A survey of students taking University of London extramural courses was conducted to (1) gain demographic information about students and find why they attend the courses and (2) find out how students heard about the classes, thereby assessing the effectiveness of the departmental prospectus. (CT)

The results of the study led the author to conclude that those students who have had day and evening collegiate experiences do not perceive a need for a specifically designed curriculum for evening students. (Author)

To identify characteristics of Tallahassee Community College evening students and to ascertain their attitudes toward and perceptions of counseling services, questionnaires were administered to 16 evening classes. A total of 276 valid questionnaires were obtained. The results of analysis of the questionnaire data showed that TCC evening students…

The primary purpose of this practicum was to investigate, identify, record, recommend, and test resolutions to the problem of educational/community resistance to alternative education in general and, more specifically, to identify and resolve as many of the educational/community resistance phenomena and facts as surround Nova High School. Problem…

This study identified the characteristics of Virginia students involved in State-supported continuing education programs in two and four year higher education institutions. The sample consisted of 40,406 part-time students enrolled in on campus and off campus courses offered for credit, and in non-credit courses. Data were collected through a…

A survey questionnaire was designed and distributed to students in 38 community college evening classes in order to determine student characteristics and evaluate student satisfaction. The sample of 463 students had the following characteristics: 56% were male; the average age was 28; 75% were taking only evening classes; 54% were married, 13%…

Since 1970, the developmental mathematics program at the Metropolitan Campus of Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) has consisted of three courses of individualized instruction. A pretest is given to determine proper course placement and all modular units are accompanied by regular lectures. This practicum was designed to determine the attitudes,…

To examine reasons for a 3-year decline in enrollment in evening courses at North Arkansas Community/Technical College, a project was undertaken to examine evening students' opinions of scheduling and evening program services at the college. A review of the literature on evening programs and methods to assess student opinions was conducted, and a…

A survey of 600 adult (25 or older) students in randomly selected continuing education (evening), credit courses at six New York State two-year colleges was conducted during Spring, 1979, to determine adult students' satisfaction with their college experience. The survey instrument included 10 demographic items and 66 scale items designed to…