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Peer reviewedMaykovich, Minako Kurokawa – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
This paper examines some of the problems encountered by a Japanese researcher in Japanese communities and Mennonite communities in California and Ontario. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Data Collection, Japanese Americans, Minority Groups
Bryce-Laporte, Roy S., Ed.; Couch, Stephen R., Ed. – 1976
This book presents six papers on Latino migrant workers and recent Indochinese refugees in the United States, most of which focus on problems of fieldwork. The book's three sections, "Migrant Workers,""Indochinese Refugees" and "Research Summaries and Reports," each contains two papers and an introduction. (1)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Hispanic Americans, Indochinese, Migrant Workers
Download full textAlkin, Marvin C. – 1985
A study was sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to: (1) document and analyze the information needs of various groups (e.g., the legislature, state agencies, and community colleges) with respect to the state's community colleges and to prepare a matrix of information needs and uses; (2) inventory the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Information Needs, Information Sources
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1984
This supplementary report presents testimony on the community college transfer function given to the California Postsecondary Education Commission's Ad Hoc Committee on Community College Transfer. First, Paul Elsner discusses developments related to transfer and articulation with four-year institutions within the Maricopa Community College…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1984
This discussion of the transfer function of California's community colleges focuses on the problems of obtaining reliable information, research findings on factors affecting transfer success, and ways of accurately assessing transfer rates. After affirming the importance of the transfer function of community colleges, the paper examines flaws and…
Descriptors: College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Data Collection
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1980
In response to a request from the California state legislature, a plan is proposed for obtaining information on the number of community college students eligible to transfer to the University of California and the California State University; the characteristics of those students who do and do not transfer; and the persistence and performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
This report summarizes the progress made between 1980 and 1981 in the implementation of a plan to gather a variety of information about community college transfer students in California. After background on the adoption of the plan is provided, its underlying assumptions and objectives are outlined. Next, progress made in ascertaining the number…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
