Research investigating career intervention efficacy has inadequately investigated the identification of important client factors which might moderate the effects of various career interventions. The current study had two aims. First it examined the efficacy of a newly developed Computer-Assisted Career Guidance System (CACGS) used alone, and the…

The education of under-prepared college students is a topic that interested and motivated this researcher to conduct a study on learning communities and measuring change in writing apprehension and locus of control of developmental students at a community college. Higher education is generally viewed as a place for the intellectually elite.…

In 1990, a study was conducted to investigate the relationship between students' locus of control and the extent to which they participated in a voluntary exercise program. First-time participants in the "Shape Up" program offered at the Porterville College Fitness Center during the summer and fall semesters of 1990 were identified through the…

This paper reports the results of a study conducted to compare the locus of control orientation of the following Central Florida Community College (CFCC) groups: professional personnel (administrators, division directors, counselors, and teaching faculty); graduates; non-traditional, high-risk students; withdrawals; and students dropping two or…

Describes a study comparing the characteristics of college-ready and academically underprepared community college students. Reports that underprepared students demonstrated higher levels of test anxiety and a more external locus of control, but did not differ from college-ready students in self-esteem, grade point average, or learning-study…

The SUCCESS program is a series of interactive computer programs designed to enhance student empowerment by allowing entering college freshmen to use computers in an environment of personal control and autonomy. To determine the effect of SUCCESS programs on students' perceived locus of control and empowerment, a study was conducted at New York's…

Describes a study that was conducted to identify predictors of high-risk students enrolled in telecourses at a community college. The use of Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (RIELC) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) are explained, hypotheses tested are discussed, and demographic variables are examined. (seven references)…

Interviews were conducted with 15 Black and 15 Puerto Rican women students from Brookdale Community College, New Jersey, and with 15 Black and 15 Puerto Rican women not attending college in order to determine: (1) if adult, minority women enrolled in college were more self-directed than those who had not sought further education; (2) the…

A study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of nontraditional and traditional counseling and instructional methods in meeting the socio-emotional and academic needs of nontraditional ("high risk") community college students. Individualized learner-oriented mastery instruction with emphasis on audiotutorial methods and a composite of…