Facility managers have the challenge of adhering to community college policies and procedures while fulfilling requirements of administration, students, and teachers concerning specific needs of classroom aesthetics. The role of facility manager and how specific entities affect perceptions of the design and implementation of classroom aesthetics…

The purpose of this study was to determine the presence (or absence) of barriers that hindered the ability of veteran student populations in completing degrees in the applied sciences field. Furthermore, in this study, the researcher sought to identify and to understand any detected barriers. The researcher examined the academic performances of…

Introductory biology courses at two-year, open enrollment colleges in America are presented in a variety of different course delivery formats. Traditionally, most students have enrolled in seated or face-to-face (F2F) lectures and laboratories. There is increased demand for courses presented online or in a hybrid format, although some studies…

While states and the federal government have put efforts in place to increase the size of the workforce trained in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to meet innovation demands, there continues to be a nationwide shortage of students who are interested in and prepared for such careers. Missouri is no exception to this problem, one…

The purposes of this study were (1) to list courses and to note curriculum trends in six areas of study, (2) to comment on the nature of these trends, and (3) to discover in which areas Metropolitan Junior College (Missouri) is lacking. Materials of interest to counselors, admissions directors, and administrators are included. The information was…

Two matched groups of transfer students from low income families were compared in order to determine effects--if any--of non-academic factors on their academic achievement. Transfer students who applied for financial aid at the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC) financial aids office made up the initial population from which the group samples…

At the end of their junior year, in three colleges of the University of Missouri, junior college transfers were compared with native students, using as criteria (1) size of high school graduating class, (2) high school rank, (3) sex, (4) age at college entrance, and (5) the college of the University chosen for the junior year. The colleges were…

Information on employment in Missouri's public colleges and universities from 1979 to 1983 is presented, based on data reported on the Higher Education Staff Information Survey. Comparisons are made over the 4-year period in total employment, employment among the seven Equal Employment Opportunity Commission categories of staff, and growth or…

The status of instruction/research employees in Missouri state-supported higher education institutions during 1978-79 was examined by HEGIS discipline divisions. The employees' status was examined with respect to numbers of full-time and part-time employees, percentage part-time, and percentage with tenure. The implications of this information for…

Data on age distributions for students enrolled in higher education institutions in Missouri for the 1978-79 school year are presented. The majority of students were within the traditional age group for college attendance (21 years of age or younger). This was especially true for the full-time undergraduate student. A substantial number of…

To ascertain the academic performance of Missouri junior college transfer students at the University of Missouri-Columbia, two student populations were compared. The first population was 383 junior-college students who transferred to the University of Missouri-Columbia for the fall 1971 semester. Students (278) who transferred to the university…