Students were surveyed in 1966 regarding content of high school mathematics courses. Data indicated that college-bound students were being exposed to topics recommended by the Commission on Mathematics. (RS)

Regardless of the setting, prospective students should put their best foot forward when they talk with admissions officers. Many college admissions programs refer to the campus encounter as an "information session" and tend to be less formal, but the students are well-advised to be prepared to promote themselves. (MLW)

Examined relationship between levels of communication apprehension reported by high school seniors and their decisions regarding pursuit of higher education. High school seniors (N=437) completed Personal Report of Communication Apprehension and counselors indicated whether students planned to attend college. Found that students with low…

Describes Personal Application Form (PAF) as being potentially far more important to college admission decision making than Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Considers why PAF fails to be a high profile admission term and remains unrecognized by many applicants and college counselors. Argues that insufficient time goes into application writing.…

Explores whether or not colleges and universities accurately present themselves to potential applicants and whether or not students honestly portray themselves to the schools to which they apply. Examines issues involved in recruiting and applying to college. Concludes that the issues of the college admission process are very complex, and that…

Recommends that counselors advise students to look at seven often underemphasized, but important, aspects of college life that should be considered when examining student recruitment publications and visiting colleges and universities. Offers advice to high school students about how to evaluate the quality of these aspects of the learning…

In contrast to technological predecessors, the Internet affords a prospective student with unlimited and uncontrolled access to formal and informal information about any institution. Article provides four vignettes that illustrate what a prospective student can find on the Internet. Discusses the implications of the Internet on the college…

Describes how the Gates Millennium Scholars program uses nontraditional criteria to award grants to low-income minority students. Profiles the first three recipients. (EV)

One emerging but relatively untapped market of traditional age colleges students is children who have been home schooled. The National Center for Educational Statistics estimated that 1.1 million children were being home schooled in 2006 (Conlin, 2006). This non-empirical paper examines issues related to the home school movement as they apply to…

This collection of papers discusses the experience of students in the United Kingdom's new, mass higher education system. The papers are viewed as dispatches from the "front line" rather than conventional analyses by education researchers. The organization of the papers mirrors the stages of students' experience of higher…

This report presents the results of the fourth annual National Student Satisfaction Study, which examines the areas of campus life of highest importance to students, the areas of greatest and least satisfaction, and the greatest performance gaps between levels of importance and satisfaction. Data were collected from 524 colleges and universities…

In 1986-87, Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) in Michigan undertook a broad-based examination of its effectiveness in assisting minority students to achieve their educational goals. The study investigated the balance between proportions of minorities residing in the local community and proportions enrolled at KVCC; the number of minorities…

Based on a 1978 symposium sponsored by National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA), information is presented on foreign students in the United States, the case of Saudi Arabian government-sponsored students in the U.S., the U.S. response to the needs of foreign students and their countries, and unresolved issues. The profile of…

This volume contains 6 of the 17 papers written under the auspices of the Approaches to Accountability in Prevention Program sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED) from 1988 through 1991 to foster the development of papers examining theoretical applications of alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention programs at…