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Ratcliff, James L.; Jones, Elizabeth A. – 1990
A study was conducted at a women's college to compare contrasting ideas of general education curriculum requirements: the prescribed core curriculum in which all students take the same courses versus the distributive model in which students are required to choose a minimum number of courses within specified academic areas. Graduating seniors were…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cluster Analysis
Adelman, Clifford – 1997
This monograph traces changes in computer science as a field of study in the college curriculum, and the associated changes in the work force and labor market. The study followed two cohorts of students from high school to age 30. Records for the first cover the period 1972-84; and for the second, the period 1982-93. The purpose of the study was…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Career Education, Cognitive Processes