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Download full textSuslow, Sidney; Pieper, W. C., Jr. – 1969
When the University of California at Berkeley initiated year-round operation in the summer of 1967, the prevailing question concerned whether such a system would work. Midway through the summer term of the following year, a mail survey of 2,100 students --a 25% sample of those enrolled in the 1968 Summer Quarter-- was conducted to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Goal Orientation, Higher Education
Tan, Norma – 1984
This report evaluates the 1984 Search for Elevation, Education & Knowledge (SEEK) prefreshman summer program at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), and describes its curriculum, staffing, recruitment of students, and objectives. Ninety-four students were enrolled: 73.4% were 18 or 19 years old; 73.0% were women; 90.4% were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFjortoft, Nancy; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1993
A supplemental instruction program for first-year doctoral pharmacy students (n=136), providing review and study skills assistance, was evaluated using attendance patterns, student characteristics, and final grades. Regular attendance was significantly, positively related to final grade for minority students only. Students perceived any attendance…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Higher Education, Minority Groups
Baecher, Richard E.; And Others – 1989
The first 2 years (1986-1988) of the implementation of Fordham University's Stay-In-School Partnership Project (SSPP), a dropout program for urban high-risk children, are described. The long-term goal of the partnership between Fordham's Graduate Schools of Education and Social Science and New York City School District No. 4, a school district…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention
Gillam, Barbara – Australian Universities' Review, 1989
Characteristics of the American university are examined as they are relevant to the concerns of Australian higher education. Aspects discussed include diversity of institutions, methods of governance, tenure and academic freedom, external peer review of programs and projects, research funding, and curriculum design and patterns of attendance. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Organization, Attendance Patterns, College Faculty
Peer reviewedTichenor, Richard; Cosgrove, John J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
Community colleges need to adopt a broad conceptual definition of a continuing student in the design and evaluation of their retention strategies, recognizing nondegree goals as legitimate educational achievements and intermittent but persistent attendance as a valid method of pursuing educational goals. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, College Students, Community Colleges
