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Hossler, Don; Maple, Sue – 1991
This exploratory study sought to compare the characteristics, attitudes and postsecondary knowledge of two groups of Indiana ninth grade students, those who plan to continue their education after high school and those who indicate that they are undecided about their post secondary plans. The study used data from a longitudinal study of college…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Family Characteristics, Goal Orientation, Grade 9
Hossler, Don; And Others – 1991
This study examined a longitudinal data set (9th through 12th grade students from Indiana) to pose questions about the importance students place on certain college and university attributes as part of their college choice process. Using factor analysis, analysis of variance, and discriminant analysis on data about a representative sample of 110…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Choice, Decision Making, Family Characteristics
Download full textStage, Frances K.; Hossler, Don – 1988
The effects of family background characteristics (family income, parents' marital status, parents' education, and number of children already enrolled in postsecondary education) upon parents' postsecondary educational plans for their children, parents' saving for their children, and the amount of planning parents do with their children are…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Choice
Peer reviewedHossler, Don; Gallagher, Karen S. – College and University, 1987
A model of the decision-making process for college choice that has three phases (predisposition, search, and choice) is proposed, and the implications of this model for college and government policy formation are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Applicants, College Choice, Decision Making
Peer reviewedStage, Frances K.; Hossler, Don – Research in Higher Education, 1989
A model of college student choice for male and female ninth graders using LISREL is examined. Variables examined included parents' expectation regarding higher education for their children, parents' savings for college, students' discussion of college with their parents, and students' aspiration for postsecondary education. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Background, College Attendance, College Choice, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBouse, Gary A.; Hossler, Don – Journal of College Admission, 1991
Conducted five-year study of the various choices students (n=4,923) must make at each grade level in high school to make solid decisions about which college or university to attend. Findings revealed that parents played important role in formation of students' educational aspirations and in decisions about saving for a postsecondary education. (NB)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Decision Making, High School Students
Hossler, Don; Schmit, Jack; Vesper, Nick – 1999
This book reports on a nine-year longitudinal study of the postsecondary educational decision-making process among a sample of high school students in Indiana. The study surveyed large numbers of students and also conducted in-depth interviews with a small number of students and parents. The book is organized into four parts, each with two…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Bound Students, College Choice, Decision Making
