Service academies have found that parental influence is a significant factor in the application and selection processes. Project Outreach of the Coast Guard Academy, a parent-to-parent contact using volunteers supervised by the Admissions Office, represents a way of showing concern regarding each student's uniqueness and of constructively…

A general summary of NCAA rules and regulations in easy-to-read form is provided for prospective student-athletes, high schools and junior college officials, representatives of NCAA member institutions, and other interested individuals. These guidelines relate primarily to recruiting, eligibility, transfering, and financial aid. (Author/MLW)

In response to a high school teacher's request for the "basic twenty concepts which college professors see as really basic preparation for college," this article advocates that students bring a shared body of facts about the past in addition to the ability to think about it; sensing the dual nature and interconnectedness of historical events. (JDH)

A profile of higher education from the vantage point of students is presented in charts by the Carnegie Foundatioin for Advancement of Teaching. By looking at demographic patterns and at high school students, one can get an idea of what the nation's colleges will look like in the future. (MLW)

Rather than showing the growing inadequacy of schools, about half of the Scholastic Aptitude Test score decline is attributed to significant changes in the composition of the test-taking group; about one-fourth of the decline to school-related factors; and one-fourth to broader social factors. (MLF)

Describes the development since 1978 of the Clarkson School, a special division of New York's Clarkson University. The school provides college credit courses, school orientation programs, and personal adjustment assistance to entering students who have completed their junior years of high school and desire early admission to college. (PGD)

Investigated interest in precollege, university-level courses and factors regarding selection of higher educational institutions among academically gifted students (N=315). Results showed the following four factors to be significant in order of priority: academic quality of the institution, special institutional features, social life, and…

A criticism made against standardized tests is that they may be biased against females because males typically outscore females. On the ACT, males perform only slightly better than females. The population of students who take the ACT is self-selected--that is, the ACT has traditionally been taken primarily by those planning to attend college. For…

Degree partnership is a term used to describe a variety of models that provide a guarantee to students who maintain adequate grades in a college program of continuation of degree studies at another institution. This "guarantee" that space will be available for degree completion at another institution separates degree partnerships from…

This booklet is a guide to the process of transferring college credits from one institution of higher education to another. First, it identifies the factors that affect college transfer, including college and/or state policies on transfer of credits, college residency requirements, comparability of courses, grade received in a course, and…

Half of all students who begin college in America--and an even higher proportion of underrepresetned minorities--matriculate at community colleges. If the bachelor's degree is a requisite for major social and economic advancement, then transfer must be an essential community college mission. Calculating the transfer rate is important as a measure…

With the goal of academic excellence for all students in mind, The College Board's EQUITY 2000 educational reform program was designed to test the hypothesis that enrollment and success in the gatekeeper courses of algebra and geometry will bridge the gap of achievement and college-going rates between minority/nonminority students and economically…

This report provides an analysis of Tidewater Community College (TCC) (Virginia) students who transferred to a four-year institution in Virginia beginning in fall 1996 or 1997. The following topics are discussed: overview of the transfer process; acceptance and enrollment rates for each of the four-year institutions; performance of TCC graduates…

This research brief examines the destination of Miami-Dade County public high school graduates the year following their graduation. For 1998-99, 58% continued into public postsecondary education, with 37% (375) enrolling at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) (Florida), 9.6% at Florida International University (FIU), and 10.4% at other colleges…

This document consists of two reports on Illinois higher education. The first, "The Illinois Articulation Initiative: Annual Report 2002-2003," discusses the current status of the Illinois Articulation Imitative (IAI), which was designed to ease transfer for students among Illinois colleges and universities. May 2003 marked the end of…