How do college freshmen view the academic differences between high school and college?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drew C. Appleby
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Academic Differences

College Freshmen React to High School Counselors

TPGA Journal ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byron W. Medler ◽  
John A. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
High School Counselors

Texas Perspectives on College and Career Readiness: An Examination of CTE-Supported Endorsements in Public High Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Maria Adamuti-Trache ◽  
Yi Leaf Zhang ◽  
Staci L. Barker
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
Equity Issues ◽  
Academic Differences ◽  
Career And Technical ◽  
College And Career ◽  
Restricted Use

The Texas Legislature passed House Bill 5 in 2013 to adopt the Foundation High School Program, a new graduation program intended to support youth college and career readiness. Texan students entering grade 9 were guided to enroll in one or more endorsements with a specific curriculum designed to introduce them to STEM, Business & Industry, Public Services, Arts & Humanities, or Multidisciplinary areas of study and future career pathways. This research was based on analysis of restricted-use Texas longitudinal administrative and transcript data for 9th graders enrolled in Texas public schools in the academic year 2015/16. We examined the complementary roles that exposure to core academic subjects and career and technical education courses has on making endorsement choices, with a focus on three CTE-supported endorsements, STEM, Business & Industry, and Public Service. The study contributes to the literature on college and career readiness by examining specifically how the academic and vocational dimensions are reflected in the Texas high school endorsements. The study also addresses social equity issues by inquiring who participates in which endorsements and whether student endorsement choices are marked by sociodemographic and academic differences that exacerbate educational inequalities.

How Have FAFSA Submissions Differed During COVID-19?

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013189X2199205
Author(s):  
Oded Gurantz ◽  
Christopher Wielga
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
State Aid ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Insurance Claims ◽  
Student Aid

We examine changes in California’s FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) applications during the COVID-19 crisis. There was little change in applications for high school graduates due to an early deadline for state aid. After the deadline—from early March to mid-August—FAFSA applications of potential college freshmen declined 14%, relative to prior years. Although there were initial declines in applications among more experienced undergraduates and graduate students, these quickly rebounded and were 8% higher relative to prior years. FAFSA applications increased more in counties that had larger increases in unemployment insurance claims but declined more in zip codes that were lower income or were more heavily Black and Hispanic.

An Orientation and Motivation Inventory

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 911-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice Lorr ◽  
Edward Stefic
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School Juniors ◽  
Method Of Principal Components ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
The Mean

The report describes the construction and development of an inventory designed to measure 10 dimensions of general orientation, preference, and motivation toward activities, tasks, and people. The Orientation and Motivation Inventory was administered to 281 high school juniors and seniors and to 121 college freshmen and sophomores along with an occupational inventory. Each of the scales was subdivided for analysis into four subtests. Then the intercorrelations among the 40 subscores were analyzed by the method of principal components. In the Varimax rotational solution for the high school sample, nine of the postulated dimensions were confirmed. In the college factor analysis six of the dimensions were fully confirmed. The scale scores were evaluated by applying them in a discriminant function analysis of Holland's six vocational interest types. Students had been allocated to one of the types on the basis of their occupational scores. Analyses of the high school and college samples disclosed two and three dimensions of difference, respectively. The mean inventory scores for the vocation interest types proved to be meaningful. Therefore the inventory shows promise for use with high school students.

The Relationship between Drug and Alcohol Use and Peer Group Associations of College Freshmen as They Transition from High School

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Leibsohn
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Drug And Alcohol Use ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

College freshmen responded to a drug and alcohol questionnaire. For drugs other than alcohol and marijuana, the best predictor of drug use at the beginning of college is drug use during a typical month of the senior year of high school. College freshmen, however, use marijuana less frequently than they did in high school and the use of alcoholic beverages increases early in college. While the frequency of alcohol use increases considerably, college freshmen do not increase the number of times they got drunk. It has been hypothesized that the likely change in peer relations between high school and college would alter subsequent rates of drug and alcohol use. However, the data shows that college and high school drug use are very similar and entering freshmen found new friends much like their high school friends to use drugs with and get drunk. Therefore, alcohol and drug use may be important determining factors in the choice of new college friends.

Media Clips: Freshman Survey; Meter Math

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-264
Author(s):  
Eric Hoover
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Senior Year ◽  
Quarter Century

Two out of three college freshmen say it is essential or very important to help others who are in difficulty, the highest percentage in a quarter century. A record number—83 percent—say they volunteered at least occasionally during their senior year of high school.

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