Previous research has indicated significant variation between schools in the proportion of their students who go on to higher education. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the specific school characteristics influencing application and entry to tertiary education. This paper sets out to analyse the individual and school factors…

The artwork created by David Hammons titled "The Door," is a glass in wood door that shows the words "Admissions Office" on it in reverse. There is a black shadow image of a person peering in. This powerful statement of inequality reflected the frustration of African-Americans trying to get into colleges and universities during…

The college admissions process teaches students how to express themselves during interviews, how to describe their best qualities in application essays. It may also make them wary of college marketing campaigns, and skeptical of being treated as a statistics, due to the large role played by standardized-test scores and grade-point averages. Such…

The annual US News and World Report (USNWR) Guide to America's Best Colleges is much anticipated by both high-ability high school seniors and college and university administrators. In this paper, we use a decade of Colgate University "Admitted Student Questionnaire" surveys to estimate the influence of changes in a school's USNWR rank on…

With the increase in student numbers and political concern to ensure fair access to higher education, universities have been reviewing their admissions processes in order to improve their transparency, efficiency and effectiveness. The process contains relatively discrete activities--applications and admissions--in which both the applicants and…

Because most college students enroll in college immediately after completing high school, the percentage of high school completers enrolled in college the October after finishing high school is an indicator of the total proportion of that year's high school completers who will ever enroll in college. The percentage enrolling not only reflects the…

Directed to those responsible for college admission and placement functions in American colleges and universities, this article provides an overview, based on recent research, of the college selection and admission process experienced by graduates of overseas American-sponsored schools currently enrolled in institutions of higher learning across…

Article focused on the problems associated with the reception of refugee students into Dutch universities. (RK)

This article outlines a technique for analyzing segments of a college's market for students. Careful scrutiny of the segments in which the college has a limited appeal (programs for high-ability male students, or tuition schedules based on parental income) may suggest strategies for improving the college's performance in those segments. (Editor/PG)

A guide to U.S. scholarships and colleges is presented for foreign students, along with information on the U.S. educational system, selecting a college, types of college financing, immigration rules, and preparation for coming to America. In addition to detailed profiles for more than 1,100 colleges, charts provide information for more than 3,000…

A study was conducted at Charles Stewart Mott Community College (MCC) to determine why many persons admitted to the college never complete any courses, to identify aspects of the college environment which might be changed to retain some of these potential students, and to learn how to channel recruitment resources toward applicants who are more…

A survey was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), Palatine, Ill., to determine reasons why 13% of the students who applied to the college for fall 1982 did not register for classes. A sample of 200 of the 838 fall 1982 no-shows was selected for telephone interviews. Survey findings, based on a 79.5% response rate, included the…

Admissions in North Carolina's private higher education institutions were examined using data from the fall of 1975 to fall 1980. These highlights emerged: (1) first-time freshman applications rose 29 percent in private universities and colleges in that period; (2) the percentage of freshman applications accepted declined from 69 percent in 1975…

A SPECIAL TRIAL STUDY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WAS INITIATED FOR STUDENTS WHOSE PAST ACADEMIC RECORDS WOULD NOT NORMALLY HAVE QUALIFIED THEM FOR ADMISSION TO COLLEGE. STUDENTS WHO HAD MAINTAINED LESS THAN A 75 AVERAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL WERE ALLOWED TO MATRICULATE IN A REDUCED PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN THE EVENING DIVISION. THE STUDENTS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO…

The Educational Passport is a service that is being developed at the Educational Testing Service for students or other individuals in order to facilitate their entry to school or college or employment. The Passport is an accumulative record that the individual prepares and owns and uses. At the Educational Testing Service, photographed documents…