Higher education in the Boston Metropolitan area

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...Study of the factors affecting success in reaching goals; data on college plans of high school students; attitudes of mothers; effect of socio-economic status; appendix contains statistics on SAT scores of the students of various colleges... ...Seeks answers to questions such as who shall receive higher education and how much shall be provided, should everyone who wants a higher education receive one, which programs should be developed to assist persons wanting higher education, should special preferences be offered to minority groups; recommends review of current college admission practices, establishment of a committee to increase availability of scholarships and student financial aid; recommends review of teacher education programs and establishment of a statewide teacher corps which would administer placement of teachers in disadvantaged areas; recommends a follow-up analysis of students surveyed in this study; includes data on proportion of parents and high school seniors wanting to go to college; main reasons for not attending college; mean income in 1963 of men 35-44 years old by years of school completed; aspirations of high school seniors; Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores; and other data...

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Series Statement

• Massachusetts -- vi