DOCUMENT RESUME ED 044 076 HE 001 785 TITLE Plans Beyond High School. A Report of a Survey of Statewide Florida High School Seniors, Fall, 1969. INSTITUTION Florida State Board of Regents, Tallahassee. PUB DATE Jun 70 NOTE 72p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.50 HC-$3.70 DESCRIPTORS Able Students, Academic Aspiration, *College Attendance, *College Bound Students, College Choice, *Higher Education, *High School Graduates, Student Motivation IDENTIFIERS *Florida ABSTRACT This report presents the results of the Fall 1969 statewide survey of the post-high school plans of Florida high school seniors. The students were asked to fill out the instrument: Plans Beyond High School, which requested information of college bound students on the type of institution they planned to attend, whether they planned to go to an in-state or out-of-state institution and their main reason for attending college. Students not planning to attend college were asked their main reason for not doing so, their plans after high school, and whether they planned to attend college later. Those undecided about college were asked their main reason for being undecided. College bound students were also asked to mark the institution they planned to attend. In addition to presenting all the statistical results, this report discusses post-secondary enrollment trends in the state, and analyzes the results in terms of total population, race, sex, 1968 results, intended plans versus actual courses of action, and the non-college bound students and the undecided ones. The final section of the report compares performance on the Florida Twelfth Grade Test of students planning to attend an in-state institution with students planning to attend an out-of-state institution. (AF)
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DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 044 076 HE 001 785
TITLE Plans Beyond High School. A Report of a Survey ofStatewide Florida High School Seniors, Fall, 1969.
INSTITUTION Florida State Board of Regents, Tallahassee.PUB DATE Jun 70NOTE 72p.
Attendance, *College Bound Students, College Choice,*Higher Education, *High School Graduates, StudentMotivation
IDENTIFIERS *Florida
ABSTRACTThis report presents the results of the Fall 1969
statewide survey of the post-high school plans of Florida high schoolseniors. The students were asked to fill out the instrument: PlansBeyond High School, which requested information of college boundstudents on the type of institution they planned to attend, whetherthey planned to go to an in-state or out-of-state institution andtheir main reason for attending college. Students not planning toattend college were asked their main reason for not doing so, theirplans after high school, and whether they planned to attend collegelater. Those undecided about college were asked their main reason forbeing undecided. College bound students were also asked to mark theinstitution they planned to attend. In addition to presenting all thestatistical results, this report discusses post-secondary enrollmenttrends in the state, and analyzes the results in terms of totalpopulation, race, sex, 1968 results, intended plans versus actualcourses of action, and the non-college bound students and theundecided ones. The final section of the report compares performanceon the Florida Twelfth Grade Test of students planning to attend anin-state institution with students planning to attend an out-of-stateinstitution. (AF)
U.S. DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION& WELFARE
OFFICE OF EDUCATIONTHIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCEDEXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON ORORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT POINTS OFVIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY
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PLANS BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL
June, 1970Florida Board of Regents
Tallahassee, Florida 32304
Acknowledgments
This publication presents the results of the fall, 1969 statewide
survey of the post-high school plans of Florida high school seniors. The
series of annual surveys, utilizing an instrument titled, Plans Beyond High
School, was inaugurated in 1968.
As in the initial survey, we are indebted to Dr. William Hunt, Director
of Institutional Analysis, Florida Atlantic University, and his staff for
processing the tabulation of the survey data, and for making the required
statistical analyses.
We are grateful to Tom. Stafford for his work in preparing the manuscript
and to Trudie Kirkland for typing the manuscript in final form. To Don Vodicka
who designed the cover, John Coefield who supervised the reproduction of the
booklet, and Dave McOuat, who coordinated the many aspects of producing this
publication, we are equally grateful.
Once again we acknowledge the time and effort given the teachers and other
school personnel who administered the survey as a part of the Florida State-
wide Twelfth Grade Battery. To the students themselves, who provided us
with the information asked for by the survey questionnaire, we express a full
measure of appreciation.
John V. McQuittyDirector, FloridaTwelfth GladeTesting Program
G. Emerson TullyDirector of Educational ResearchFlorida Board of RegentsTallahassee, Florida
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction 1
2. Post-Secondary Enrollment Trends 4
3. Discussion of Results 6
Population 6
Race 8
Sex 8
Comparison of 1968 and 1969 Results 9
Intended Plans versus Actual Courses of Action 12
Non-College Bound Respondents 13
4. Students Going Out-of-State and Remaining in Floridafor Higher Education 16
5. Statistical Summary 21
6. Summary and Conclusions 66
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PLANS BEY)ND HIGH SCHOOL
A Report of a Statewide Survey ofFlorida High School Seniors - Fall, 1969
1. Introduction
In the fall of 1968 an eight-item survey entitled, "Plans Beyond High
School" (Figure 1) became a part of the Florida Twelfth Grade Test battery
(FTGT). The survey was designed to determine the post-high school plans of
Florida high school seniors and the reasons for those plans. This booklet
is a summary of the results of the fall, 1969 administration of the survey
and a comparison of these results with those from the fall of 1968.
The FTGT battery is given to seniors in Florida high schools (public
and private) during the fall of each year and is composed of a test of
academic ability and achievement tests in English, social studies, natural
sciences and mathematics. A reading index, based on performance on verbal
sections of the battery is also provided. The test results are utilized for
a variety of purposes by the following groups of people:
1. High school seniors and parents - in making plans beyond
high school
2. High school administrators and teachers - in evaluating
curriculum
3. Guidance counselors - in assisting students to evaluate
their strengths and weaknesses and to formulate their
post-high school plans
39050 PLANS BEYOND HIGH SCHOOLA State-Wide Survey of Florida High School Seniors
PURPOSE: You are beinj asked to give information about your plans beyond high school to aid educators meet the needs of higher education inFlorida. Please respond accurately and honestly to the questions.
1E111E0/OHS, All in ,he blanks below. When the blanks haxe bar" tef.'dsoeMl seoutille nt+rober at the right, placing the first figure in tin, hi.. rtthrrstrthe remaining eight figures in the remaining eight spacer of the column of boors lhen blackenthe corresponding dotted bionics.
NAME(Pli T LASS I RST.11
atirC
SCHOOL(PRINT, NAME
CITY(PHINT) NAME
DATES No. OAY I YEAR
TODAY BIRTH
"10. CA Y Ti- F?
MALE FEMALEBlacken 1 or 2 RACE: Fill
DIRECTIONS (Cont'd
To complete the guestionnaiIf you plan to attend co//egIF you are not planning to aIf you are undecided about
PART A. All St1. Upon groduation from high school do you plan to orient] a junior college, a 4-year col.
lege, or university? Do NOT include colleges of cosmetology. business, or trade schools.Students wit:- these plans should mark "no" here, end go la Port C. Mark only ONEresponse.
PART B. All College.bound
3..x 0 2. As a college-bound student, what type on institution do you plan to attend, Mark only
ONE response.(ftC
3. Answer either 3.(a/ or 2i13) below
a) Students going in-state:If for question 2 you marked an institution in Florida, obtain the code number of that col-lege from the attached code sheet on the left of this sheet; enter it in the three boxes et theright, and blacken the corresponding dotted blanks.
b) Students going out-of-store:If for question 2 you marked on out-of-state institution now inchoate the type m institu-tion you plan I.e. attend.
4. What is your mein reason for attending college (either full. or part-time)? Mork only ONEreason.
PART C. Students Not Planning to5. What is your MAIN reason for not planning to attend college? Mork only One reason.
6. Since you do not expert to attend college upon graduation irorn high school,what are your plans? Mork only ONE answer.
7. Co you plan to attend college later? Mork only ONE answer.
Workfull-time
PART D. Students Undeci03
3.4) E. What is the MAIN reason for your present indecision? Mark only ONC reason.
In conclusion, it must be remembered that the above in-state, out-of-
state patterns were based on statements of plans and will undoubtedly be
modified by the actual admissions process and other factors. The degree to
which students with different academic ability implement their stated plans
will be documented in projected follow-up studies.
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In preceding sections of the report, selected findings based on the
survey data have been discussed. The narrative portion of this report, how-
ever, was not intended to cover the full-range of the survey data; such
coverage would have necessitated a much longer report.
In the statistical summary section, which follows immediately, state-
wide analyses of the data, by race, by sex, and by intended plans (in-state
or out-of-state) are presented. Access to these statewide compilations
gives the reader an opportunity to establish additional findings, make
his own inferences, and draw his own conclusions, thereby extending the
range of the findings and conclusions set forth ia the narrative part of
the report.
The following pages containing the statistical data were reproduced
using computer printouts as the master copies. Although this procedure
saved time and money, it did not produce, at least in this instance, the
clear-wit copy that we had hoped to obtain. The pages generally are
legible, but unfortunately so only within a wide instead of a narrow
tolerance band of defined legibility.
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE+WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY
FALL 1969 COMPLETE
SEX N.=
04/13/70
77850I. MALE 36389 46.72. FEMALE 37751 48.5
BLANK 3710 4.8
RACE N= 77850 %1. WHITE 62925 80.8
NEGRO 11444 14.73. OTHER 230 .3
BLANK 3246 4.2INVALID 5 .0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH 5."HOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4+YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 778501 YES FULL+TIME 42027 54.02. YES, PARTTIME 9632 12.43. NO 13782 17.74. UNDECIDED 12409 15.9
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TU ATTEND? N= 51659 %IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:le PUBLIC UNIV 'IITY 12889 25.02. PRIVATE 4,P..'t.- COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 3587 6.93. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 23645 45.84. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 485 .9
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 9840 19.1BLANK 1082 2.1INVALID 131 .3
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FUR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
3B. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 9840 %1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 736 7.52. PRIVATE 4+YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 3517 35.73. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 4526 46.04. MILITARY ACADEMY 393 4.05. FOREIGN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 147 1.5
OTHER 344 3.5BLANK 171 1.7INVALID 6 .1
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 COMPLETE
4.
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAINREASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE?1. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION2. PROFESSIONAL CAREER3. PARENTAL DESIRES4. FRIENDS ATTENDING5. OTHER REASON
BLANKINVALID
N= 516591118833119
83081
27313671
39
X21.764.11.6.2
5.37.1.1
5. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 13782 X1. NOT INTERESTED 3938 28.62. LACK OF MONEY 818 5.93. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE I7L2 12.74. MIGHT NOT PASS 573 4.25. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 64 .56. OTHER REASON 5464 39.7
BLANK 1156 8.4INVALID 17 .1
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 13782 X1. WORK FULL TIME 3975 28.82. FULL...TIME HOUSEWIFE 864 6.33. ENTER ARMED FORCES 1729 12.63. ATTEND A VOC. -TECH. SCHOOL 2965 21.55. ON THE JOB TRAINING 757 5.5be NURSING TRAINING - HOSPITAL 533 3.97. OTHER PLANS 1876 13.6
BLANK 1034 7.5INVALID 49 .4
7. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N= 13782 X1. YES 1210 8.82. NO 5467 39.73. UNCERTAIN 4914 35.7
BLANK 2189 15.9INVALID 2 e0
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N= 12409 X1. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES 194 1.62. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 147 1.23. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 864 7.04. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 1602 12.95. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 6021 48.56. OTHER REASON 1646 13.3
BLANX 1926 15.5INVALID 9 .1
23
FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 COMPLETE
003007150153
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
FLORIDA A 4. M UNIV.FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.FLA. STATE UNIV.FLA. TECH. UNIV.
FREQUENCY
1349105
2707917
PERCENT
3.2.3
6.52.2
045 UNIVERSITY DF FLA. 4991 11.9147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA. 2143 5.1174 UNIV. OF W. FLA. 60 .1221 BRFVARD JR. COLLEGE 1081 2.6229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 352 .8232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 453 1.1239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 693 1.7256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 370 .9268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 1123 2.7270 FLA. KEYS JR.!. COLLEG 83 .2282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 458 1.1289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 429 1.0303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 302 .7318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 1312 3.1332 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 348 .8334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 227 .5346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 642 1.5350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 3053 7.3351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 1984 4.7364 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 380 .9373 OKALOOSAWALTON JR C 388 .9380 PALM 8CH JR COLLEGE 1230 2.9382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 1258 3.0386 POLK JR COLLEGE 747 1.8410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 329 .1.8
412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 1018 2.4413 ST. PETE. Ja C. ST.P 1344 3.2414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 476 1.1416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 504 1.2419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 134 .3424 TALLAHASSEE JR COLLE 311 .7446 VALENCIA JUNIOR COLL 619 1.5499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 188 .5501 BARRY COLLEGE 111 .3511 BETHUNE COCKMAN 218 .5513 BISCAYNE COLLEGE 17 .0542 EDWARD WATERS 78 .2544 EMBRY RIDDLE AERO IN 56 .1
24
FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 COMPLETE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
553 FLA. BEACON COLLEGE556 FLA. INST. OF TECH.',559 FLA. MEMORIAL COLLEG562 FLA. PRESBYTERIAN565 FLA. SOUTHERN
FREQUENCY
5140134109264
PERCENT
.0
.3
.3
.3
.6610 JACKSONVILLE UNIV. 199 .5658 NEW COLLEGE 16 .0703 RINGLING SCHOOL OF A 40 .1708 ROLLINS COLLEGE 107 .3713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 41 .1715 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 24 .1718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 56 .1721 STETSON UNIV. 339 .8739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 829 2.0742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 113 .3757 WEBBER COLLEGE 8 .0799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 158 .4822 FLA COL.. TEMPLE TER 36 .1838 JONES COL. JACKSONV 35 .1839 JONES COLLEGE, ORLAN 12 .0851 MARYMOUNT COLLEGE 20 .1860 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 117 .3899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 50 .1999 OUTI1m0FSTATE COL/UNI 1 .0
NOT INDICATED 3420 8.2ZZZ INVALID CODES 958 2.3
25
FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE-WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY
FALL 1969 WHITE
04/13/70
SEX N= 62925I. MALE 30724 48.82. FEMALE 31517 50.1
BLANK 684 1.1
RACE N= 62925I. WHITE 62925 100 0
2. NEGRO 0 .0
3. OTHER 0 .0
I. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 62925I. YES, FULL. -TIME 35188 55.92. YES, PART-TIME 7450 11.0
3. NO 11035 17.5
4. UNDECIDED 9252 14.7
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT, WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 42638IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:I. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 10645 25.02. PRIVATE 4 YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 2730 6.4
3. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 20201 47.44. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 397 .9
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 7846 18.4
BLANK 711 1.7
INVALID 108 .3
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
3B. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 7846 %
I. JUNIOR COLLEGE 617 7.92. PRIVATE 4-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 3122 39.83. PUBLIC 4-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 3302 42.1
4. MILITARY ACADEMY 351 4.55. FOREIGN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 128 1.6
6. OTHER 235 3.0
BLANK 85 1.1
INVALID 6 .1
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= 42638I. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 8613 20.22. PROFESSIONAL CAREER 28258 66.33. PARENTAL DESIRES 708 1.7
4. FRIENDS ATTENDING 62 .2
5. OTHER REASON 2273 5.3BLANK 2695 6.3INVALID 29 .1
26
FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 WHITE
5.
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 11035 X1. NOT INTERESTED 3485 31.62. LACK OF MONEY 499 4.53. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 1390 12.64. MIGHT NOT PASS 398 3.65. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 45 .46. OTHER REASON 4448 40.3
BLANK 757 6.9INVALID 13 .1
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 11035 XI. WORK FULL TIME 3504 31.82. FULL -TIME HOUSEWIFE 808 7.33. ENTER ARMED FORCES 1350 12.23. ATTEND A VOCcmITECH. SCHOOL 2257 20.55. ON THE JOB TRAINING 516 4.76. NURSING TRAINING - HOSPITAL 365 3.37. OTHER PLANS 1531 13.9
BLANK 660 6.0INVALID 44 .4
7. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N= 11035 X1. YES 839 7.62. NO 4642 42.13. UNCERTAIN 4033 36.6
BLANK 1520 13.8INVALID 1 .0
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N= 9252 X1. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES 130 1.42. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 98 1.13. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 628 6.84. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 1018 11.05. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 4768 51.56. OTHER REASON 1307 14.1
BLANK 1298 14.21
INVALID 5 .1
27
FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 WHITE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.153 FLA. TECH. UNIV.
FREQUENCY
2991
2501878
PERCENT
.1
.37.22.5
045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA. 4712 13.5147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA. 1959 5.6174 UNIV. OF W. FLA. 49 .1
221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE 982 2.8229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 300 .9232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 402 1.2239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 605 1.7256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 343 1.0268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 935 2.7270 FLA. KEYS JR. COLLEG 80 .2282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 405 1.2289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 344 1.0303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 266 .8318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 1170 3.4332 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 278 .8334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 211 .6346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 562 1.6350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 2497 7.2351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 17d1 5.1364 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 308 .9373 OKALOOSA- WALTON JR C 355 1.0380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 1115 3.2382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 1111 3.2386 POLK JR COLLEGE 665 1.9410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 301 .9412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 931 2.7413 ST, PETE. J. C. ST.P 1237 3.6414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 363 1.0416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 455 1.3419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 118 .3424 TALLAHASSEE JR COLLE 250 .7446 VALENCIA JUNIOR COLL 545 1.6499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 157 .5501 BARRY COLLEGE 104 .3513 BISCAYNE COLLEGE 17 .1
544 EMBRY RIDDLE AERO IN 52 .2553 FLA. BEACON COLLEGE 5 .0556 FLA. INST. OF TECH. 127 .4
28
FLORIDA HUARD Of REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 WHITE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
559 FLA. MEMORIAL COLLEG562 FLA. PRESBYTERIAN565 FLA. SOUTHERN510 JACKSONVILLE UNIV.558 NEW COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
29725316612
PERCENT
.0
.3
.7
.5
.0703 RINGLING SCHOOL. OF A 34 .1
708 ROLLINS COLLEGE 101 .3
713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 37 .1
715 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 24 .1
718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 54 .2
721 STETSON UNIV. 319 .9
739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 723 2.1742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 102 .3
757 WEBBER COLLEGE 7 .0
799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 149 .4
822 FLA COL., TEMPLE TER 35 .1
638 JONES COL., JACKSONV 23 .1
839 JONES COLLEGE. ORLAN 8 .0
651 MARYMOONT COLLEGE 19 .1
850 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 114 .3899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 44 .1
NOT INDICATED 2273 6.5ZZZ INVALID CODES 609 1.8
29
FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 NEGRO
SEX N= 11444 X1. MALE 5258 46.02. FEMALE 5932 51.8
BLANK 254 2.2
RACE N= 11444 X
1. WHITE 0 .02. NEGRO 11444 100.03. OTHER 0 .0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE. 4'41YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 11444 X1. YES, FULL -TIME 5183 45.32. YES. PART -TIME 1696 14.83. NO 2042 17.84. UNDECIDED 2523 22.1
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT, WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 6879 X
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:1. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 1790 26.02. PRIVATE 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 717 10.43. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 2406 35.04. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 63 .9
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1593 23.2BLANK 298 4.3INVALID 12 .2
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THh ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
3M. OUT OF STATL COLLEGE PLANS N= 1593 %
lc JUNIOR COLLEGE. 86 5.42. PRIVATE 4uPYR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 273 17.13. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1041 65.44e MILITARY ACADEMY 22 1.45. FOREIGN COLLEG OR UNIVERSITY 9
F,. TTH)-.4 8'3
r1LANK 74 4.7
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN RtASON ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= b8711. THE CHALLENGE lf EUC:ATIN 211:,
:LORIDA .:OA D J. E..ENTS STATE WIDE HIGH SCHUOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/7
5.
7.
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
'..,HAT 1: YOUk MAI, AJN FuR PLANNI 0 ATENDCOLLEGE?I. NOT INTERESTED2. LACK OF MON Y3. DID NnT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE4. MIGHT NUT PASS5. NO HUME ENCOURAGEMENT6. OTHER REASON
BLANKINVALID
SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?1. WORK FULL TIME2. FULLmPTIME HOUSEWIFE3. ENTER ARMED FORCES3. ATTEND A VOC. -TECH. SCHOOL5. ON THE JOB TRAINING6. NURSING TRAINING - HOSPITAL7. OTHER PLANS
BLANKINVALID
DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER?1. YES2. NO3. UNCERTAIN
BLANK
WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION?1. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES2. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES3. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES4. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES5. STILL TRYING TO DECIDEb. OTHER REASON
BLANKINVALID
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N=
N=
N=
204229428227214419
736293
2
204228729
300542206146245284
3
2042311591628512
25235341
191508989244493
4
X14.413.813.37.1.9
36.014.4
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31
FLORIDA HOARD UF REGENTS STATE -WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 NEGRO
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.153 FLA. TECH. UNIV.045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA.147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA.174 UNIV. OF W. FLA.221 t3REVARD JR. COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
126012
12825116966
49
PERCENT
23.8.?
2.4.5
2.21.8.1.9
229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 43 .8
232 CHIPULA JR. COLLEGE 42 .8239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 65 1.?256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 13 .3268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 150 2.8270 FLA. Kt-YS JR. COLLEG 2 .0
282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 29 .6
289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 54 1.0303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 18 .3
318 JR CUL OF 8ROWARD CN 83 1.6332 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 59 1.1
334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 10 .2346 MANATEE Jk COLLEGE 33 .6
360 MIAMI DADE NORTH 420 8.0351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 124 2.43b4 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 62 1.2373 OKALOOSAWALTUN JR C 9 .2380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 64 1.2382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 105 2.03db POLK JR COLLEGE 54 1.0410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 16 .3
412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 31 .6
413 ST. PETE. J. Co STeP 54 1.0414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 98 1.9416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 38 .7
610 JACKSONVILLE UNIV. 25 .5556 NEW CU-L.:GE .0703 RINGLING SCHOOL OF A .1706 ROLLINS COLLEGE 1 .0713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 1 .0718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 1 .0721 STETSON UNIV. 13 .3739 UNIV: OF MIAMI 19 1.5742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 7 .1799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 13 .3838 JONES COL., JACKSONV 11 .2839 JONES COLLEGE. ORLAN 2 .0851 MARYMUUNT COLLLGE 1 .0860 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 1 .0899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 5 .1999 OUTua0F.STATE COL/UNI 1 .0
NOT INDICATE) 881 16.7ZZZ INVALID CODES 274 b.2
POORORIGIIIAL
CIlt11
PROD-BES1
AVAILABLE
skE
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 OTHER RACE
SEX N= 230 %1. MALE 119 51.72. FEMALE 97 42.2
BLANK 14 6.1
RACE N= 230 %
1. WHITE d .02. NEGRO 0 .03. OTHER 240 100.0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 44...YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 230 %1. YES. FULL.aTIME 119 51.72. YES. PART-TIME PB 12.23. NO 34 14.84. UNDECIDED 49 21.3
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT, WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 147 %IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:1. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 27 18.42. PRIVATE 4YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 14 9.5
PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE. 57 38.84. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 1 .7
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 44 29.9BLANK 3 2.0INVALID 1 .7
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
3B. JUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 44 X1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 5 11.42. PRIVATE 4 -YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 16 36.43. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 18 40.94. MILITARY ACADEMY 0 .05. FOREIGN COLLEGE DR UNIVERSITY 2 4.6be OTHER 1 2.3
BLANK 2 4.6
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REAS.3N FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= 147 %I. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHk7R .DUCATION 39 26.52. PROFESSIONAL CARFER 80 54.43. PARENTAL DESIKI::.S 2 1.44. FRIENDS ATTENDING 0 .05. OTHER REASON 11 7.5
BLANK 15 10.2
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FALL 1969 OTHER RACE
5.
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FUR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 34 %1. NOT INTERESTED 7 20.62. LACK OF MONEY 0 .03. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 3 8.84. MIGHT NUT PASS 1 2.95. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 0 .06. OTHER REASON 14 41.2
BLANK 9 26.5
G. SINCE YOU DU NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 34 %1. WORK FULL TIME 9 26.52. FULL -TIME HOUSEWIFE 0 .03. ENTER ARMED FORCES 3 8.83. ATTEND A VOC. -TECH. SCHOOL 0 23.55. ON THE JOB TRAINING 2 5.96. NURSING TRAINING - HOSPITAL 0 .07. OTHER PLANS 5 14.7
BLANK 7 20.6
7. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N=' 34 %1. YES 5 14.72. NO 11 32.43. UNCERTAIN 9 26.5
BLANK 9 26.5
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FCR YOUR PRLSENT INDECISION? N. 4? Y.
I. NEED TO KNOW TFST SCORES 3 6.12. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 2 4.13. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 1 2.04. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 11 22.55. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 12 24.56. OTHER REASON 14 20.4
BLAN'. 10 20.4
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FALL 1969 OTHER RACE
CO......LEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA.147 UNYV. OF SOUTH FLA.
FREQUENCY
11
1
87
2
PERCENT
10.71.07.86.81.9
221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE 4 3.9232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 1 1.0256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 1 1.0268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 3 2.9282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 1 1.0289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 2 1.9318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 2 1.9334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 1 1.0346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 1 1.0350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 12 11.7351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 4 3.937.3 OKALOOSA '-WALTON JR C 1 1.0380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 2 1.9382 PENSACOLA R COLLEGE 3 2.9386 POLK JR COLLEGE 1 1.0412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 2 1.9413 ST. PETE. J. C. ST.P 4 3.9414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 2 1.9446 VALENCIA JUNIOR COLL 2 1.9499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 1 1.0501 BARRY COLLEGE 2 1.9511 BETHUNE COOKMAN 1 1.0556 FLA. INST. OF TECH. 1 1.0739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 4 3.9
NOT INDICATED 14 13.6LZZ INVALID CODES 2 1.9
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FALL 1969 MALE
SEX N= 36389 %
I. MALE 36389 100.02. FEMALE 0 .0
RACE N= 36389 %
1. WHITE 30724 84.42. NEGRO 5258 14+53. OTHER 119 .3
BLANK 286 .8INVALID 2 .0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 36389 %
1. YES FULL -TIME 21156 58.12. YFS. PART -TIME 4725 13.03. NO 4547 12.54. UNDECIDED 5961 16.4
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT* WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 25881 %IN THE STATE nF FLORIDA:t. PU3L.IC UN1VCASITY 6842 26.42. PRIVAIL 4YLAR CULLU;F UNIVEIOJITY 1711 6.63. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 11609 44.94. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGL 189 .7
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 4955 19.2BLANK 499 1.9INVALID 76 .3
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
3B. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 4955 %
1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 305 6.22. PRIVATE 4 -YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1636 33.03+ PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 2377 48.04. MILITARY ACADEMY 369 7.55. FOREIGN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 63 1.36. OTHER 116 2.3
BLANK 85 1.7INVALID 4 .1
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FALL 1969 MALE
4.
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COL.LEGE?1. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION2. PROFESSIONAL CAREER3. PARENTAL DESIRES4. FRIENDS ATTENDING5. OTHER REASON
BLANKINVALID
N= 2588143751762736643
15641883
23
X16.968.11.4.2
6.07.3.1
5. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 4547 %1. NOT INTERESTED 1314 28.92. LACK OF MONEY 303 6.73. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 649 14.34. MIGHT NOT PASS 231 5.15. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 17 .46. OTHER REASON 1580 34.8
BLANK 444 9.9INVALID 4 .1
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 4547 %10 W0,11( FULL TIME 960 21.12. FULL.ATIME HOUSEWIFE 0 .0
3. ENTER ARMED FORCES 1475 32.43. ATTEND A VOC. '-TECH. SCHOOL 928 20.45. ON THE JOB TRAINING 309 6.86. NURSING TRAININGHOSPITAL 7 .27. OTHER PLANS 407 9.0
BLANK 444 9.8INVALID 17 4
P. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEfE LATER? N= 4547 %1. YES 538 11.82. NO 1489 32.83. UNCERTAIN 1731 38.1
BLANK 789 17.4
8. WHAT IS TI-4 MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INOEr.:IION? IN= 5961 A1. FED T') KNOW TEST SCuRES 114 1.9
NE-D TO KNOW FINAL GPADES >i3 1.41. NEED TO KNOy FINAL GRADES AND TE.:Yr SCOR...s4. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FIANCES 7E9 1,'.4
STILL 1",Yi%:6 TO DFCIEW 2b04OTHER REASON 844 14.2BLANK 1053 17.7INVALI 4 .1
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE-WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 MALE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.153 FLA. TECH. UNIV.045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA.147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA.174 UNIV. OF Ws FLA.221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
60069
1225545
29591014
36575
PERCENT
2,9.3
5.92.6
14.1409.2
2.8229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 154 .7232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 223 1.1239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 332 1.6256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 192 .9268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 561 2.7270 FLA. KEYS JR. COLLEG 49 .2282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 217 1.0289 HILLSBOROUGH Jo C. 204 1.0303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 154 .7318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 611 2.9332 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 206 1.0334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 128 .6346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 314 1.5350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 1474 7.0351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 952 4.6364 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 186 .9373 OKALOOSAu.WALTON JR C 203 1.0380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 527 2.5382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 601 2.9386 POLK JR COLLEGE 391 1.9410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 181 .9412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 506 204413 ST. PETE. J. Co SToP 591 2.8414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 210 1.0416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 303 1.5419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 81 .4424 TALLAHASSEE JR COLLE 164 .8446 VALENCIA JUNIOR COLL 328 1.6499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 83 .4501 BARRY COLLEGE 2 .0511 BETHUNE COOKMAN 75 .4513 BISCAYNE COLLEGE 17 .1542 EDWARD WATERS 32 .2544 EMBRY RIDDLE AERO IN 53 .3
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE -WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 MALE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
553 FLA. BEACON COLLEGE556 FLA. INST. OF TECH.559 FLA. MEMORIAL COLLEG562 FLA. PRESBYTERIAN565 FLA. SOUTHERN
FREQUENCY
31173438
100
PERCENT
.0
.6
.2
.2
.5
610 JACKSONVILLE UNIV. U7 .4658 NEW COLLEGE 9 .0703 RINGLING SCHOOL OF A 14 .1
708 ROLLINS COLLEGE 32 .2713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 20 .1
715 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 16 .1
718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 18 .1
721 STETSON UNIV. 151 .7739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 468 2.2742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 61 .3799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 55 .3
822 FLA COL., TEMPLE TER 12 .1
838 JONES COL.. JACKSONV 9 .0839 JONES COLLEGE, ORLAN 1 .0851 MARYMOUNT COLLEGE 4 .0860 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 51 .2899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 18 .1
999 OUT -OF -STATE COL/UNI 1 .0NOT INDICATED 1815 8.7
ZZZ INVALID CODES 464 2.2
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE - .WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 FEMALE
SEX N= 37751 %1. MALE 0 .02. FFMALF. 37751 100.0
PACE N= 37751 %1. WHITE 31517 83.52. NEGRO 5932 15.73. OTHER 97 .3
BLANK 202 .5INVALID 3
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 37751 X1. YES, FULL"TIME 19129 50.72. YES, PART -TIME 4397 11.73. NO 8496 22.54. UNDECIDED 5729 15.2
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT, WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 23526 %IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA!1. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 5543 23.62. PRIVATE 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1724 7.33. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 10954 46.64. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 266 1.1
5. OUT OF FLORIDA CnLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 4488 19.1BLANK 507 2.2INVALID 44 .a
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
38. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 4488 %
1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 394 8.82. PRIVATE 4'YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1763 39.33. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1968 43.94. MILITARY ACADEMY 5 .1S. FOREIGN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 77 1.76. OTHER 205 4.6
BLANK 74 1.72 .0
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FLORIDA HOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 FEMALE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= 23526 XI. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 6331 26.92. PROFESSIONAL CAREER 14097 59.93,1) PARENTAL DESIRES 430 1.84. FRIENDS ATTENDING 35 .25. OTHER REASON 1023 4.4
BLANK 1539 6.8INVALID 11 .1
5. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 8496 X
1. NOT INTERESTED 245 28.92. LACK OF MONEY 480 5.73. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 1006 11.84. MIGHT NOT PASS 309 3.65. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 47 .66. OTHER REASON 3599 42.4
BLANK 589 6.9INVALID 11
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 8496 X1. WORK FULL TIME 2816 33.22. FULL.1.TIME HOUSEWIFE 831 9.83. ENTER ARMED FORCES 174 2.1 .
3. ATTEND A VOCe,.mTECHI. SCHOOL 1870 22.05. ON THE JOB TRAINING 412 4.9 1
6. NURSING TRAINING.PHOSRITAL 505 5.97. OTHER PLANS 1369 16.1
BLANK 487 5.7INVALID 32 .4
7. 'A.3 YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEG UATFR? N= 8496 4
I. YES 616 7.32. NO 3732 43.93. UNCERTAIN 2913 14.3
BLANK 1234 14.5INVALID I .0
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? 5729 X1. NFFD TO KNOW TEST SCORES 68 1.2Po NEED TO KNEW FINAL GRADES 54 .93. NFFD TO KNOW FINAL GRADES ANn TEST SCORES )74. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 751 13.15. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 3100 54.16. 0TH' REASON 71J 12e5
FLANK 711 12.4INVALID 4 .1
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE-WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 FEMALE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.153 FLA. TECH. UNIV.045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA.147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA.174 UNIV. OF W. FLA.221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
68734
138735918481040
20456
PERCENT
3.6.2
7.31.99.75.5.1
2.4229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 188 1.0232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 220 1.2239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 333 1.8256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 164 .9268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 481 2.5270 FLA. KEYS JR. COLLEG 33 .2282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 207 1.1289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 194 1.0303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 129 .7318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 646 3.4332:LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 132 .7334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 92 .5346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 280 1.5350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 1468 7.7351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 954 5.0364 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 177 .9373 OKALOOSA.....WALTON JR C 167 .9380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 656 3.5382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 619 3.3386 POLK JR COLLEGE 328 1.7410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 132 .7412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 450 2.4413 ST. PETE. J. Co ST.P 705 3.7414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 249 1.3416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 187 1.0419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 45 *2424 TALLAHASSEE JR COLLE 144 .8446 VALENCIA JUNIOR COLL 284 1.5499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 98 .5501 BARRY COLLEGE 108 .6511 BETHUNE COOKMAN 134 .7542 EDWARD WATERS 44 .2544 EMBRY RIDDLE AERO IN 2 .0553 FLA. BEACON COLLEGE 2 .0
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 FEMALE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
556 FLA. INST. OF TECH.559 FLA. MEMORIAL COLLEG562 FLA. PRESBYTERIAN565 FLA. SOUTHERN
FREQUENCY
209767155
PERCENT
..1
.5
.4
.8610 JACKSONVILLE UNIV. 97 .5658 NEW COLLEGE 6 .0703 RINGLING SCHOOL OF A 23 .1
708 ROLLINS COLLEGE 69 .4713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 20 .1
715 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 7 .0718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 37 .2721 STETSON UNIV. 180 1.0739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 326 1.7742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 47 .3757 WEBBER COLLEGE 7 .0799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 96 .5822 FLA. COL.. TEMPLE TER 23 .1838 JONES COL. JACKSONV 24 .1
839 JONES COLLEGE, ORLAN 9 .1
851 MARYMOUNT COLLEGE lf .1
860 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 63 .3899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 30 .2
NOT INDICATED 1334 7.0ZZZ INVALID CODES 402 2.1
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE ..WIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 MALE WHITE
SEX N= 30724 %1. MALE 30724 100.02. FEMALE 0 .0
RACE N= 30724 X1. WHITE 30724 100.02. NEGRO 0 .03. OTHER 0 .0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 30724 Y.
1. YES, FULL -TIME_ 18665 60.82. YES, PART-TIME 3872 12.63. NO 3660 11.94. UNDECIDED 4527 14.7
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT, WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 22537 %IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:I. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 5913 26.22. PRIVATE 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1397 6.23. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 10495 46.64. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 166 .7
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 4156 18.4BLANK 339 1.5INVALID 71 .3
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
384. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 4156 %1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 263 6.32. PRIVATE 410YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1503 36.23. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1854 44.64. MILITARY ACADEMY 345 8.35. FOREIGN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 56 1.46. OTHER 83 2.0
BLANK 48 1.2INVALID 4 .1
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= 22537 X1. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 3486 15.52. PROFESSIONAL CAREER 15852 70.33. PARENTAL DESIRES 318 1.44. FRIENDS ATTENDING 32 .15. OTHER REASON 1367 6.1
BLANK 1463 6.5INVALID 19 .1
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FALL 1969 MALE WHITE
Se
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTFNDCOLLEGE? N. 3660 %
le NOT INTERESTED 112 31.8P. LACK OF MONEY 172 4.73. 01D NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 521 14.24. MIGHT NOT PASS 175 4.85. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 8 .26. OTHER REASON 1296 35.4
BLANK 322 8.8INVALID 4 .1
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 3660 %1. WORK FULL TIME 830 27.72. FULL"PTIME HOUSEWIFE 0 03. ENTER .4MED FORCS 1222 33.,3. ATTEND A VOC. -TECH SCHOOL 733 20.05. ON THE JOB TRAININ6 225 6.26. NURSING TRAINING - HOSPITAL 4 .17. OTHER PLANS 327 8.9
BLANK 306 8.4INVALID 16 5
P. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGF LATER? N= 3661. YES 399 10.92. NO 1244 34.03. UNCERTAIN 1464 40.0
BLANK 553 15.1
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N-= 45271. NEED TO KNOW TEST SLOPES 75 1.72. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES F7 1.33. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 378 8.44, UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 492 10.9S. STILz. TRYING TO DECIDE 2028 46.1
675 14.9757 16.7
INVALID 3 .1
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE...W I DE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 MALE WHITE
COLLEGF PLANS
INSTITUTION
00.4 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.1b3 FLA. TECH. UNIV.
FREQUENCY
1666
1155529
PERCENT
.1
.46.32.9
045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA. 2867 15.6147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA. 969 5.3174 UNIV. OF W. FLA. 32 .2221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE 550 3.0229 CENDELA. JR.COLLFGE 141 .8232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 213 1.2239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 303 1.7256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 188 1.0268 FLA JR. COLLEGE JAX 502 2.7270 FLA. KEYS JR. COLLEG 48 .3282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 203 1.1280 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 184 1.0303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 141 .8318 JR COL OF HROWARD CN 562 3.13.32 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 174 1.0334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 118 .6346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 294 1.6350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 1302 7.1351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 894 4.9364 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 1.05 9373 OKALOOSAWAL TON JR C 197 1.1380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 494 2.7382 PENSACr...L A JR COLLEGE 559 3.0386 POLK JR COLLEGE 364 2.0410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 173 .9412 ST. PETE. J. Co VAT 491 2.7413 ST. PETE. J. C. ST.P 554 3.0414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 168 .9416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 287 1.6419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 77 .4424 TALLAHASSEE JR CCLL E 136 .7446 VALE '4C IA JUNIOR COLL 298 1.64 OTHER FLA PU8 JR COL 75 .4501 f-3ARRY COLLEGE 2 .0513 BISCAYNE COLLEGE 17 .1544 EMqtRY P I ODLE AE.R0 IN )0 3553 FLA. BF :ICON COLLEGE 3 .05'16 FLA. INST. (" TFCH. 110 .6
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY 04/13/70
FALL 1969 MALE WHITE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
562 FLA. PRESBYTERIAN565 FLA. SOUTHERN610 JACKSONVILLE UNIV.658 NEW COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
3297778
PERCENT
.2
.5
.4
.0703 RINGLING SCHOOL OF A 11 .1708 ROLLINS COLLEGE 32 .2713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 18 .1715 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 16 .1718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 17 .1721 STETSON UNIV. 142 .8739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 433 2.4742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 55 .3799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 47 .3822 FLA COL., TEMPLE TER 12 .1838 JONES COL. JACKSONV 6 .0839 JONES COLLEGE, ORLAN 1 .0851 MARYMOUNT COLLEGE 3 .0860 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 51 .3899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 14 .1
NOT INDICATED 1310 7.1ZZZ INVALID CODES 333 1.8
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SEX N= 5258 XI. MALE 5258 100.02. FEMALE 0 .0
RACE N= 5258 XI. WHITE 0 .02. NEGRO 5258 100.03. OTHER 0 .0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE. 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY?I. YES. FULL -TIME2. (ES. PART -TIME3. NO4, UNDECIDED
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT. WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND?IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:I. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY2. PRIVATE 4=1.YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY3. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE4. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE
N= 5258 %2280 43.4800 15.2831 15.61347 25.6
N= 3080 X
877 28.5292 9.51009 32.8
21 .7
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 729 23.7BLNiK 147 4.8INVALID 5 .2
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
38. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 729 %1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 36 4.92. PRIVATE 4...YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 108 14.83. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 500 68.64. MILITARY ACADEMY 18 2.55. FOREIGN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 4 .66. OTHER 29 4.0
BLANK ZA. 4.7
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= 3080 Y.
I. 7A4F CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 837 27.22. PROFESSiZONAL CAREER 1632 53.03. PARENTAL DESIRES 42 1.44. FRIENDS ATTENDING 9 .35, OTHFP REASON 171 5.6
BLANK 385 12.5INVALID 4 .1
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5.
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 831 X1. NOT INTERESTED 139 16.72. LACK OF MONEY 127 15.33. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 121 14.64. MIGHT NOT PASS 55 6.65. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 9 1.16. OTHER REASON 265 31.9
BLANK 115 13.8
6. "INCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 831 X1. WORK FULL TIME 121 14.62. FULL -TIME HOUSEWIFE 0 .03. ENTER ARMED FORCES 238 28.63. ATTEND A VOC.wmITECH. SCHOOL 185 22.35. ON THE JOB TRAINING 80 9.66. NURSING TRAINING- HOSPITAL 3 .47. OTHER PLANS 78 9.4
BLANK 125 15.0INVALID 1 .1
7. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N= 831 %I. YES 128 15.42. NO 232 27.93. UNCERTAIN 253 30.5
BLANK 218 26.2
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N= 1347 X1. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES 37 2.82. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 22 1.63. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEZT SCORES 104 7.74. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 262 19.55. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 497 36.96. OTHER REASON 150 11.1
BLANK 274 20.3INVALID 1 .1
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COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.153 FLA. TECH. UNIV.045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA.147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA.174 UNIV. OF W. FLA.221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
5721
641569413
21
PERCENT
24.3.02.7.6
2.91.7.1.9
229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 12 .5232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 9 .4239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 28 1.2256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 3 .1
268 FLAT JR. COLLEGE JAX 55 2.3270 FLA. KEYS JR. ' JLLEG 1 .0282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 11 .5289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 19 .8303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 12 .5318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 43 1.8332 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 30 1.3334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 9 .4346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 16 .7350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 159 6.8351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 49 2.13414 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 26 1.1373 OKALOOSA'mWALTON JR C 4 .2380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 23 1.0382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 39 1.7386 POLK JR COLLEGE 25 1.1410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR co 7 .3412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 14 .6413 ST. PETE. J. C. ST.P 26 1.1414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 40 1.7416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 15 .6419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 2 .1424 TALLAHASSEE JR COLLE 28 1.2446 VALENCIA JUN/Er' COLL 28 1.2499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 8 .3511 BETHUNE COOKMAN 72 3.1542 EDWARD WATERS 32 1.4544 EMBRY RIDDLE AERO IN 3 .1
556 FLA. INST. OF TECH. 4 .2559 FLA. MEMORIAL COLLEG 34 1.5
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562565510
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
FLA. PRESBYTERIANFLA. SOUTHERNJACKSONVILLE UNIV.
FREQUENCY
63
B
PERCENT
.3
.1
.3
703 RINGLING SCHOOL OF A 2 .1
713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 1 .0
718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 1 .0
721 STETSON UNIV. 8 .3739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 34 1.5742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 6 .3
799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 7 .3
838 JONES COL.. JACKSONV 2 .1
851 MARYMOUNT COLLEGE 1 .0
899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 4 .2999 OUT..s0F.r..STATE COL/UNI 1 .0
NOT INDICATED 475 20.2Z22 INVALID CODES 120 5.1
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SEX N= 119 %1. MALE 119 100.02. FEMALE 0 .0
RACE N= 119 %I. WHITE 0 002. NEGRO 0 .03. OTHER 119 100.0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4moYEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSIY? N= 119 %1. YES, FULL-TIME 65 54.62. YES, PARTmeTIME 13 10.93. NO 12 10.14. UNDECIDED 29 24.4
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT. WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN D ATTEND? N= 78 %IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:lo PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 17 21.82. PRIVATE 4.DYEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 7 9.03. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 29 37.24. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 1 1.3
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 22 28.2BLANK 2 2.6
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
38e OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 22 %1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 2 9.12. PRIVATE 4-YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 10 45.53. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE. OR UNIVERSITY 7 31.84. MILITARY ACADEMY H .05. FOREIGN CLILLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 2 9.16. OTHER 1 4.6
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= 78 %1. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 17 21.82. PROFESSIONAL CAREER 43 55.13. PARENTAL DESIRES 1 1.34. FRIENDS ATTENDING 0 .05. OTHER REASON 7 9.0
BLANK 10 12.8
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COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NUT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 12 94
1. NOT INTERESTED 2 16.72. LACK OF MONEY 0 .03. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 2 16.74. MIGHT NOT PASS a .05. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 6 .06. OTHER REASON 4 33.3
BLANK 4 33.73
V. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 12 XI. WORK FULL TIME 1 8.32. FULL.q4TIME HOUSEWIFE 0 .03. ENTER ARMED FORCES 3 25.03. ATTEND A VOC..inTECH. SCHOOL 4 33.35. ON THE JOB TRAINING 1 8.36. NURSING TRAINING - HOSPITAL 0 .07. OTHER PLANS 2 16.7
BLANK 1 8.3
7. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N= 121. YES 3 75.02. NO 2 16.734, UNCERTAIN 5 41.7
BLANK 2 16.7
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N.17 29 XI. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES 2 6.92. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 1 3,53. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 0 .04. UNCERTAIN A3OUT FINANCES 8 27.65. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 6 20.76. OTHER REASON 7 24.1
BLANK 5 17.2
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FALL 1969 MALE OTHER RACE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA.147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA*221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
7
1
27
2
31
PERCENT
12.51.83.612.53.65.41.8
268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 1 1.8282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 1 1.8289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 1 1.8318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 2 3.6334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 1 1.8346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 1 1.8350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 4 7.1351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 4 7.1373 OKALOOSA- WALTON JR C 1 1.8380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 1 1.8386 POLK JR COLLEGE 1 1.8413 ST. PETE. J. C. ST.P 2 3.6414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 1 1.8446 VALENCIA JUNIOR COLL 2 3.6511 BETHUNE COOKMAN 1 1.8556 FLA. INST. OF TECH. 1 1.8739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 1 1.8
NOT INDICATED 5 8.9ZZZ INVALID CODES 2 3.6
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FALL 1969 FEMALE WHITE
SEX N= 31517 %1. MALE 0 .02. FEMALE 31517 100.0
RACE Nr: 31517 %1. WHITE 31517 100.02. NEGRO 0 .03. OTHER 0 .0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE. 4..YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 31517 %1. YES. FULL-TIME 16167 51.32. YES, PART-TIME 3501 11.13. NO 7255 23.04. UNDECIDED 4594 14.6
2. AS A COLLEGE ROUND STUDENT. WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N'7 19668 %IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:le PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 4637 23.62+ PRIVATE 4...YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1296 6.63. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 9508 48.34. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 227 1.2
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 3b02 18.3BLANK 362 1.8INVALID 36 .2
3A. SEE FLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
30. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 3602 %1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 341 9.52. PRIVATE 4...YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1590 44.13. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 1414 39.34. MILITARY ACADEMY 1 .05. FOREIGN COLLEGE O UNIVRATY 71 2.06. OTHER 148 4.1
BLANK 35 1.01:.-NALm 2 .1
4. wfiV IS YOUR MAIN REASJN f-OR ATTCNOINI COLLFGF? N- 19668 %le TH!' CHALLENGE OF- HIGHL-R FDUCAT1ON 5022 25.5
PROFESSIONAL CARFFR 12141 61.73e PARFNTAL OFSIF ?FS 381 2.04. 1. .21-)e OT: R ASON FV_V> 4.5
FLAW 11'? f.1INVALI) .1
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5c
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 7255 %1. NOT INTERESTED 2292 31.62. LACK OF MONEY 326 4.53. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 854 11.84. MIGHT NOT PASS 218 3.05. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 37 .56. UTHER REASON 3110 42.9
BLANK 409 5.6INVALID 9 .1
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 7255 Xla WORK FULL TIME 2641 36.42. FULL -TIME HOUSEWIFE 798 11.03. ENTER ARMED FORCES 116 1.63. ATTEND A VOC.21PTECH. SCHOOL 1500 20.75. ON THE JOB TRAINING 287 4.06. NURSING TRAININGHOSPITAL 359 5.07. OTHER PLANS 1192 16.4
BLANK 331 4.6INVALID 31 .4
7. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N= 7255I. YES 432 6.02. NO 3359 46.33. UNCERTAIN 2526 34.8
BLANK 937 12.9INVALID 1 .0
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N= 4594 7.
1. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES 52 lo/2. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 35 .83. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 243 5.34. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 510 11.154, STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 2615 56.96. OTHER REASON 620 13.E
BLANK 517 11.3INVALID 2 .0
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FALL 1969 FEMALE WHITE
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.153 FLA. TECH. UNIV.
FREQUENCY
1224
1317348
PERCENT
.1
.28.22.2
045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA. 1798 11.2147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA. 978 6.1174 UNIV. OF W. FLA. 17 .1
221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE 423 2.6229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 157 1.0232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 187 1.2239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 296 1.8256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 154 1.0268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 385 2.4270 FLA. KEYS JR COLLEG 32 .2282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG X90 1.2289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 159 1.0303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 123 .8318 JR COL OF efZOWARD CN 602 3.8332 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 102 .6334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 90 .6346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 264 1.6350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 1189 7.4351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 877 5.5364 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 142 .9373 OKALOOSAWALTON JR C 157 1.0380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 612 3.8382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 549 3.4386 POLK JR COLLEGE 297 1.9410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 124 .8412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 431 2.7413 ST. PETE. J. C. ST.P 673 4.2414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 192 1.2416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 164 1.0419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 40 .3424 TALLAHASSEE JR COLLE 114 .7446 VALENCIA JUNIOR CO1..L 246 1.5499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 82 .5501 BARRY COLLEGE 102 .6544 EMBRY RIDDLE AERO IN 2 .0553 FLA. BEACON COLLEGE 2 .0556 FLA. INST. OF TECH. 16 .1
559 FLA. MEMORIAL COLLEG 2 .0
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COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
562 FLA. PRESBYTERIAN565 FLA. SOUTHERN610 JACKSONVILLE UNIV.658 NEW COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
63151814
PERCENT
.4
.9
.5
.0703 RINGLING SCHOOL OF A 23 .1708 ROLLINS COLLEGE 68 .4713 ST. LEO COLLEGE 19 el715 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 7 .0718 SOUTHEAST. BIBLE COL 37 .2721 STETSON UNIV. 175 1.1739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 280 1.7742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 46 .3757 WEBBER COLLEGE 7 .0799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 90 .6822 FLA COL.. TEMPLE TER 23 .1838 JONES COL. JACKSONV 17 .1839 JONES COLLEGE. ORLAN 7' .0851 MARYMOUNT COLLEGE 16 .1860 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 62 .4899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 29 .2
NOT INDICATED 933 5.8ZZZ INVALID CODES 257 1.6
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FALL 1969 FEMALE
04/13/70
NEGRO
SEX N= 5932 XI. MALE 0 .02. FEMALE 5932 100.0
RACE N= 5932 X1. WHITE 0 .02. NEGRO 5932 100.03. OTHER 0 .0
1. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 5932 X1. YES, FULL -TIME 2816 47.52. YES, PARTTIME 859 14.53. NO 1169 19.74. UNDECIDED 1088 18.3
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT, WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 3675 XIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:1. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 880 24.02. PRIVATE 4-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 414 11,33. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 1355 36.94. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 37 1.0
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 842 22.9BLANK 140 3.8INVALID 7 .2
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
3B. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 842 %1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 49 5.82. PRIVATE 4 -YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 163 19.43. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 527 62.64. MILITARY ACADEMY 4 .55. FOREIGN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 5 .66. OTHER 57 6.8
BLANK 37 4.4
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N7.- 3675 %
I. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 1242 33.82. PROFESSIONAL CAREER 1866 50.83. PARENTAL DESIRES 4-> 1.14. URIENDS ATTFNOING 5 .1c, OTHER REASON 131 3.6
BLANK 387 1045INVALID 2 .1
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5.
FALL
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REAStN FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND
1969 FEMALE NEGRO
COLLEGE? N= 1169 %
I. NOT INTERESTED 149 12.8
2. LACK OF MONEY 149 12.8
3. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 145 12.4
4. MIGHT NOT PASS 86 7.4
5. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 10 .9
6. OTHER REASON 461 39.4
BLANK 167 14.3
INVALID 2 .2
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UP001GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 1169 %
I. WORK FULL TIME 156 13.3
2. FULL-TIME HOUSEWIFE 29 2.5
3. ENTER ARMED FORCES 56 4.8
4. ATTEND A VOC.-TECH. SCHOOL 352 30.1
5. ON THE JOB TRAINING 121 10.4
6. NURSING TRAINING-HOSPITAL 142 12.2
7. OTHER PLANS 167 14.3
BLANK 145 12.4
INVALID I .1
7. DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N= 1169 %
I. YES 178 15.2
2. NO 342 29.3
3. UNCERTAIN 367 31.4
BLANK 282 24.1
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N= 1088 %
I. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES 15 1.4
2. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 19 1.8
3. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 80 7.4
4. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 235 21.6
5. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 463 42.6
6. OTHER REASON 88 8.1
BLANK 186 17.1
INVALID 2 .2
F .fir
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COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
003 FLORIDA A + M UNIV.007 FLA. ATLANTIC UNIV.150 FLA. STATE UNIV.153 FLA. TECH. UNIV.
FREQUENCY
666106310
PERCENT
23.5.4
2.2.4
045 UNIVERSITY OF FLA. 46 1.6147 UNIV. OF SOUTH FLA. 55 1.9174 UNIV. OF W. FLA. 3 .1221 BREVARD JR. COLLEGE 28 1.0229 CEN.FLA.JR.COLLEGE 30 1.1232 CHIPOLA JR. COLLEGE 33 1.2239 DAYTONA BCH JR COLLE 36 1.3256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE 9 .3268 FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX 93 3.3270 FLA. KEYS JR. COLLEG 1 .0282 GULF COAST JR COLLEG 16 .6289 HILLSBOROUGH J. C. 33 1.2303 INDIAN RIVER JR COL. 6 .2318 JR COL OF BROWARD CN 40 1.4332 LAKE CITY JR COLLEGE 29 1.0334 LAKE SUMTER JR COLLE 1 .0346 MANATEE JR COLLEGE 15 .5350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 257 9.1351 MIAMI DADE SOUTH 73 2.6364 NORTH FLA JR COLLEGE 35 1.2373 OKALOOSA- WALTON JR C 5 .2380 PALM BCH JR COLLEGE 40 1.4382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 66 2.3386 POLK JR COLLEGE 29 1o0410 ST JOHNS RIVER JR CO 7 .3412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 15 .5413 ST. PETE. J. C. ST.P 27 1.0414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 56 2.0416 SEMINOLE JR COLLEGE 23 .8419 SOUTH FLA JR COLLEGE 5 .2424 TALLAHASSEE JR COLLE 29 1.0446 VALENCIA JUNIOR COLL 38 1.3499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 14 e a4-
501 BARRY COLLEGE 4 .1511 BETHUNE COOKMAN 134 4.7542 EDWARD WATERS 44 1.6556 FLA. INST. OF TECH. 3 .1559 FLA. MEMORIAL COLLEG 94 3.3
I
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COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION
562 FLA. PRESBYTERIAN565 FLA. SOUTHERN610 JACKSONVILLE UNIV.)658 NEW COLLEGE
FREQUENCY
44
161
PERCENT
.1
.1
.6
.0708 ROLLINS COLLEGE 1 .0721 STETSON UNIV. 5 .2739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 43 1.5742 UNIV. OF TAMPA 1 .0799 OTHER FLA SR. INST. 6 .2838 JONES COL.. JACKSONV 7 .3839 JONES COLLEGE, ORLAN 2 .1
860 ORLANDO JR COLLEGE 1 .0899 OTHER PVT FLA JR CL 1 .0
NOT INDICATED 381 13.5ZZZ INVALID CODES 139 4.9
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FALL 1969 FEMALE OTHER RACE
SEX N= 97 %1. MALE 0 .02. FEMALE 97 100.0
RACE N= 97 %1. WHITE 0 .02. NEGRO 0 .03. OTHER 97 100.0
I. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU PLAN TO ATTENDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 4-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? N= 97 %
1. YES. FULL /TIME 50 51.62. YES, PART -TIME 14 14.43. NO 18 18.64. UNDECIDED 15 15.5
2. AS A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT, WHAT TYPE OF INSTITUTIONDO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND? N= 64 XIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:1. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 9 14.12. PRIVATE 4 -YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 7 10.93. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE 25 39.14. PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGE 0 .0
5. OUT OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 21 32.8BLANK 1 1.6INVALID I 1.6
3A. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLA. COLLEGEPLANS
38. OUT OF STATE COLLEGE PLANS N= 21 X1. JUNIOR COLLEGE 3 14.32. PRIVATE 4 -YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 6 28.63. PUBLIC 4 YR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 10 47.64. MILITARY ACADEMY 0 .05. FOREIGN COLLEGE. OR UNIVERSITY 0 .06. OTHER 0 .0
BLANK 2 9.5
4. WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR ATTENDING COLLEGE? N= 64 %1. THE CHALLENGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 19 29.72. PROFESSIONAL CAREER 37 57.83. PARENTAL DESIRES 1 1.64. FRIENDS ATTENDING 0 .05. OTHER REASON 3 4.7
BLANK 4 6.3
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FALL 1969 FEMALE OTHER RACE
5.
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON FOR NOT PLANNING TO ATTENDCOLLEGE? N= 18 X1. NOT INTERESTED 5 27.82. LACK OF MONEY 0 .03. DID NOT PREPARE FOR COLLEGE 1 5.64. MIGHT NOT PASS 1 5.65. NO HOME ENCOURAGEMENT 0 .06. OTHER REASON 8 44.4
BLANK 3 16.7
6. SINCE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND COLLEGE UPONGRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? N= 18 X1. WORK FULL TIME 7 38.92. FULL -TIME HOUSEWIFE 0 .03. ENTER ARMED FORCES 0 .03. ATTEND A VOC.v.TECH. SCHOOL 4 22.25. ON THE JOB TRAINING 1 5.66. NURSING TRAINING - HOSPITAL 0 .07. OTHER PLANS 3 16.7
BLANK 3 16.7
7. 00 YOU PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE LATER? N= 18 X1. YES 2 11.12. NO 8 44.43. UNCERTAIN 4 22.2
BLANK 4 22.2
8. WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR YOUR PRESENT INDECISION? N= 15 X1. NEED TO KNOW TEST SCORES 1 6472. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES 0 .03. NEED TO KNOW FINAL GRADES AND TEST SCORES 0 .04. UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCES 2 13.35. STILL TRYING TO DECIDE 6 40.06. OTHER REASON 3 20.0
BLANK 3 20.0
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FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS STATE WIDE'HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SURVEY. 04/13/70
FALL 1969 FEMALEOtHER RACE,j4
COLLEGE PLANS
INSTITUTION FREQUENCY PERCENT
003 FLORIDA A 4 M UNIV. 4 9.3150 FLA.. STATE UNIV. 6 14.0256 EDISON JR. COLLEGE .1 2.3268' FLA. JR. COLLEGE JAX . 4.7289 AILLSBOROUGH J. C. I 2.3350 MIAMI DADE NORTH 8 18.6'3,80 PALM BCH Ji1COLLEGE 1 2.3382 PENSACOLA JR COLLEGE 2 4.7412 ST. PETE. J. C. CLWT 2 4.7413 ST. PETE. Jo C. ST.P 2 4.7414 SANTE FE JR COLLEGE 1 2.3499 OTHER FLA PUB JR COL 1 2.3501 BARRY COLLEGE 2 4.7739 UNIV. OF MIAMI 3 7.0
NOT INDICATED 7 16.3
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6. Summary and Conclusions
In the fall of 1969 approximately two-thirds of the seniors in Florida
public and private high schools indicated that they planned to attend
(either full-time or part-time) a college or university upon graduation
from high school. Approximately 16 per cent of the students reported that
they were still undecided about college and another 1.6 per cent reported
plans to attend college at a later date. This pattern of post-high school
plans was essentially the same as those reported by Florida students in the
fall of 1968.
More white students (67.7 per cent) than black students (60.1 per cent)
reported plans to attend college on a full-time or part-time basis and more
black students (22.1 per cent) than *white students (14.7 per cent) reported
that they were undecided. State universities in Florida were equally
attractive to white and black students but the public junior colleges were
more attractive to white students than for black students. These findings
were generally similar to the 1969 survey results.
The most significant difference between the 1968 and 1969 data related
to the post-high school plans of the students who said they were not going
to college. The per cent of students in 1969 who reported an intention to
enter work full-time exceeded 28 per cent, an increase of about seven per
cent over the previous year.
Although the actual courses of action to be followed by the students
who participated in the 1969 survey (and who graduated from high school in
June, 1970) were unknown at the time this report was written, a review of
the intended plans of the graduates of June, 1969, together with follow-up
data for the same class of students, showed that student expectations do
not precisely coincide with post-high school implementation of plans. For
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example, approximately 10 per cent of the students who classified themselves
in 1968 as college-bound did not enter college in the fall of 1969.
There is a pressing educational and social need to study the variance
between high school expectations and subsequent courses of action. This
research might possibly be conducted along the following lines of inquiry:
1. The characteristics (sex, race, and academic ability) of high
school seniors in Florida whose aspirations for a higher edu-
cation are not being realized
2. A determination whether students who have no plans for
college study are spread uniformly through the ranks of
seniors when the students are grouped according to sex,
race, and academic ability, or bunched within a specific
classification
3. Identification of the factors associated with the action
of high school students in classifying themselves as
college-bound during their senior year but abandoning
their plans for a college education upon graduation
from high school.
An initial study along the lines described above is being undertaken
in the Office of the Board of Regents. It is hoped that thf.s ueeeied
area of research will also attract high school guidance counselors, insti-
tutional research officers in the colleges and universities, and research
personnel in the Department of Education.
The survey data provided a basis for determining more precisely the
tendency of some students with high academic ability to leave Florida for
their college work. By no means, however, is Florida losing all of its
students of high academic promise. Of the students in the highest quintile
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on the Florida Statewide Twelfth Grade Tests who reported themselves to be
college-bound, approximately 73 per cent planned to enter a college or
university in Florida, in contrast to 27 per cent who planned to leave
Florida for their college study. Students of lesser academic potential are
inclined to report that they will select a Florida institution. Approxi-
mately 85 per cent of the students in the first four quintiles who classi-
fied themselves as future college students named an institution in Florida