Noteworthy News: Students Look to Friends, Family to Help Choose a College
Noteworthy News: Students Look to Friends, Family to Help Choose a College
College-bound students rely most heavily on parents, family and friends when it comes to developing a list of schools to consider, according to surveys conducted by consulting firm Noel-Levitz. And academic program availability is by far the most important feature they are looking for when deciding whether a college is included on their list of choices.
The study is based on responses to seven separate telephone surveys, with responses from a total of 2,360 college-bound students between September 2000 and March 2001.
A majority of the survey respondents said that people familiar to them …
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Publication information:
Article title: Noteworthy News: Students Look to Friends, Family to Help Choose a College.
Contributors: Not available.
Magazine title: Black Issues in Higher Education.
Volume: 18.
Issue: 23
Publication date: January 3, 2002.
Page number: 17.
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