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Identification of the Long Range Goals of Community College Students: A Descriptive Report on the Influences of Age, Gender and Patterns of Attendance.
Rochlin, Joyce T. – 1989
A study was conducted to identify the long-range goals of students at Essex Community College (ECC) and Catonsville Community College (CCC) in Maryland to determine whether transfer students represented a dominant cohort in these institutions. Age, gender, and attendance patterns were also examined as functions of long-range goals. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Age, College Choice, Community Colleges, Day Students
A Comparative Study of the Quality of Academic Advisement as Perceived by Day and Evening Students.
Purdy, Jeanette J. – 1985
In spring 1984, a study was conducted at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) in Trenton, New Jersey, to determine the difference between the quality of academic advisement for day and evening students. At the time of the study, MCCC enrolled approximately 10,500 full- and part-time students. One-third of these students attended day sessions,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
A Study to Determine the Need for Night-Time Child Care Services at John C. Calhoun State Community College.
Ratcliffe, Carl J. – 1982
A study was conducted in 1981 at John C. Calhoun State Community College to determine the need for evening child care services, the possibility of state or federal funding for these services, and the attitudes of students without dependent children toward the use of student activity funds to provide child care. Surveys were administered to 144…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Day Care, Evening Programs
A Comparison between Traditional and Non-Traditional Students Receiving Financial Aid at John C. Calhoun State Community College.
Ratcliffe, Carl J. – 1981
In 1979-80, a study was conducted at John C. Calhoun State Community College to demonstrate the need for financial aid services to evening nontraditional students. Data were collected on a random sample of 66 traditional and 47 nontraditional students who received Basic Educational Opportunity Grants during the 1979-80 school year with respect to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Day Students, Ethnic Groups
A Study to Evaluate the Evening Counseling Services at John C. Calhoun State Community College.
Ratcliffe, Carl J. – 1981
A study was conducted at John C. Calhoun State Community College to establish the effectiveness and continued need for full-time counseling services by examining the possible impact of counseling on enrollment, withdrawal, and graduation rates and on financial aid recipiency. The study involved: (1) a review of pertinent literature; (2)…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Counselors
An Analysis of Student Retention at Snead State Junior College.
Cooper, Elizabeth L. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted at Snead State Junior College (SSJC) of students who were enrolled at the college in fall 1989 or winter 1990 but did not return in the subsequent quarter. Of 661 students identified as nonreturning, 489 were surveyed by telephone to determine their reasons for not returning. Demographic data on these students were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Day Students, Dropout Characteristics