This 24th annual study of application and enrollment patterns of transfer students within the State University of New York (SUNY) during Fall 1993, was conducted in response to the demand for information on the inter-campus mobility of students attending SUNY institutions. The study used an analysis of the higher education backgrounds of transfer…

An evaluation was conducted of the numbers of student who move both within and into the Orange Township School District, New Jersey, and the impact of this student mobility on academic achievement. The district is in a small urban city located within the metropolitan New York area. The study was conducted at the Orange High School, using a sample…

This report presents 10 tables of data on the residence and migration of first-time college freshmen in the fall of 1992 using data from the residency portion of the "Fall Enrollment" survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The data are presented by state, by control and level of institution, for all…

This report provides updated information (as of 1988) on student mobility between British Commonwealth members, reviews reports from a consultative group examining how student mobility among member countries can be fostered, and provides a comparative analysis of student inflows for member countries. Analyses include student flows between…

Information on the migration patterns of Connecticut freshmen in fall 1979 and comparative data for fall 1981 are examined. Findings include the following: Connecticut ranked fourth among the states as a net exporter of freshmen; in 1979, 8,474 more freshmen left Connecticut to attend out-of-state institutions than migrated into Connecticut for…

Results of the annual surveys of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the fall 1977 and fall 1978 semesters are reported. Transfer students are defined as those undergraduate students who were enrolled at a SUNY institution for the first time in a given…

Using data taken from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, a study was undertaken to examine migrant student movement patterns for Region 1 of California's Migrant Education Program which includes eight counties located along the Pacific coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1977, 490 students entered Region 1 from another state;…

Region 2 of the California Migrant Education Program, located along the northern California coast and inland, includes 13 contiguous counties north of a line between San Francisco and Sacramento and the two counties in the northwest and northeast corners of the state. Using data extracted from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, a study…

This report describes a project in New York State which used extended and improved guidance services to lower the school dropout rate. The project was conducted by the State Bureau of Guidance between 1954 and 1960 in cooperation with 89 secondary schools. Specifically discussed are project findings concerning school holding power rates. Factors…

This report reviews statewide trends in Washington community college enrollments from fall 1971 through fall 1976. The growth of total academic and occupational full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment over this period was 26.4%, with the only decline occurring in 1976. FTE enrollment declined 6.2% from 1975, from 88,538 to 83,028, and headcount…

This paper focuses on the transfer student. The first section includes a brief review of what we know about the 2-year college student followed by a discussion of the types of transfers. Examples of frequently asked student questions are presented with each type to enable conference groups to gain an immediate perspective of problems from the…

A study based on an individual tracking design for both teachers and pupils was conducted. It reports teacher and pupil continuance and transience data for each of the seven models as well as for the total program. A review of relevant literature was conducted. Four sources of information were used to pinpoint the total Follow Through pupil…

This report focuses illustratively on two institutional concerns for which changes in the aptitude level of entering students may have implications-attrition and grading. Implications indicated that colleges, individually and collectively, need to develop systematic programs for monitoring the incidence and determining the etiology of attrition.…

Topics covered at AACRAO's 63rd annual meeting include: selecting commercial agencies; matching students to colleges; knowing student markets; direct mail; computer-assisted recruitment; four-year-college graduates; student mobility; and statewide articulation agreements. (LBH)