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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1990
The major tables of this annual report on student characteristics array four major characteristics: age group; sex; level (undergraduate/graduate); and load (full-time/part-time). The main body of the report is divided into five sections: Part I contains data for the entire system as well as each institution and institutional type; Part II…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Females, Full Time Students, Graduate Students
Download full textAndres, Lesley, Ed. – 1999
This publication is part of a series that reprints articles on a range of thematic issues published in the "Canadian Journal of Higher Education." This collection focuses on access to postsecondary education in Canada. After a preface and an introduction, the six papers are: "Studying Part-Time in Canada's Universities: A Social…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), College Admission, College Bound Students
Peer reviewedMontgomerie, T. Craig – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1987
This description of the Extended Campus Program offered at the University of Alberta that allows remote students to meet residency requirements for a Master of Education degree emphasizes the use of electronic communication to provide access to library resources, staff services, and computerized databases. Evaluations of the program are provided.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Developed Nations, Distance Education
Indiana State Commission for Higher Education, Indianapolis. – 1989
The study reported in this document tracked a cohort of Indiana freshmen (about 47,000) with reported majors and categorized them as associate and baccalaureate, resident and nonresident, and part-time and full-time students. The objective to determine how these students fared in the course of the 4 years examined (fiscal years 1985-88). Included…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Dropouts
Indiana State Commission for Higher Education, Indianapolis. – 1989
A 4-year study was made of attrition and persistence rates of 17,677 freshmen degree-seeking students enrolled in Indiana state vocational education programs in fiscal year 1985. The present report focuses on the experience of the 2,187 black students in that cohort. The study's findings include the following: (1) among full-time students, the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Students, Dropouts
Aquino, Felix J. – 1991
This paper describes the process by which Dallas County Community College District (Texas) developed and operationalized a student typology for assessing student outcomes. The purpose of the typology is to assist in identifying at risk students and increasing their chances of academic success while simultaneously allowing for the diversity of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Cluster Analysis, College Outcomes Assessment
PDF pending restorationSavage, Daniel D., Ed. – 1987
This yearbook offers 1986 data on 1,224 community, junior, and technical colleges in the United States. First, introductory material highlights the 2.9% increase in two-year college enrollments between fall 1985 and fall 1986, the increasing enrollment of minority students, and the colleges' total operating budget of an estimated $13.9 billion. A…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
