This study assesses the role of distance to school in the probability of attending university shortly after high school. Students who grow up near a university may avoid moving and added living costs by commuting from home to attend the local university. The distance between the homes of high school students and the nearest university is…

Background/Context: The analysis contained in this article was commissioned by the Social Science Research Council's Transitions to College project. Although the historical context and contemporary issues associated with English learners (ELs) and undocumented immigrant students are in many ways distinct, the project team strongly believed that…

Designed for prospective students at Washington community colleges, this guide provides information about the state's 27 community colleges, their programs, costs, instructors, locations, and admissions procedures. The guide begins by offering general information related to the characteristics of community colleges, two-year college students,…

Information on tuition reimbursement policies for employers near Wisconsin colleges is presented. Of the 26 campuses surveyed, six University of Wisconsin campuses had completed formal surveys of local employers: campuses at Madison, Oshkosh, Parkside, Green Bay, Manitowoc County, and Sheboygan. Profiles of the six campuses that completed surveys…

Empirical research on the effects of price rises on college attendance is reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the validity and usefulness of an approach to postsecondary pricing increasingly being employed in the public sector. This approach, which is labeled the targeted subsidy approach, stresses that greater equity and fiscal efficiency result from…

Spranger's typology of six mental types of personality was used to study students who had dropped out of college but were eligible to attend. The objective was to determine if a set of written prompts, based on appeals to specific norms, could be instrumental in attracting students to (or back to) college. The usefulness of Spranger's typology as…

Information on spouses of college presidents is presented. This 1983 survey of member institutions of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) updates a 1981 survey. Of the 337 presidential spouses, 54 percent responded, including 4 of the 7 male spouses. Respondents provided information on: their personal lives and…

This report presents results of an investigation of transcripts of Gainesville Junior College students conducted to examine course-taking patterns with respect to the relationship between continuing education and regular college course work. First, data are presented on the number of students (N=8,900) who had taken Continuing Education Unit (CEU)…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ANALYZE THE EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE 1959 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AT JUAB, SANPETE, AND SEVIER COUNTIES UTAH. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED AS OF OCTOBER 1960, AND APRIL 1961, THROUGH THE USE OF MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES AND PERSONAL INTERVIEWS. FINDINGS INCLUDED--(1) RATES OF COLLEGE ATTENDANCE ON THE PART…

This book relates the story of women's struggle to gain admission to the University of Michigan, beginning with an attempt by the first female applicant in 1858, actual admission of a female in 1870, the type of women who had the boldness to come to an all-male college, the obstacles they met, and what they chose to do with their education. The…

This study was undertaken to determine why students came to Hofstra, and to compare their reasons with those of students who were accepted but chose not to attend. A questionnaire was sent to 856 freshmen entering Hofstra in 1966, asking them to list their reasons for attending Hofstra, list the colleges which accepted them in order of preference,…

The Georgia Talent Search Project FAIT (Find and Inform Talent) was established in 1966 to identify academically able but financially needy students in Georgia secondary schools. Students identified by guidance counselors were informed by FAIT personnel of the availability of funds for higher education. A source book containing pertinent…

The savings to students from living at home and commuting to school are estimated in this paper. By relating these savings to enrollment growth, several conclusions are reached as to how the presence of a local college affects the demand for higher education. The report is divided into four parts: (1) formulation of a framework for computing the…

Data from National Longitudinal Study of Education and Labor Market Experiences of Young Women tested effect of three types of "role hiatus experiences" on taste for paid employment and on sex role beliefs. Experiences of employment, occupational training, and college attendance altered tastes for employment, but not sex role attitudes. (Author)