SES as a method for ensuring student diversity. The study used data from the Cooperative…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Choice