In response to the information need of prospective students, parents, and high school guidance counselors, the University of Wisconsin system initiated a service unique among multicampus systems in the United States. The Higher Education Location Program, or HELP, is a statewide, toll-free telephone counseling service designed to provide one…

A major aim of this book (part of the Careers Research and Advisory Centre Choice Series) is to assist college bound students in England who are about to choose their degree course of study, to understand the implications, especially those reflecting recent employment trends for graduates, of their choice in career terms. Section I contains two…

This report presents data on the post-high school educational plans of seniors enrolled in high school in October 1972. Information is presented on college and vocational school plans of seniors by their sex, race, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residence, region of residence, the educational attainment of their family heads, and family income.…

This paper reports on an examination of the differences between and among community college students enrolled in transfer and occupational programs. Data were gathered from a sample of 924 full-time freshman and sophomore students enrolled in transfer and occupational programs in three Iowa community colleges in the spring of 1968. Seventy-nine…

This study investigated and compared equal numbers of respondent and nonrespondent Florida 12th graders to a post-high schools plans questionnaire by selected factors related to these two groups of students. Following introductory material, Chapter II presents a review of the literature and research that is appropriate to questionnaire respondents…

The author, a guidance director at the high school level, admonishes college admissions counselors to aim less for the marketing image--the carefully orchestrated program that seeks to hoodwink the vulnerable college-bound student. (Author/HMV)

Describes how a high school chemistry teacher runs his classes to prepare students for college. Discusses the examinations routine, the grading system, the laboratory reports, the homework assignments, and the extent of parent participation. (GA)

Three aptitude factor scores for each of 2,985 college bound urban high school seniors were used to compare patterns and levels of performance by sex and ethnic group membership. Significant differences in levels of performance between Blacks, Hispanics, Caucasian Jewish, and Caucasian Gentile were found on factors labeled Verbal, Reasoning, and…

An evaluation of approximately 200 visually impaired high school students, conducted by The Florida State University Counseling Center over a 10-year period, indicated that 75 percent had good potential for successful college work. (Author)

A growing worry for college admissions officers: Will enough students show up to fill the dorms and pay the profs? (Editor)

To improve and strengthen the process of interviewing at the School of Medical Sciences, University of Nevada, a project was initiated to summarize each interviewer's quantitative descriptions of applicants. The summarization focused on giving feedback regarding acceptance decisions to the interviewers, comparing interviewer ratings, and…

Describes the TEAMS program which provides an academic competition at the high school level in subjects qualifying students for further study in engineering. (SL)

Students transferring from "terminal" junior high schools or from Realschulen to the Gymnasium (humanities-oriented high school) should take "assimilation courses." These have four phases: (1) evaluation of phonetic knowledge, (2) increasing language skills, (3) introduction to text interpretation, (4) completing an 11th-grade basic course. (Text…

The relevance of the current scholastic aptitude test for college admittance in today's society is discussed and questioned. (JD)

Students are often so preoccupied with choosing a college and being admitted that they don't spend much time thinking about what they'll do once they get there. Here are five suggestions for college freshmen from the director of the Office of Career Services and Off-Campus Learning at Harvard University on planning a college curriculum, especially…