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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"College Admission"”.
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Preparing the public secondary school student for highly selective college admission
… private secondary school students when seeking admission to highly selective colleges. This study has identified the characteristics that distinguish college guidance and school-wide programs at public secondary schools perceived to be the strongest (distinguished) from other public secondary …
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Understanding the Impact of an ACT Intervention Course Through the Perspectives of Previous Students
<p>College admission exams have long been the determining factor in students' college acceptance as well as being used as a predictor of success in college. States across America also used college admission exams as a way to measure a school's success in multiple dimensions. This study examined the …
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The Perceptions Of Secondary Education Guidance Counselors Regarding The Scholastic Aptitude Test And Its Relationship To College Admissions For Low Socioeconomic Students
… status (LES) students as a large impediment to college admission. The problem this transcendental phenomenological qualitative study explored was that the established SAT assessment methods and strategies used for secondary students are inundated with data relevant to only students who are in a …
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Home School Versus Other Applicants To Postsecondary Institutions: Admission Policies And In-depth Analysis
In this study, 94 colleges and universities in Florida were surveyed to determine what their admission policies were for home school applicants. Forty-six colleges responded to the survey. The results of the survey were analyzed to determine if there was a pattern of acceptance based on institution …
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Meta-Analysis of the Predictive Validity of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT) Scores for College GPA
<p>The college admission systems of the United States require the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT) examinations. Although, some resources suggest that SAT and ACT scores give some meaningful information about academic success, others disagree. The objective of this …
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Post-Secondary School Pathways: College and Career Technical Eduation
… two differing viewpoints, preparing students for college admission, and preparing students for jobs and careers through Career Technical Education, the study explores which path the students are actively engaged in pursuing. In doing so, it is hoped that the study will be a tool for the school and …
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Registration, attendance, and reality: African-Americans engaged in SAT preparation
… American students in their preparation for college admission exams (SAT, ACT). Registration, attendance, and the experienced reality of African American students who voluntarily enrolled in an SAT prep program as well as perceptions of African American instructors were the foci of this mixed …
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The Case for Character Strengths In College Admissions Advising: The Way You Are is a Great Way to Be
Graduating from high school and moving on to college is one of the most important transitions in a young person’s life. Unfortunately, the process leading up to that milestone—during which a student considers and applies to specific colleges—is often viewed as a pointlessly painful gauntlet rather …
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English Learner Course Scheduling: Practice, Implications, and Aspirations
… such as high school graduation rates and college admission processes. The participants saw value in establishing a new scheduling model based on cohorts.</p>
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PARENTING CHALLENGES AND RESILIENCIES OF LATINO IMMIGRANT PARENTS
… children such as tutoring, assistance with the college admission program and assistance with applying for scholarships and financial aid. Another major finding was that language was one dominant challenge and barrier that Latino immigrant parents faced that affected their ability to cope with …
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College access for first-generation highlander college students of northern Thailand
This study focuses on first-generation college students of highland ethnic minorities, formally known as “hill tribes,” who have languages and cultures very different from mainstream Thais. Little is known about college attendance among these students, and the Thai government collects no …
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Heterogenous Trajectories Of Depressive Symptoms From Adolescence To Young Adulthood: Non-Cognitive Risk Factors And Labor Market Outcomes
… delinquency, low self-perceived likelihood for college admission, and retention in grade. Lastly, adults who were classified as Elevated in their depressive symptoms reported significantly lower socioeconomic outcomes across all eleven labor market indicators, including measures of employment …
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An Examination of Students' Perceptions of the Louisiana ACT Mandate on their Postsecondary Education Decisions
In the United States,the American College Test (ACT)is a standardized test that is used primarily as an indicator of college readiness and as a gauge for college admission. The governing bodies for Louisiana’s public schools—The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE)and the Board of Elementary …
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College athletic department administrators' attitudes toward college student athletes and their academic and athletic success
… this study was to investigate the attitudes of college athletic department administrators (athletic directors, faculty representatives, football coaches, and basketball coaches) toward the athletic and academic achievement of student athletes and to compare administrators' perceptions with those …
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Transmitting Advantage: Maternal Education Differences in Parental Investment Activities
… the stark advantages of children growing up in college-educated families are well documented (e.g. higher levels of school achievement, higher likelihood of completing high school, higher college admission rates), scholars are just beginning to understand how the everyday activities of parents …
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How generalists function as a community of practice in a community college one-stop student service center
… as successful learners, they need to develop college knowledge, referring to understanding college admission, financial aid, college culture, and the college system. One approach that community colleges are implementing to support their students through the transition into their institution is …
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Using Portfolios to Assess Learning in Chemistry: One School's Story of Evolving Assessment Practice
… evaluation, teacher assessment and evaluation, college admission, goal setting, promotion of student organizational skills and recognition of student success.
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Recruitment Strategies Aiming to Attract Females into Undergraduate Engineering Programs: Examining Their Role and Use
… becoming more psychologically involved in their college choice (Maringe & Gibbs, 2009). Recruitment activities are only one factor in the college choice decision but are an important one. Recruitment strategies to attract under-represented groups to the field of engineering had in general lacked …
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ESSAYS ON EDUCATION INVESTMENT DECISIONS
… in future performance and underestimating college admission requirements. I then introduce two interventions to correct parents' belief biases. In the first intervention, I use machine-learning techniques to generate predictions on children's future academic performance and distribute them …
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Educators’ Perspectives Regarding the Impact of a College Readiness Program on Latinx Students in an Urban High School
Background: College Readiness for All: The Challenge for Urban High Schools, focuses on the importance of improving college readiness for minority students in schools. College admission standards discussed include coursework, achievement test scores, and grade point averages. One of the many …
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