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This study investigated the effect of the "College Possible" program, which is designed to serve low-income high school students. "College Possible" provides a 2-year afterschool curriculum to high school juniors and seniors that includes SAT and ACT test preparation services, college admissions and financial aid consulting,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, High School Students, Low Income Groups, Test Preparation
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Evaluation of the College Possible Program: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial", investigated the effect of the "College Possible" program, which is designed to serve low-income high school students by providing SAT/ACT test preparation, financial aid consulting, and college admissions guidance in an…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics), Low Income, High School Students
Cochran, Effie Papatzikou; Collins, Carla – 1984
The Enrichment College Preparatory Program, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title VII bilingual demonstration project at a Manhattan, New York City, high school, completed the final year of a two-year funding cycle in June 1983. The program, which provided cultural enrichment and advanced academic experiences to 160 intellectually…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, Admissions Counseling, Bilingual Education Programs
Lanser, Michael A. – 1996
A study explored whether the intake process met the needs of employed adults seeking upgrade training market segment at Lakeshore Technical College, Wisconsin. Study procedures included the following: a literature review, criteria identification, drawing a sample of students, organization and conducting of focus groups and collecting data, and…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students, College Admission
Alkin, Marvin C.; Freeman, Marie – 1991
In California community colleges, state-mandated matriculation consists of services intended to enhance student success and processes to improve institutional effectiveness by developing capacities for evaluation, coordination, and training. Each year, the Chancellor's Office conducts evaluations to assess the extent to which matriculation is…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Alkin, Marvin C.; Freeman, Marie – 1991
In California community colleges, state-mandated matriculation consists of services intended to enhance student success and processes to improve institutional effectiveness by developing capacities for evaluation, coordination, and training. Each year, the Chancellor's Office conducts evaluations to assess the extent to which matriculation is…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Alkin, Marvin C.; Freeman, Marie – 1991
In California community colleges, state-mandated matriculation consists of services intended to enhance student success and processes to improve institutional effectiveness by developing capacities for evaluation, coordination, and training. Each year, the Chancellor's Office conducts evaluations to assess the extent to which matriculation is…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Johnson, Sharon Gail – 1983
SCORE FOR COLLEGE was implemented in Orange County, California, public schools, to increase college and university eligibility among underrepresented high school students, through information, tutorial, and motivation programs concerning college admission. Directed primarily at students from minority ethnic groups, those from low income families,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College Bound Students
