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Eisner, Elizabeth; Tikoff, Valentina K. – 1992
This resource book is designed to help parents help their children with the process of making decisions about college. It claims to help parents to: set high expectations for their children's future; know what college options are available; plan their finances with college in mind; and know what financial assistance may be available. These topics…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Preparation, Educational Planning
Muskingum Area Technical Coll., Zanesville, OH. – 1994
This survey investigated the immediate after-high school plans of high school juniors, with a special emphasis on post-secondary education intentions. The survey included the responses of 1,064 students from 12 high schools. Forty-nine percent of the respondents indicated that they planned to attend a four-year college or university, 18 percent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Career Planning
McPherson, Michael S.; Schapiro, Morton Owen – 1994
This study used data on the distribution of college students by income background to analyze college choice, particularly examining how family income and college choice correlations have changed over time. The study, using data from the national American Freshmen Survey, compared results from 1993 and computed their constant dollar equivalents in…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Correlation
Winds of Change, 1994
This guide provides college information especially tailored for American Indian and Alaska Native students, their families, and their guidance counselors. The heart of the guide is a unique compilation of 200 colleges and universities selected because they have a supportive American Indian community and graduate a good percentage of their American…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, College Admission, College Choice
DuBois, Phyllis; Weisgerber, Robert – 1994
This career planning guide is intended for precollege students with disabilities who desire careers in science, mathematics, or engineering. The booklet reflects the experiences and advice of 286 individuals with disabilities who are in these careers or preparing for them. The first section summarizes the advantages of a career in these fields,…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Preparation
Dennis, Marguerite J. – 1994
This brochure is designed to help college applicants and their families to obtain the information they need to select a college. The brochure opens by listing five basic points to set the stage for gathering information and making a decision. There follows discussion of 10 criteria to consider along with an "insider tip" for each criterion and…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Applicants, College Choice, College Environment
Eisner, Elizabeth; Tikoff, Valentina K. – 1993
This document is a Spanish translation of a resource book designed to help parents help their children with the process of making decisions about college. Its purpose is to help parents to: set high expectations for their children's future; know what college options are available; plan their finances with college in mind; and know what financial…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Preparation, Educational Planning
Pryor, Brandt W. – 1991
This paper presents a theoretical discussion of how students make educational behavior decisions including attending a given institution, transferring, or dropping out. The theory is seen to apply to students of all ages and both sexes with implications for all areas of postsecondary education. The theory holds that educational decisions are based…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attitude Change, College Attendance, College Choice
Wren, Carol; And Others – 1987
This booklet discusses the possibility of college for learning-disabled student and encourages high school students interested in going on to college to carefully prepare themselves. The booklet offers the personal stories of two learning disabled (LD) students, one of whom was diagnosed as LD in third grade while the other was not diagnosed until…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Preparation
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. Research Div. – 1983
Summary statistics on fall 1982 application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in Ontario, Canada, universities are presented. Each applicant was allowed to indicate up to three choices of universities and programs. Each choice was considered to be a distinct application, even though the…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Choice, College Freshmen, College Programs
Tyson, Dan – 1987
This manual presents an admissions scattergram as a tool to help school counselors who are working with high school students making college decisions. The approach described in the manual encourages student initiative in exploring, discovering, and deciding by following a rational process of understanding how to make an appropriate decision. An…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College Bound Students
College Board, New York, NY. – 1990
The directory provides current information and statistical data concerning New York's more than 250 public and private two-year and four-year colleges. The directory also supplies data, supplied by the colleges themselves, in such specific areas as: enrollment; freshman admissions requirements and procedures; major fields of study; special…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Housing, College Programs
College Board, New York, NY. – 1990
The directory provides current information concerning New England's public and private two-year and four-year colleges to assist college bound students in choosing the college or university they wish to attend. College descriptions are presented alphabetically by state (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1987
California community colleges inherit their statutes on interdistrict enrollment from those in force for California elementary and secondary schools. Prior to 1978, statutory restrictions on students enrolling in a college outside the district in which they lived were tied to the method of funding. A 1978 change in funding methodology, followed by…
Descriptors: College Choice, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation, Enrollment
Fawcett, Lee; Hoglan, Janelle – 1986
A survey was conducted to gather information from high school juniors and seniors in the Clackamas Community College (CCC) District about their post-high school plans; the factors, people, and information sources most important in the college choice process; and student perceptions of CCC. A total of 1,758 completed surveys were received from nine…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
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