At the end of their junior year, in three colleges of the University of Missouri, junior college transfers were compared with native students, using as criteria (1) size of high school graduating class, (2) high school rank, (3) sex, (4) age at college entrance, and (5) the college of the University chosen for the junior year. The colleges were…

Procedures for granting freshmen advanced standing in English at eight Iowa colleges and universities are briefly described. At Central College, Drake University, Mason City Junior College, State College of Iowa, University of Iowa, and Wartburg College, students who have participated in the high school Advanced Standing Program are automatically…

This is the last in a series of three studies dealing with Vermonters' aspirations and demands for education beyond the secondary level, and the problems of their access to it. The focus is on high school graduates and addresses the wide disparity between demonstrated aspiration to attend some form of postsecondary education, and actual enrollment…

There are numerous signs that the focus in high school is widening to give seniors more freedom in selecting the academic components of their final secondary school year. This issue describes the ways in which 10 schools, in cooperation with colleges and universities, are making college courses and college credit available to hign school seniors.…

The literature review attempted to identify: 1) what we know and don't know about post-secondary aspirations, expectations, and access; and 2) where and how it is possible for us to embark on solutions or further investigation. The research in this area has been heavily sociological. Socio-economic background, family size, community origins,…

A comparison of two groups of urban area junior college transfer students who attended local urban campuses of the University of Missouri and of two other groups who transferred to the Columbia branch of the University of Missouri was the subject of this study. The comparison was made in regard to the question of whether or not urban area junior…

The first section of this document relates information useful to high school students who are interested in going to college, such as the reasons for going or not going, applying for admission, and financial aid. This section also includes titles of other related books. Section 2 lists colleges by state that have many black students. Section 3…

The College Opportunity Grant (COG) program was established by the California legislature in 1968 and was intended to provide monetary grants to financially needy students, primarily from ethnic minorities, to assist them while attending college. This paper contains: (1) a side-by-side description of the characteristics of the 1969 and 1970…

Statistics show that the number of student transfers has now doubled the number of entering freshmen at 4-year institutions. To acquire representative national data on the kinds of students who transfer and what determines whether they are admitted or not, a survey was made of 146 selected colleges that closely represent 4-year accredited…

The New York City Board of Education's College Bound Program was established in 1967 to prepare deprived high school students for eventual college entrance. By 1968 the program had enrolled 6,000 students from 26 high schools to receive special assistance in their academic work. Almost 100 nearby colleges and universities have worked closely with…

This report, the fourth in a series of ten, was prepared by the Steering Committee, the Study of Education at Stanford. The series, based on the concept that education should be a continuous process of discovery throughout life, sets forth recommendations for strengthening the academic enterprise at Stanford University. This booklet presents 5…

Responding to a mandate from the Board of Higher Education to submit a plan for an open admissions policy that would allocate students to the various programs of the University, the University Commission on Admissions of the City University of New York (CUNY) offers three admissions plans, all based on the use of the criterion of class rank…

A questionnaire was administered to 5,175 seniors in 101 randomly selected high schools to measure the effects of familial economic factors, proximity to higher education institutions, scholastic standing, peer values and influences, familial values and influences, impact of the secondary school guidance program, social class and sex on plans to…

A study designed to assess the academic performance of native and transfer students in the upper division of the University of Florida was launched to analyze and compare grade point averages, attrition rates, and progress towards graduation of various groups admitted to the program and to determine whether previous academic performance is related…

This paper examines the trends in participation in higher education for New Mexico. Statistical data indicated that only 39 percent of the high school graduates in 1973 planned to enter college after graduation. Barriers to advanced education and training are discussed including intellectual barriers, financial barriers, and environmental and…