This report presents statewide, complex area, and individual school summaries of students? post-secondary plans for the year following their completion of high school. The Senior Exit Plans Survey (SEPS) Coordinator at each school, usually a school counselor, was responsible for distributing, collecting, checking, and returning the completed…

This document presents an assortment of statistical data about Maryland postsecondary education. The information is presented for a period of years, so that trends can be highlighted. The Trend Book is organized into nine sections: (1) Factors Affecting Enrollments; (2) Enrollment; (3) Retention, Transfer and Graduation; (4) Degrees; (5) Graduate…

This report presents evidence that links participation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) in high school with higher SAT Reasoning Test™ (SAT®) scores. Using structural equation models (SEMs) with latent means, we analyzed data from a national sample of college-bound high school students. A series of structural equation models--isolating the…

Panel members (George A. Schlekat, David Johnson, Silas Purnell) agree that aid does not go to those most in need, and until system is revamped, our colleges will remain closed to those too disadvantaged to achieve well on standard tests, or to raise minimum personal funds. (CJ)

Outlines the operation of preparatory divisions, which are being established in order to improve the level of general educational preparation of youth, and to create conditions for entry into higher educational institutions. (JB)

File and survey data are used to determine the characteristics of students receiving college acceptances who decide to enroll full- or parttime rather than decline the admission offer. The objective was to distinguish between factors of eligibility for college and the personal and social factors affecting student self-selection for attendance.…

File and survey data are used to determine the characteristics of students receiving college acceptances who decide to enroll full- or part-time rather than decline the admission offer. The objective was to distinguish between factors of eligibility for college and the personal and social factors affecting student self-selection for attendance.…

Seeking to strengthen secondary education to improve academic preparation for college, the EQuality Project identifies and explains basic academic competencies: reading, writing, speaking, listening, mathematics, reasoning, and studying. (PB)

A study of 1,433 college seniors who had participated in a program offering high school seniors college courses taught in the high school by high school faculty suggests those who went to college had a very low attrition rate, achieved exceptionally high grades, and generally did not seek time-shortened degrees. (Author/MSE)

Suggests and gives examples of how a few advanced skills and concepts are related to successful reading and writing and can be introduced in low-level ESL classes. Examples include generality-specificity distinction, relevance-irrelevance distinction, underlining and making notes, paraphrasing, and summarizing. This conceptually integrated…

Analyzed performance of students in a business finance course who had completed the prerequisites to the course at California State University versus students who completed them at community colleges. For the most part, there were no significant differences in performance between transfer and nontransfer students. (Author)

Nearly half of college bound students request help in making career decisions. Career indecision is self-defeating. A five-step alternative program teaches that career decisions need not be permanent and helps students learn to face fears, make decisions and take action. (Author/JAC)

The article's message is for students to get help in finding out who they are and a start on the road to becoming it (the task of college). Picking the toughest college one can get into, one that has a history of contributing to moral and intellectual development, is essential. (Author)