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Yang, Cheng Cheng; Ho, Hsuan-Fu; Chen, Shan-Hua – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
The rapid increase of tuition and the reduced financial support from government and families have forced many more students to take part-time jobs, however, different jobs might bear different benefits. The main purposes of this study were to identify the major benefits of part-time jobs or work-study experiences performed by college students, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Work Study Programs, Program Effectiveness
Lomen, Lynn D.; Standen, Robert S. – 1973
To determine whether students who indicated success on the job evaluated the overall Cooperative Education Program at Los Angeles Valley College differently from those students who did not indicate job success, data were collected from 249 students who had completed the program (41 percent female and 59 percent male). Questionnaires were answered…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Evaluation Methods
McNamara, Robert J. – 1967
This analysis of the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) In-School Enrollee was based on a probability sampling of all the nation's youths enrolled in the program. 3,618 were studied. A comparative group of 1,143 similar line poverty youngsters in the same schools, but not in the Neighborhood Youth Corps, were also analyzed in areas where parallelisms…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, High School Students
McNamara, Robert J. – 1968
Factors such as jobs, counseling, family backgrounds and relationships, adult associations, school personnel influence, and general poverty characteristics were analyzed within the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and comparative groups of youths. Focus was placed on how these elements influenced their adjustment to self and school. Although 84% of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs
Nelken, Ira; Gallo, Kathleen – 1978
Factors influencing migrant students in decisions to drop out or graduate from high school were determined in interviews with 24 dropouts and potential dropouts and 22 students who had graduated. Profiles were compiled on each group. Data were collected from twelfth grade migrant students in northern California. The main appeal of school to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts
Gomberg, Irene L.; Atelsek, Frank J. – 1979
The types and sources of financial assistance provided to undergraduate students by their institutions during 1976-77 were investigated as part of a survey conducted by the American Council on Education (ACE). A sample of 760 colleges and universities that comprise ACE's Higher Education Panel were asked to report the amounts and kinds of…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Family Income