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Download full textCampaign for College Opportunity, 2021
The value of a college degree continues to rise. A bachelor's degree in particular provides unrivaled economic and health benefits not just for the individual earning the degree, but for the entire state. Therefore, it is not surprising to see growing demand for a college education coupled with growing eligibility for California's public…
Descriptors: State Universities, Access to Education, College Admission, College Bound Students
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Direct linkMcDuff, DeForest – Economics of Education Review, 2007
This paper investigates the main determinants of applying to in-state public colleges and universities. I use data from over 500,000 SAT and ACT test takers to examine the roles of college quality and tuition in the college selection decision. I take advantage of the interstate variation in quality and tuition at the public flagship universities…
Descriptors: State Colleges, State Universities, Tuition, Educational Quality
Toutkoushian, Robert K. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2008
Many public university systems rely on their own institutional research (IR) offices, in addition to the IR offices from their member institutions, to help conduct the work of the university system. In this chapter, the author illustrates the type of work conducted by system-level IR offices using a nontraditional data source that can be used to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Long Range Planning, Educational Trends
Buss, Christian; Parker, Jeffrey; Rivenburg, Jon – Economics of Education Review, 2004
This paper examines the effects of cost, quality and macroeconomic factors on the demand for higher education (represented by the share of admitted freshmen choosing to enroll) at a group of selective liberal arts colleges over the period from 1988 to 1998. Students are segregated by their financial-aid status with different demand equations…
Descriptors: Scores, College Entrance Examinations, Enrollment, Liberal Arts
Corazzini, Arthur J.; And Others – 1968
An important aspect of college admissions policies regarding applicants from low income families is the proportion admitted who score less than 400 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Among local colleges and universities ten percent of those admitted will have scored below 400, but 20 percent of Boston area high school seniors will have scored…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aspiration, College Admission, College Choice
Spies, Richard R. – 1973
A survey was conducted to examine the behavior of students as they decide where to go to college; in particular, the effects of financial considerations on their decision are examined. Admissions data from a group of select private colleges and universities are described along with trends in admissions at these schools. A random sample of parents…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations, Costs
