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Overell, Anne – Teaching at a Distance, 1984
A 1982 study comparing the Open University with 27 other institutions providing part-time bachelors degree programs in two regions of Yorkshire revealed that although the Open University has some aspects that students might find preferable, there are many areas in which other institutions are competitive. (MSE)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Peer reviewedLewallen, Willard Clark – NACADA Journal, 1995
A study examined a national sample of over 20,000 college students, decided and undecided on a career, on 9 variables: persistence, college grades, full-time versus part-time enrollment, housing arrangement, honors participation, student-student academic involvement, student-student social involvement, leadership/political involvement, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Attendance Patterns, Career Choice
South County Community Coll. District, Hayward, CA. Office of Institutional Research. – 1990
This three-part report provides tables and graphs describing the South County Community College District in California in terms of district population demographics, registration patterns and student characteristics for fall 1989, and longitudinal trend data on student characteristics. Section 1 provides U.S. Census data for the district population…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Census Figures, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
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In 1986, a study was conducted at Middlesex Community College (MxCC) to examine selected demographics of that year's graduating class and to compare them with similar statistics compiled for 1985 graduates. The graduating classes were compared in terms of students' major, sex, age, full-/part-time status, average number of semesters attended,…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Credits, College Graduates, College Programs
Dillon, Paul H. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted of 1,912 students receiving associate in arts or associate in science degrees the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) in spring 1989 to determine the length of time taken to graduate. Data for the study were gathered from spring 1989 graduates' district transcript records which contained enrollment dates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance
Karweit, Nancy – 1979
This study examined sources and occupational consequences of utilizing alternative educational patterns in a nationally representative sample (Retrospective Life History Sample) of black and white men. The study explored patterns of educational activities used, the antecedents of the use of alternative normative patterns, and occupational effects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Attendance Patterns, Biographical Inventories
