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Paterson, Jim – Journal of College Admission, 2020
For many students struggling through high school closures and rapid changes to their postsecondary plans, there has been one overriding theme during the last six months: uncertainty. Instead of savoring familiar traditions and farewells, they faced months of upheaval that tossed around every aspect of their lives during a period that should have…
Descriptors: Anxiety, High School Students, Postsecondary Education, Admissions Counseling
Neutuch, Eric – Journal of College Admission, 2020
College outreach efforts are sometimes received as nuisances, or worse, as maddening spam and junk email. New digital technologies and data-driven targeting innovations are reducing the amount of paper materials distributed, yet they are not reducing the oversaturation experienced by many prospective students. Colleges use Search and Encoura to…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Information Dissemination, Social Media, Electronic Mail
Paterson, Jim – Journal of College Admission, 2017
Letters of recommendation consume a lot of time and thought as they are solicited, written, and read, and, while many high school and college admission officials say that work pays off by providing a university with valuable and sometimes unique information about prospective students, most everyone also agrees they could be more effective. Some…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, College Admission, High School Students
Loveland, Elaina – Journal of College Admission, 2017
Dual enrollment programs offer a wide range of students many advantages, and many families would say cost savings is at the top of the list. There is a huge cost savings to students and families, students have the opportunity to experience college in high school, and it shortens their path to their degree. Students, particularly those who are…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Educational Trends, College Bound Students, High School Students
Cegler, Tyler D. – Journal of College Admission, 2012
The recruitment and admission practices of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students by admission offices in higher education are examined as an emerging trend. Limited research on the targeted recruitment and hopeful admission and matriculation of the LGBT prospective student populations exists. Third-party GLBT organizations have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Recruitment, Homosexuality, College Students
Baum, Benjamin S. – Journal of College Admission, 2012
Few professional processes are more personally intrusive than the college application. It demands information about your family, your finances, your interests, and your desires. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) applicants in their teenage years who may not be comfortable with their sexuality, admission officers need be sensitive…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, College Applicants, Sexual Identity, High School Students
Prevatt, Frances; Li, Huijun; Welles, Theresa; Festa-Dreher, Desaree; Yelland, Sherry; Lee, Jiyoon – Journal of College Admission, 2011
The Academic Success Inventory for College Students (ASICS) is a newly-developed, self-report instrument designed to evaluate academic success in college students. The 50-item instrument has 10 factors that measure general academic skills, career decidedness, internal and external motivation, anxiety, concentration, socializing, personal…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Surveys
Ford, Wendy G. – Journal of College Admission, 2011
College Web sites are often the first structured encounter a student has with a prospective college or university. Outside of serving as a marketing tool (Williams 2000), very little literature exists on the functional purpose of a college's Web site. Almost all college sites show an informational and transactional tool for currently enrolled…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Program Effectiveness, High School Students, Higher Education
Pabst, Anne – Journal of College Admission, 2010
The girls of girls' schools, the author believes, are a kind of Platonic Form of American girl, an ideal to which most of the rest of society, of the country's meritocratic system, aspires for their daughters, a reflection of one's deepest values. She believes girls all over the country, in all high schools, want The Dream. They want to achieve…
Descriptors: Daughters, College Admission, Females, High School Students
Mathis, Jonathan D. – Journal of College Admission, 2010
This article discusses game design concepts suggested to foster engagement while considering the needs of underserved high school students preparing for the college admission process. The contextual nature of college counseling efforts in urban secondary school settings provides a backdrop for consideration of the manner in which game design and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Counseling Techniques, Video Games, Experiential Learning
Zarate, Maria Estela; Burciaga, Rebeca – Journal of College Admission, 2010
President Barack Obama has called education "the economic issue of our time", explaining that the rise in unemployment among those without a college education is growing and eight of 10 new jobs created in the US are more likely to hire people with higher education degrees. Indeed, change is what the educational system needs to increase…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Gender Differences, Enrollment, White Students
Scott, Timothy P.; Tolson, Homer; Lee, Yi-Hsuan – Journal of College Admission, 2010
The College Board Advanced Placement Program allows high school students to take college-level courses and if an appropriate score on an exam is received, college credit is earned. While the program has had its detractors (access in rural and inner-city schools, lack of diversity, pre-selection of talented students, poor articulation with actual…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement
Gildersleeve, Ryan Evely – Journal of College Admission, 2010
Using a life history method to illustrate the college admission process for undocumented students, this article demonstrates how students' social contexts (e.g., schooling, family, migration, and labor) influence their college choice processes and participation in the broader project of college-going. The central argument claims that if admission…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Admission, Undocumented Immigrants, Social Influences
Ensor, Kevin L. – Journal of College Admission, 2009
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a nationally recognized program that was created in San Diego, California in 1980, and is designed to give high school students who ordinarily would not participate in rigorous, academic, college-preparatory classes the opportunity and support necessary to succeed in these higher-level classes.…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, At Risk Students, Program Descriptions, High School Students
Graetz, Janet E.; Spampinato, Kim – Journal of College Admission, 2008
Asperger's syndrome (AS) is a neurological disorder included in the spectrum of autism disorders. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are said to exhibit characteristics that fall into a "triad of deficits" that include (a) communication, (b) socialization, and (c) interests and activities. For children and adolescents with Asperger's…
Descriptors: High School Students, Socialization, Autism, Asperger Syndrome