The goals of a visitation program at a college or university should be to place prospects and their parents in contact with a variety of faculty and students. Faculty members, talking about their programs, and undergraduates, sharing their own experiences, are the institution's best recruiters. (MLW)

Questions designed to help college-bound learning-disabled students and their parents evaluate a college's support services and programs cover such areas as pre-admission counseling, parent counseling, access to course syllabi, orientation programs, library services, modified admissions procedures, visits to college classrooms, testing options,…

The effects of social background, gender, and academic achievement on transition rate to higher education were studied in three nationally representative samples of the Swedish population. Student financial aid availability was also assessed. Social background and achievement equally influenced the transition rate, while gender had little effect.…

A study examined the probability that students would apply to or attend Southwest Missouri State University without a freshman no-need scholarship, prospective students' awareness of these and other scholarships, the relative importance students attach to the scholarship, and the recruiting potential of the scholarship in various amounts. (MSE)

Criticizes the game-playing of students who participate in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) preparation courses, are tutored, and take the SAT again and again to render themselves eligible for the college of their choice. Advocates the matching of academically compatible students and colleges without this artificial score boosting. (KS)

Examined factors college-bound high school seniors (N=848) perceived as most helpful in making career decisions. Results suggested that their families and interesting high school classes were the most helpful factors. Teachers were also rated as helpful, while counselors generally were not. (JAC)

Describes how high school students were introduced to online bibliographic searching, taught to formulate search strategies, and observed their execution. The course objectives, methods employed, the students' achievement level responses, test results on course completion, and observations of the course are also examined. (MBR)

Discusses the role of secondary school counselors and college admissions officers in counseling college bound students. Stresses the importance of diplomacy and cooperation in working for the best interests of the student while addressing parent and institutional concerns. (JAC)

Surveyed 738 public secondary school counselors and principals to examine counselors' roles and effectiveness. Results showed counselors spend half their time on personal and academic counseling and college advising and 28 percent on paperwork. Overall, three-quarters of the principals rated counselors as effective. (JAC)

AACRAO's new publication "Student Marketing for Colleges and Universities" is the single authoritative source interpreting basic and advanced marketing techniques within the context of student marketing. Four sections address marketing fundamentals in the higher education setting, strategic planning, consumer behavior of the college-bound student…

This report describes the background and academic preparation of high school graduates who planned to major in engineering upon college entry, presenting the information by gender and race/ethnicity. Data come from 12 years of research on 750,000 students from the graduating high school classes of 1991-2002 who registered for the ACT Assessment…

While trends in college enrollment for Blacks and Whites have been the subject of study for many years, little attention has been paid to variation in college enrollment by socioeconomic status (SES). It is well documented that, controlling for family background, Blacks are more likely to enroll in college than Whites. This relationship is…

This book examines Mexican American and white girls coming of age in California's Central Valley, offering tools for understanding the ways in which class identity is constructed, and at times fails to be constructed, in relationship to color, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Chapter 1, "Portraying Waretown High," introduces the issue.…

Findings from the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) sponsored research describing the British Columbia (BC) transfer system over the past decade are summarized. The overall assessment is that the transfer system has performed well: many students have transferred, they have done so with relative ease, and they have…

This study examines the role of Advanced Placement (AP) and other honors-level courses as a criterion for admission at a leading public university, the University of California, and finds that the number of AP and honors courses taken in high school bears little or no relationship to students' later performance in college. AP is increasingly…