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Hammer, Leslie B.; Nguyen, Hanh H. – CUPA Journal, 1995
A study at an urban university found that, while type of child care used by classified staff was not a significant predictor of absenteeism, care by nonrelatives was associated with significantly more absences than was care by relatives. However, satisfaction with care was a significant predictor of absenteeism. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Day Care, Employee Absenteeism
Voorhees, Richard A. – 1984
A model of student persistence that considers the role of student finances and student financial aid was investigated in 1980, with a focus on federal campus-based aid. Linear Structural Relations (LISREL), a more versatile technique than traditional path analysis, accounted for 42 percent of the variance in the persistence of 343 new freshmen…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Federal Aid
Borden, Victor M. H.; Gentemann, Karen – 1993
A student survey at a metropolitan university examined priorities of both traditional and non-traditional students; the survey resulted from anxieties expressed by some students about not having a traditional college experience. The administration was trying to decide whether to allocate resources to create a football program within this commuter,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Satisfaction, Commuter Colleges, Educational Environment
Bender, Louis W.; Richardson, Richard C., Jr. – 1987
Two overlapping nationwide studies, one funded by the Ford Foundation and the other by the U.S. Department of Education, provide information covering policies, procedures, and practices that enhance or impede the academic success of minority students in universities and community colleges. Topics include understanding the problem of minority…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, Community Colleges, Educational Discrimination
Kramer, Arthur; LaMar, Ansley W. – 2000
This study presents a process used to assess the general education component of the undergraduate curriculum, focusing particularly on the components of the methodology that provided the data used to suggesting changes in the program. The study was undertaken at an urban institution with an undergraduate population of 6,000, and involved analysis…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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Rodriguez, Judith C.; And Others – NACADA Journal, 1995
A study identified demographic, academic, and social differences between black students entering a predominantly white, urban university as either freshmen (n=63) or transferring to the institution (n=109). Results indicated differences in age, marital status, choice of individuals influential in the student's persistence, and participation in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Age Differences
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Kiang, Peter Nien-chu – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1992
Draws from a qualitative study of how first-generation Asian immigrant and refugee students view and shape their college experience at an urban public university. Describes institutional characteristics, issues of student persistence, student problems, issues of identity and alienation, gender considerations, and concerns related to student…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adjustment (to Environment), Alienation, Asian Americans
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Hagedorn, Linda Serra – Journal of College Student Retention, 1999
A study of 81 female graduate students over age 30 at a large urban research university investigated their experiences, problems, and demographics. Results indicate that variables important to persistence are marital status, quality of student/student and student/faculty interactions, and grade point average. Policy implications and possible…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Females