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Ezell, Annette Schram – 1979
An Institutional Goals Inventory (IGI) is used to assess a health science subsystem within a Western statewide higher educational system. Institutional goals are defined as ideal conditions the institution can continuously seek to maximize or perfect. Data were collected from each college and campus responsible for health science education and for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Planning, College Role
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Direct linkGeiger, John F.; Millis, Keith K. – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
The present study examined the unique contributions of readers' goal and text structure on comprehension. In Experiment 1, participants read procedural and descriptive passages to perform the procedures, summarize the passages, or to answer questions. The perform goal showed highest comprehension, with no difference due to text type. In Experiment…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Higher Education, College Students
PDF pending restorationHouston Community Coll. System, TX. Office of Institutional Research. – 2002
GUST 0303, Orientation/College Study Skills, at the Houston Community College System (HCCS) (Texas), is designed to help students succeed in the college classroom. Students learn time management, goal setting techniques, listening and note taking skills, and strategies for studying and taking exams. This document offers a system-wide analysis of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Learning Strategies, Orientation
Download full textMajnerick, Troy G. – 2002
An evaluation was conducted of the Peer Referral Orientation Staff (PROS) program of Rowan University to determine the extent to which the program is meeting its desired goals and objectives and achieving the desired effects for the students it serves. PROS members are currently enrolled students who are trained to offer personal, social, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Induction, Orientation
Broadbent, William A. – 1972
The primary purpose of this study was to identify and profile attitudes and evaluative semantic differentials evidenced by young people in the six districts of Micronesia. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Eight attitudinal dimensions were measured: support of school and school related values, support of United States policy in…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Orientation
Broadbent, William A. – 1972
The primary purpose of this study was to identify and profile attitudes and evaluative semantic differentials evidenced by young people in the six districts of Micronesia. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Eight attitudinal dimensions were measured: support of school and school related values, support of United States policy in…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Orientation
San Diego Community Coll. District, CA. Research and Planning. – 2002
The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD), California, conducted a student satisfaction survey at three colleges during fall 2002. The survey instrument includes the following three parts: (1) Service Areas: students were asked to rate the levels of importance and satisfaction for 22 services; (2) Survey Themes: seventy-six statements were…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Ancillary School Services, College Students, Community Colleges
Lash, Andrea A.; Kirkpatrick, Sandra L. – 1990
A basic assumption about school enrollment is that classrooms are stable over the school year. Patterns of student mobility, teacher strategies for student orientation, teacher perceptions of mobile students, the effects of student mobility on principals' decision making, and the relationship between principals' decisions and student population…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attendance, Decision Making, Educational Mobility
