A REVIEW OF 16 INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH REPORTS IN THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE INFORMATION INDICATES THE TYPE OF EFFORTS BEING MADE BY JUNIOR COLLEGES TO REDUCE THEIR NUMBERS OF DROPOUTS. QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES, ANALYSIS OF STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, AND ADJUSTMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE TYPICAL PRACTICES. INSTITUTIONAL…

AN EXAMINATION OF 29 STUDIES REVEALS A GREAT VARIATION IN THE PROCEDURES AND FINDINGS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS INTO EXPERIMENTAL EFFORTS IN JUNIOR COLLEGE CURRICULA AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, THE STUDIES USUALLY DID ONE OF FOUR THINGS--(1) CONSIDERED PROGRAMS AT A NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS, (2) SUMMARIZED THE RATIONALE AND PROCEDURE OF AN…

STUDIES RECEIVED BY THE CLEARINGHOUSE DEALING WITH STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE RESEARCH BASED ON STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRES, ON STUDENT RECORDS, AND ON REVIEWS OF LITERATURE. DATA ARE REPORTED BOTH GRAPHICALLY AND IN TABULAR FORM, ACCOMPANIED IN MOST CASES BY NARRATIVE COMMENT. GREATER FREQUENCY IS NOTED IN UTILIZATION OF TOTAL STUDENT POPULATIONS…

STUDIES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE CURRICULA VARY WIDELY IN TYPE AND SOURCE. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, RECOGNIZED AS A FIRST STEP IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, IS DESCRIBED IN SIX STUDIES AS AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A RATIONALE FOR PROGRAMS, COURSE CONTENT, AND CURRICULUM EVALUATION. SURVEYS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS, REPORTED IN 20 STUDIES,…

A SURVEY OF 24 STUDIES RECEIVED AT THE CLEARINGHOUSE DEALING WITH SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY THE TRANSFER STUDENT LEADS TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS--(1) STUDENTS TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE A LOWER GRADE-POINT AVERAGE DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER FOLLOWING TRANSFER, (2) IN MOST CASES RECOVERY OF MARKS DURING SUBSEQUENT SEMESTERS CAN BE NOTED, AND (3) GRADE POINT…