Improving the verbal scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of a group of 20 high school juniors was addressed by the implementation of an SAT coaching program. A computer program, "SAT Success," and a video, "SAT Prep Video," along with practice tests from the Educational Testing Service were employed. Students were…

Anthropologists have documented the importance of rites of passage rituals for marking the successful passage from one position in the social structure to another. The characteristics and importance of rituals and rites of passage to mark the transition high school to college will be presented. It is proposed that colleges and universities utilize…

The transfer of students in Missouri is multi-directional; that is, some level of transfer activity occurs between and within each major sector of higher education. The number of student transfers has risen from 15,500 in fall 1979 to 18,000 in fall 1982, with a peak of 20,000 transfers reported in fall 1981. The majority of student transfers…

In this article, the author describes her "case against college" as a case against the three-fourths of all college students who are not in college primarily for "academics". She presents what she sees as other alternatives for high school graduates. Taken from a speech presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of College…

In this article the author maintains that high school counselors are pressured by their colleagues, students and parents and by their own standards but that all who apply the pressure must share in the accountability. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, Atlanta, Georgia, October…

The personal approach of the Ohio Recruitment Commission for Agricultural Education has been very effective in recruiting potential vocational agriculture teachers from junior and senior high school classes. (EA)

Presents data from a study to determine undergraduate foreign student performance in three areas: (1) by entry method, whether from high school, community or junior college or as transfer from four-year institutions, (2) within the college in which they are enrolled, and (3) according to national background. (Author/PG)

In this study an effort was made to stablize definitions of transfer rates and to publicize feasible ways of collecting usable data by conducting a Transfer Assembly. After an advisory panel established a preliminary equation for calculating transfer rates, 235 community colleges with high Hispanic, Black, and American Indian enrollments were…

This guide, designed for college-bound students and parents but also useful to counselors and other practitioners, provides information and a variety of practical strategies for anticipating, evaluating, and meeting college costs. An introductory section discusses the reality of college costs and the family's role in general terms. The next…

Comparing data from two studies of community college transfer conducted 25 years apart, this report describes policies, programs, regulations, and practices governing relationships between two- and four-year colleges at state, regional, and local levels. The study that led to this report gathered information from 11 states on transfer admission,…

The adoption of more rigorous California Sate University (CSU) admission requirements reflects a recent state-level trend calling for more standardized course work in California high schools. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 73 expanded the new CSU requirements, recommending actions to assure high school students access to higher education,…

As part of a project to increase transfer rates among students at LaGuardia Community College (LCC), a study was conducted to provide baseline data for future comparisons regarding interest in further education among recent LCC graduates, attitudes toward additional education, reasons for and against enrolling in additional educational programs,…

Designed for counselors, advisers, and two-year college students planning to transfer to a four-year institution, this report presents the transfer policies of the 46 senior colleges and universities in North Carolina for 1983-84. Following introductory material about the purposes and development of the report, the report enumerates the policies…

In winter 1983, a survey of Napa Valley College (NVC) graduates was conducted to determine the percentage of 1983-84 graduates who achieved their goal by the time they left NVC; graduate satisfaction with instructional quality and with the overall quality of NVC; graduate satisfaction with employment or transfer preparation; employment patterns;…

In redesigning the data program of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), there is a need for standard definitions, constant vigilance against redundancy and excessive data collection, audits and verification on local school data and continued attention to equity results as well as excellence and achievement. Major test scores, such…