This investigation was conducted to identify trends in evening enrollment patterns among the California community colleges outside the Los Angeles District, and to identify causes for those trends. Seventy-four college presidents (87% of those contacted) responded to the questionnaire. Enrollment statistics are presented by year from 1966 to 1971…

Because of the very early closure of certain courses, a questionnaire was developed and administered to all evening college students registering during a pre-determined period in order to identify enrollment patterns. Another questionnaire was administered following the first census week to students in a 10 percent randomly selected sample of…

Designed to help secondary school districts plan continuing education activities and to define possible areas of program coordination between districts, this 1970 inventory of continuing education activities represents responses from 353 (59.6%) of the secondary school districts in Pennsylvania. It indicates the number of courses (a total of 503)…

TO DISCOVER TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR MATURE WOMEN OFFERED BY UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DIVISIONS AND EVENING COLLEGES, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 216 INSTITUTIONS (157 RESPONDED) AND AN INTERVIEW SCHEDULE WAS USED IN PERSONAL VISITS TO FIVE INSTITUTIONS. OF THE 157 SCHOOLS, 93 SCHEDULED PROGRAMS FOR ADULT WOMEN RANGING FROM…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE REASONS FOR THE GREAT STUDENT TURNOVER IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT EVANSVILLE COLLEGE AND TO SEEK WAYS TO REDUCE IT. FOUR GROUPS WERE SELECTED FROM STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE DURING THE 1960-61 SCHOOL YEAR--(1) THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN AFTER A TERM, (2) THOSE WHO WITHDREW DURING A TERM, (3) THOSE IN…

A request was made to prepare a bulletin setting forth as clearly as possible the duties and responsibilities of school boards of small cities and towns, their methods of work, and such other matters as would be helpful to such boards in the successful performance of their important duties. In response to this request, the study presented in this…

This report concerns itself with the growth and progress of "general" university extension for the biennial period 1922-1924. By general university extension is meant extension activities of universities and colleges in the fields not covered by agricultural and home economics extension under the Federal subsidy acts through the Federal land-grant…

For the purpose of this report, adult education is assumed to have the following characteristics: (1) It is carried on voluntarily and during the leisure time of a mature individual; and (2) The study is seriously undertaken and is pursued under guidance. During the past biennium there has been much activity in the field of adult education. The…