While most college transfer services are designed for the student on the two-year to four-year track, there is increasing movement in the other directions: two-year to two-year, four-year to four-year, four-year to two-year. This article examines some questions raised by this new trend. (Author)

Focuses on marketing strategies for college admission and examines the essential interaction between admission and academic units as a means of enhancing retention and producing informed, satisfied consumers/students. (KS)

The rapidly increasing number of foreign students in the U.S. has resulted in a myriad of problems for schools seeking students or those institutions faced with unprecedented numbers seeking admission who may be unaware of the responsibilities involved in admitting foreign students. (Author)

Reviews background and definitions associated with learning disabilities. Discusses college admissions process for learning disabled students, including difficulties associated with using standardized tests. Recommends that colleges clarify their admission policies and procedures for learning disabled students and that colleges supply this…

Provides text of policies of National Association of College Admission Counselors revised in 1988: (1) Statement of Principles of Good Practice for Members of the National Association of College Admission Counselors; (2) Statement of Students' Rights and Responsibilities in the College Admission Process; and (3) Statement of Transfer Students'…

Recently, reports on the crisis of the American high school have appeared. Members of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors are high school guidance counselors and college admissions and financial aid officers who work directly with students and families as they move from high school to postsecondary education. As such, they…

Discusses preparing students for college admission requirements, specifically outlining desired English curriculum for college admission credit and suggesting how to advise students. One high school's English curriculum options are appended, as is a list of 56 colleges and universities surveyed to find out what they expect from high school English…

Argues that the competitive admissions system forces students to constrain their natural impulse toward commitment. Describes the use of scattergrams to provide students with more accurate information about selectivity. (JAC)

Discusses the role of secondary school counselors and college admissions officers in counseling college bound students. Stresses the importance of diplomacy and cooperation in working for the best interests of the student while addressing parent and institutional concerns. (JAC)

Explores how one school district began a comprehensive guidance program, bringing its counseling system into the present with an eye toward the future. Describes the first three years of the program and how it has helped guidance counselors to become more effective and more sophisticated in helping students move from high school to college. (NB)

Reports on an informal survey of 52 women high school counselors or college admissions counselors about their concerns, which revealed included balancing responsibilities, potential for advancement, salary inequities with men, relocation difficulties, the need for the "old-girl network," difficulty in building a career with childrearing…

The National College Counseling Project (NCCP), formed in September 1983, examined the status of college counseling in schools across the country. Specifically, the goal was to learn what role college counseling plays in enhancing student aspirations for a satisfying future, as well as in helping students gain admission to the college most…