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ERIC Number: EJ518276
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
Diverse Information-Gathering Methods in the Postsecondary Decision-Making Process.
Hamrick, Florence A.; Hossler, Don
Review of Higher Education, v19 n2 p179-98 Win 1996
A survey of 297 college-bound high school seniors and parents examined techniques for gathering information about postsecondary education and institutions. Students were designated as "highly diversified" or "less diversified" searchers; background characteristics and information-gathering behaviors of each were identified. High diversification was related to student certainty about proposed academic major and satisfaction with the student's chosen postsecondary institution. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Bound Students, College Choice, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, High School Students, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Institutional Characteristics, Majors (Students), Postsecondary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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