The pre-university course established at the Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi (UPEC) after the disappearance of the Sistema Nacional de Nivelación y Admisión (National Equalization and Admissions System, known by its Spanish acronym as the SNNA) posed new challenges for the organizational and academic structure of this university. To…

This study provides one of the first causal estimates of the impact of housing on academic outcomes. While college students are too often dismissed as a privileged and healthy part of the population, researchers increasingly observe housing insecurity among college students. This problem worsened during the pandemic, underscoring the link between…

Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are used to reduce poverty while incentivizing investments in children. Targeting CCTs to certain groups of children can improve efficiency, but positive effects on eligible children may be offset by reductions in investments for ineligible siblings. Using data from Nicaragua, we estimate program effects on…

The Vermont Regional Community College Commission was established to oversee the pre-planning phase of the OEO grant to establish a community college demonstration model. The VRCCC developed a demonstration model of the community college system through 3 regional sites responsible for developing community college operations in Vermont communities.…

A guide for colleges concerning institutional financial aid services for adults is presented. Results of national surveys on participation in adult education are provided to help institutions design programs for adults. Nine characteristics of adult students are described, along with implications for policies and procedures of the financial aid…

In spring 1991, in-class surveys were completed by 1,495 students enrolled in a random sample of courses at the Santa Ana and Orange campuses of Rancho Santiago College (RSC) to determine their attitudes about RSC and its programs and services. Study results included the following: (1) most respondents were "satisfied" or "very…

This document contains two reports on students in electronics courses at Kalamazoo Valley Community College; the first provides student characteristics data as well as students' perceptions of the courses, and the second presents secondary data gathered from various internal college sources. In the first study, 96 students (46.4% of those…

In fall 1990, a sample of continuing students in upper-division courses at Midlands Technical College (MTC) was surveyed to gather information about students' demographic characteristics; employment status; evaluation of MTC's marketing materials; source of income for education; reasons for selecting MTC; evaluation of class scheduling; and…

The New Hampshire Vocational Program Evaluation System (VPES) is designed to: (1) provide program improvement information; (2) provide information on local program effectiveness to aid in designing improvements; and (3) aid in complying with 1976 federal vocational education legislation. The evaluation system is divided into two components:…

In order to determine (1) characteristics of non-returning students, (2) reasons for attrition, and (3) student evaluation of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), questionnaires were mailed to all full and part-time students who attended the winter 1976 term but who did not register for the fall 1976 term. Drawn from 405 responses,…

Students at the Sunnyvale Center of De Anza College, a satellite outreach facility offering learning, tutorial, and bilingual centers as well as other programs and classes, were surveyed in fall 1977 and fall 1978 regarding age, sex, race, employment, educational background, transportation, attendance at De Anza College, residence, use of student…

A survey of 7% of all students attending classes in the Los Angeles Community College District during Fall, 1978, was conducted to determine educational and career goals and interests, levels of college preparation, commuting patterns, employment while attending college, personal or parental income, attitudes toward tuition, marital status,…

Evaluation methods for master's degree programs should be substantially different from those currently used for doctoral degree programs. Three current methods, that of Beverley Hurlbert, that of Jack Gourman, and that using departmental reputations as the major criterion, are insufficient. Elements that should be included in the evaluation are…

As a means of evaluating its nursing curriculum, the Los Angeles Community College District conducted a follow-up survey of 111 nursing graduates: 33 White graduates of Los Angeles Pierce College; 17 Black graduates of Los Angeles Southwest College; 27 Hispanic graduates of East Los Angeles College; 19 Asian/Pacific Islander graduates of Los…

Three commonly used methodologies for ranking undergraduate and graduate colleges and programs are compared and evaluated. The first is that of Jack Gourman. It uses a scoring system similar to that of the College Board Examinations with scores from 200 to 800, assigned in two areas: one for the strength of academic departments, and one for…