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Peer reviewedSmith, Randolph A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
The 539 American graduate programs listed in "Graduate Study in Psychology 1983-1984" were surveyed in order to provide more information for advising psychology majors, particularly beginning majors. Information collected included courses students should take for particular types of training and other criteria, e.g., previous research activity, of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admissions Counseling, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Download full textLoveland, Elaina C., Ed.; Raynor, Joyce, Ed. – 2000
This book is the first significant body of literature on ethics in college admission published by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. The series is a select compilation of articles on ethics published in the Journal of College Admission in 1998 and 1999. The book is a source of information for the beginning and experienced…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Admissions Officers, College Admission, College Applicants
Peer reviewedSheffield, Wesley; Meskill, Victor P. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1974
An admissions staffer is basically a recruiter, not a counselor, and the title of "counselor" should therefore be reserved solely for those people who are professionally trained and located in a counseling position. (Author)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College School Cooperation, Counselors
Pope, Loren – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1973
Identification and discussion of twenty myths which profoundly influence a student's choice of college along with tips on how students can avoid making unwise college choices. (JC)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Choice
Peer reviewedJournal of Career Education, 1983
CLEO is a telephone referral service that provides adults with counseling, assessment, admissions, and other information about its 38 member colleges. An innovative postsecondary business partnership, it seeks to help adults realize self-directed development goals. (SK)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Adults, Career Counseling, Consortia
Peer reviewedWilliams, Gary L. – Journal of College Admissions, 1989
Contends that high school counselors are critical of college ratings because they hinder effective college-choice counseling. Suggests prospective students actively engage in selection process and college admissions counselors stress need for good match between individual and college. (CM)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Applicants, College Choice, Higher Education
Payne, John; Edwards, Richard – Adults Learning (England), 1996
Interviews at three British further education colleges demonstrate that the meanings of impartiality in preentry adult guidance change with the context. Impartiality is challenged by lack of statutory provision for adult guidance, lack of outreach, and the question of whether impartial guidance is more likely in high-demand courses. (SK)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Adult Counseling, Adult Students, Bias
Stedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
Peer reviewedHeikkinen, Charles A. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1975
Article contains recommendations for counselors so that they might become more familiar with the problems and functions of admissions committees. (Author)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Career Awareness, Career Planning, College Admission
Thiboutot, Paul – 1987
Alumni can serve many functions in college admission work. The alumni's greatest asset in admission work is their experience of the alma mater. Having alumni meet with potential students may be the best use of alumni by admission officers. Alumni can meet with prospective students in a variety of contexts. When meeting with students at a function…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Admissions Officers, Alumni, College Admission
Peer reviewedBoylan, Hunter R. – College and University, 1973
Offers general legal guidelines for extablishing procedures to facilitate minority enrollment in higher education. (EH)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Admissions Counseling, Desegregation Litigation
LaBaugh, Thomas D. – College Board Review, 1974
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Articulation (Education), College Admission, Colleges
Treadwell, David – College Management, 1974
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, College Admission, Educational Supply
Hopkins, Gary W. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1979
The rapidly increasing number of foreign students in the U.S. has resulted in a myriad of problems for schools seeking students or those institutions faced with unprecedented numbers seeking admission who may be unaware of the responsibilities involved in admitting foreign students. (Author)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Admission, Foreign Student Advisers, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedDix, Emmett Clinton, II – Journal of College Admissions, 1985
Advocates for an expanded role for admissions officers which is dependent on a thorough knowledge of the academic, social, and cultural offerings of the institution, a background in student development, and an expertise in counseling. Suggests institutions support and encourage this expanded role. (BL)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Admissions Officers, College Admission, Counseling
