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Four Year Colleges 2002
32nd Edition, Published by Peterson's, © 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0534-6
List Price:  $26.95
Status: Available on 06/15/2001

This valuable resource includes information on every accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the U.S. and Canada--more than 2,100 institutions all together! It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel for almost 1,000 colleges. College bound students and their parents will be able to research colleges and universities in regards to setting; enrollment; entrance level; academic programs and degrees awarded; entrance requirements and application procedures; tuition, fees, and housing costs; student/faculty ratios and campus life; and contact information.



Two Year Colleges 2002
32nd Edition, Published by Peterson's, © 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0535-4
List Price:  $26.95
Status: Available on 07/15/2001


This valuable resource includes information on every accredited two--year undergraduate institution in the U.S. and Canada--more than 1,600 institutions all together! It also includes detailed two--page descriptions written by admissions personnel for more than 50 colleges. College bound students and their parents will be able to research colleges and universities in regards to setting; enrollment; entrance level; academic programs and degrees awarded; entrance requirements and application procedures; tuition, fees, and housing costs; student/faculty ratios and campus life; and contact information.

Competitive Colleges 2001-2002
20th Edition, Published by Peterson's, © 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0557-5
List Price:  $18.95
Status: Available


Competitive Colleges is a selective college guide of nearly 400 colleges and universities chosen because their entering-class statistics indicate they routinely attract and admit an above-average share of the nation?s high-achieving students. Each institution has a full-page statistical profile. Sponsors are given the opportunity to have a 100-word announcement on the subject of their choice appear on their page.

Professional Degree Programs in Visual/Performing Arts 2002
7th Edition, Published by, © 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0561-3
List Price:  $26.95
Status: Available on 09/15/2001

This valuable resource explores more than 1,000 professional degree programs in studio art, dance, music, and theater. Every important facet?from admissions criteria to contact information?of more than 1,000 programs at over 600 institutions is included, so anyone interested in studying the visual or performing arts can make the right choice.

Benefits:

Advice from program graduates and industry experts
Information on how to prepare for an audition
Tips on creating an effective portfolio
Information about career options in the field
Tips on locating summer programs that offer preprofessional opportunities

Guide to Career Colleges 2002
2nd Edition


Published by Peterson's, © 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0771-3
List Price:  $14.95
Status: Available on 12/15/2001

Help students and adult learners explore nearly 900 Career College Association (CCA) institutions offering degree and certificate programs in many of today?s fastest-growing fields: computer applications, broadcasting and more. You also get information on the Career Training Foundation?s (CTF) exclusive Imagine America scholarship program for graduating high school seniors.

Guide to Performing Arts Programs
Profiles of Over 700 Colleges, High Schools, and Summer Programs
Carole J. Everett and Muriel Topaz
Reference | Princeton Review | Trade Paperback | December 1998 | $24.95 | 0-375-75095-9

• Entrance requirements
  Costs
  Financial aid and scholarships
  Curriculum options
  Student population and faculty
  Audition information
  Performance opportunities
  Practice and performance facilities
  

Vocational & Technical Schools - East
5th Edition, Published by Peterson's, © 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0722-5
List Price:  $34.95
Status: Available on 10/15/2001


Vocational & Technical Schools - West
5th Edition, Published by Peterson's, © 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0723-3
List Price:  $34.95
Status: Available on 10/15/2001


Applying to Colleges and Universities in the United States
4th Edition, Published by Peterson's, © 2000
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0574-5
List Price:  $14.95
Status: Available

1994; Price: $16.95
ISBN: 1-56370-142-1
Order Code: CCCE
Publisher: JIST Works

Christian Colleges & Universities - The Official Guide to Me
7th Edition

 
Published by Peterson's, © 2000
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0586-9
List Price:  $14.95
Status: Available





Guide To College Visits 2002
4th Edition


Published by Peterson's
© 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0653-9
List Price:   $14.95
Status: Available

A college visit reveals the nitty gritty about a campus and planning ahead will maximize your time there. This indispensable resource tells how to organize the visit and what to look for. Pack your bags and ake the most of your visits and on-campus tours at more than 360 colleges.



Campus Life Exposed: Advice From The Inside
1st Edition


Published by Peterson's
© 2000
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7689-0498-6
List Price:  $14.95
Status: Available

Using letters and stories from his newspaper and online columns, Harlan tells you all you ever wanted to know about college life: Homesickness and depression Roommates and relationships Dating and sex Drugs and alcohol Health and campus safety Plus lists of local and national resources that can provide extra help.


Unofficial Guide To College Admissions


Published by Peterson's
© 1999
ISBN/ISSN: 0-02-863547-7
List Price:   $16.95
Status: Available
The insider's guide to conquering the application and admissions maze!



College Survival
5th Edition


Published by Peterson's
© 1999
ISBN/ISSN: 0-02-863092-0
List Price:  $10.95
Status: Available

An irreverent 'by students, for students' guide to the ups and downs of freshman year.

Crafting a Class:
College Admissions and Financial Aid, 1955-1994
Elizabeth A. Duffy and Idana Goldberg
Cloth | 1997 | $51.50 / £35.95
336 pp. | 6 x 9 | 35 line illus. 4 tables

Admissions and financial aid policies at liberal arts colleges have changed dramatically since 1955. Through the 1950s, most colleges in the United States enrolled fewer than 1000 students, nearly all of whom were white. Few colleges were truly selective in their admissions; they accepted most students who applied. In the 1960s, as the children of the baby boom reached college age and both federal and institutional financial aid programs expanded, many more students began to apply to college. For the first time, liberal arts colleges were faced with an abundance of applicants, which raised new questions. What criteria would they use to select students? How would they award financial aid? The answers to these questions were shaped by financial and educational considerations as well as by the struggles for civil rights and gender equality that swept across the nation. The colleges' answers also proved crucial to their futures, as the years since the mid-1970s have shown. When the influx of baby boom students slowed, colleges began to recruit aggressively in order to maintain their class sizes. In the past decade, financial aid has become another tool that colleges use to compete for the best students.

By tracing the development of competitive admission and financial aid policies at a selected group of liberal arts colleges, Crafting a Class explores how institutional decisions reflect and respond to broad demographic, economic, political, and social forces. Elizabeth Duffy and Idana Goldberg closely studied sixteen liberal arts colleges in Massachusetts and Ohio. At each college, they not only collected empirical data on admissions, enrollment, and financial aid trends, but they also examined archival materials and interviewed current and former administrators. Duffy and Goldberg have produced an authoritative and highly readable account of some of the most important changes that have taken place in American higher education during the tumultuous decades since the mid-1950s. Crafting a Class will interest all readers who are concerned with the past and future directions of higher education in the United States.

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