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PDF pending restorationBoese, Larry; Birdsall, Les – 1993
The Diablo Valley College (California) Research Office assessed the variation of grades in multiple-section courses and its impact on the ability to predict student success. All classes selected for the study were general education offerings applicable for the Associate of Arts degree and/or transfer, and were taught by more than one instructor. A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Correlation, Grade Prediction
Brown, Kenneth G.; And Others – 1980
A research project underway at the University of Arizona is described, and the usefulness of the national data system of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) to institutional researchers, as well as some drawbacks of the system, are considered. The need for institutions to have data on enrollment, budgets, and faculty/students…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Databases
Download full textMoore, Byron E.; Moore, Arnold J. – 1975
Reported is an investigation done to obtain descriptive answers to such questions as: What variables influence high school students' willingness to become personally involved with scientific activities? What variables influence these students' perception of the scientist? The study is described and includes an extensive review of the literature…
Descriptors: Educational Research, High School Students, Predictor Variables, Science Course Improvement Projects
Montgomery, David C. – 1978
By showing how the addition of three universities to the State University System of Florida affected enrollment projections for the six older universities, a tool was developed that may be of use for enrollment projections in other settings, when the system changes. County population and K-12 school enrollment project reasonably well the…
Descriptors: College Choice, Educational Change, Educational Demand, Enrollment Influences
Terenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – 1978
To test Tinto's theory of college attrition, a longitudinal study involving 766 students enrolled in Syracuse University in September 1975 was conducted to determine whether freshmen persisters and voluntary dropouts differed on certain attitudinal and behavioral measures of academic and social integration once selected background characteristics…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Peng, Samuel S.; Fetters, William B. – 1977
The process of withdrawal from two- and four-year institutions of higher education was studied. Data were drawn from the base year and the first and second follow-ups of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Results indicated that: (1) women students were more likely to withdraw only in two-year colleges; (2) white…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Research
