Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Author
| Anderson, Ernest F. | 1 |
| Arnold, Karen D. | 1 |
| Bers, Trudy | 1 |
| Guder, Faruk | 1 |
| Jalilvand, Anahita | 1 |
| Kovala, Irene H. | 1 |
| Malliaris, Mary | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 2 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| Two Year Colleges | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Illinois | 6 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| ACT Assessment | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textGuder, Faruk; Malliaris, Mary; Jalilvand, Anahita – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Over time, each school builds its own culture and approach to education. Students, faculty, and alumni become accustomed to the style and pace of their university setting and expect it to continue. Thus, deliberate changes to this culture are not undertaken lightly and the effects of such changes are watched closely. This paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Class Size, School Culture, Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students
Anderson, Ernest F. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to compare the academic progress of junior college transfers, 4-year college transfers, and continuous juniors (natives) at the University of Illinois as measured by grade point average (GPA), academic status and continued enrollment through the first year after transfer. A secondary purpose was to compare the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
Direct linkBers, Trudy; Kovala, Irene H. – Assessment Update, 2004
During the spring semesters of 1999 through 2003, the general education subcommittee of Oakton Community College's (Des Plaines, Illinois) Student Academic Assessment Team (SAAT) implemented a locally developed institutional approach for assessing students' achievement of general education objectives. The overall process remained essentially the…
Descriptors: General Education, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1976
This document reports a follow-up study of 10,504 students who transferred in fall 1973 from Illinois community colleges to Illinois senior institutions, in order to identify patterns of mobility by both sending community colleges and receiving senior institutions, and to study the pre- and post-transfer characteristics and achievement of these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Arnold, Karen D. – 1993
This research report examines 10-year results of the Illinois Valedictorian Project, a program that has followed 81 high-achieving high school valedictorians for 10 years following their high school graduation. It describes the study's sampling and study methods; presents the findings from the first 5 years and the status of the study group at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1976
This document contains a summary descriptive analysis of a sample of 19,716 students who took the ACT test (American College Testing Program) and were enrolled in the public community colleges of Illinois during the fall 1975 term. The sample of students represented 12% of the total freshman enrollment and 20% of the full-time freshman enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, College Choice, College Freshmen
