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Direct linkWalker, Jan; Bisbee, Carol; Porter, Russell; Flanders, Joanne – Educational Gerontology, 2004
The research reported in this paper attempted to identify predictors of senior center participation and to ascertain why there has been a decline in the number of individuals participating at senior centers in recent years. The research reports the results of a survey conducted among senior center participants in an 11-county area in the Nortex…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Older Adults, Adult Programs, Participant Characteristics
Bryant, Mary Forbes; Phillips, J. C. – 1979
This study identified the characteristics of Virginia students involved in State-supported continuing education programs in two and four year higher education institutions. The sample consisted of 40,406 part-time students enrolled in on campus and off campus courses offered for credit, and in non-credit courses. Data were collected through a…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Download full textOwings, Maria; Hill, Susan – 1984
The characteristics of 18.2 million persons who participated in postsecondary education activities are described, based on the results of the Bureau of the Census' October 1982 Current Population Survey. Included are: participation rates of population groups and an unduplicated count of postsecondary students; a breakdown of students by type of…
Descriptors: Certification, College Attendance, College Students, Continuing Education
Mansfield, Phyllis; And Others – 1980
Primary care physicians in Pennsylvania were asked to give their attitudes and preferences regarding continuing medical education (CME) in an effort to expand and develop physician-oriented CME programs for the Hershey Continuing Education department at Penn State. A 32-item questionnaire was mailed to 952 primary care physicians practicing in…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Certification, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education
Redman, Barbara K.; Pillar, Barbara – 1986
Results of a 1985-1986 salary survey of 515 administrative faculty in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs are presented. A total of 383 American Association of Colleges of Nursing member schools were surveyed; 177 returned a completed questionnaire. All salary tables supply figures on both an academic and calendar year basis. When there…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrators, Continuing Education, Department Heads
Murphy, Marion I. – 1982
Fall 1981 data on the salaries of 480 administrative faculty other than deans in baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing are presented. Of the 256 schools that supplied data for a previous survey of nursing faculty salaries, 141 participated in the current administrative faculty salaries survey. All salary tables are presented on both an…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrators, Continuing Education, Department Heads
Lucas, John A. – 1983
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of fall 1982 students, compare student and community demographic data, and analyze the percentage of community sub-groups served by the college. A random sample of 498 degree credit students and 300 continuing education students were surveyed. Based on responses…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Enrollment Influences
Howard, William; And Others – 1983
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine why students withdrew from courses at two off-campus centers. Surveys were administered to a sample of 54 degree credit and 46 continuing education students who withdrew from classes at Hawthorne Center (HC) in fall 1981, and to 56 degree credit and 44 continuing education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
Contemporary Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
This evaluation report presents the accomplishments of the Improving Instruction Through Supervision Project since its implementation, with specific emphasis on 1977-78. The project was undertaken in Region VI of the District of Columbia Schools and was designed to improve the skills of administrators in supervising teachers. The program is based…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Administration, Educational Research
Gamble, Connolly – 1984
A study examined the participation of ordained ministers in continuing education. Of some 5,400 questionnaires mailed to ministers of 12 Protestant denominations who lived throughout the United States and Canada, 1,984 usable responses were returned. Based on these responses, it would appear that the typical survey respondent was a 45-year-old…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Clergy, Continuing Education
Lucas, John A. – 1987
In fall 1985, a study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to provide a student profile for general information purposes, to gather data not available on the college's automated data file, and to analyze WRHC's marketing outreach. Surveys were mailed to random samples of 500 credit degree students and 300 continuing education…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Educational Trends
Smith, Eddie M.; And Others – 1982
A study was conducted by the Mississippi Junior College Association to aid in the development of a statement of the role and mission of the state's junior colleges for the 1980's and beyond. From goal statements found in college catalogs and other documents, 41 were selected and grouped in broad functional categories (i.e., admissions/access,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty
Shearon, Ronald W.; And Others – 1990
Information is provided on trends in the characteristics of students attending North Carolina's community colleges. Chapter 1 discusses the issues of extending opportunities to a diverse student population and developing a capable workforce, and explains the purposes and need for the present study. Chapter 2 presents the methods and procedures…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
Flaherty, Toni – 1989
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of fall 1988 students, compare student and community demographic data, and analyze the percentage of community sub-groups served by the college. A random sample of 500 degree credit students (DCS's) and 300 non-degree credit students (NCS's) were surveyed,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
Meltesen, Cal; Lucas, John A. – 1990
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of fall 1989 students, compare student and community demographic data, and analyze the percentage of community sub-groups served by the college. A random sample of 500 degree credit students (DCS's) and 300 non-degree credit students (NCS's) were surveyed,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
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