One District of Columbia high school offers a program designed to attract and introduce high school students to teaching. It is one of several such programs nationwide. Most candidates come from school systems with high percentages of minority students. The program hopes to help ease the shortage of minority teachers. (SM)

Findings from 3,708 college freshmen revealed that most began college planning before their high school senior year and chose college during their senior year. Academic reputation, quality of available programs, costs, faculty reputation, and friendliness were top factors considered by students. Most frequently cited sources of college information…

Administered Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire to 575 matriculating college freshmen to explore mean subscale differences across gender and to examine interrelationships among 11 subscales. Found 11 subscales to be highly intercorrelated; subscales appeared to measure underlying behavioral wellness and cognitive wellness dimensions. (Author/NB)

Evaluates a computerized reading management and enrichment program's effects on college-bound ninth graders attending Cherryville Junior-Senior High School, in Gaston County, North Carolina. When total reading scores were compared on third-, sixth-, and eighth-grade California Achievement Tests, the Cherryville students (five-year program…

Director of admission and development describes summer college tour he made with his daughter before her senior year of high school. Experiences presented provide insight to counselors in the form of ways to approach their counselee's parents, as well as ways to approach their own children who might be beginning college admission process.…

Examines the impact of noncustodial fathers' postdivorce behavior on children's performance. For intact families, fathers' ethnicity and income were related to college entrance exam (CEE) scores; for students with divorced parents, however, these and other father variables are not statistically related to CEE performance. Offers a "social capital"…

Offers pointers for librarians and teachers to help them make the opportunity to recommend reading material to college-bound students a positive and rewarding experience rather than a frustrating one. Discusses lessons learned while working with motivated teen readers; discusses finding books to pair with readers; and lists numerous resources to…

A New Hampshire study shows that first-generation students and students with college-educated parents consider attending similar postsecondary institutions. Having a low family income does not appear to restrict college-interested students from considering more exclusive and/or expensive institutions. Students' academic ability influences their…

It is more important than ever that high school counselors and independent education consultants complement one another to meet the needs of the students they serve. While they have the same objectives and professional standards, the independent consultant can offer a more individualized approach and brings more resources to the postsecondary…

Describes articulation agreements, special recruiting efforts, special degrees, scholarships, and convenient locations as some of the ways for-profit institutions are actively pursuing community college students. For-profit institutions are increasingly "transfer friendly," as several examples illustrate. (SLD)

Each fall, thousands of high school graduates launch into the next phase of their academic careers: college. They arrive on campuses across the United States full of hope and optimism, trepidation and anxiety. All intensely feel both the eagerness to excel and the fear of failure. The author shares his experience of dealing with college first-year…

Starting in March 2005, the SAT, taken annually by more than 1.4 million college-bound students, will undergo its most significant change since 1994, when the College Board, which sponsors the test, first allowed calculators into test rooms, added open-ended math questions, and eliminated antonyms and added more critical-reading passages in the…

To understand factors affecting the academic and social integration of community college transfer students, we interviewed 19 students who transferred to one state's large Research-Extensive university. We inquired about the transfer process, efforts of the university to orient and assist them, and perceptions of the university versus the…

From more rigorous courses during the twelfth grade to individual projects and internships, school districts across the country are taking a variety of steps for the purpose of keeping seniors engaged in learning during their senior year of high school. At the same time, they are also warning students about the possibility that students who have…

Institutions of higher education are increasingly becoming dependent on Web-based marketing to reach out to their target audiences. The current empirical study examines the types of impressions formed by prospective students based on exposure to different university Web site images. A between-subjects experiment was conducted using four identical…