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This study investigated the reading difficulty level of college recruitment literature and the ability of college-bound high-school students to understand the terminology frequently used in college admissions. The reading difficulty of the forty-two catalogs and analyzed was at a level appropriate to an advanced college student or college graduate. Moreover, high-school students had considerable difficulty identifying the correct use of terms commonly found in sections of college catalogs.
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Johnson, R.H., Chapman, D.W. An assessment of college recruitment literature: Does the high school senior understand it?. Res High Educ 11, 309–319 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975622
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