The answers to why high school graduates who apply and are admitted to institutions of higher education but fail to appear in the fall may help college and universities better predict what proportion of their accepted applicants will enroll and to improve their services to prospective students. In November 1968, a questionnaire was mailed to the…

The report, "Why They Don't Show in September" analyzed the findings of a questionnaire sent to students who had been admitted to the Wisconsin State University at Stevens Point but failed to enroll in the fall. One major question left unanswered in the earlier study concerned 223 high school graduates who indicated that Stevens Point…

This study reexamines admissions policies and procedures at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and determines how to more accurately forecast how many applicants will matriculate. A questionnaire similar to one used in the 1968 study was sent to 1,255 new freshmen for the fall of 1972 who did not appear. From this number, 764 responses were…

This study determines the typical time lapse from matriculation to graduation for recent bachelor's degree graduates, and observes trends and variations in the matriculation-to-graduation period for graduates of different majors and years. Basic data were compiled for all University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduates of 1969, 1970, and 1971.…