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Wang, Jing – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2009
This research introduced the concept of resilience into the study of adjustment of international graduate students at U.S. universities. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships among resilience characteristics, background variables, and adjustment problem areas, and to gauge the effects of resilience and background variables on…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Student Problems, Universities
Chen, Chun-Ying; Pedersen, Susan; Murphy, Karen L. – Research in Learning Technology, 2011
Many studies report information overload as one of the main problems that students encounter in online learning via computer-mediated communication. This study aimed to explore the sources of online students' information overload and offer suggestions for increasing students' cognitive resources for learning. Participants were 12 graduate students…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion
Wang, Jing – Online Submission, 2004
This research introduced resilience characteristics to study the adjustment of international graduate students at American universities. The purpose of the study was to explore relationships among resilience characteristics and background factors; among resilience characteristics and adjustment problem areas; and among adjustment problem areas and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Student Adjustment, Student Problems, Graduate Students
Orange Coast Junior Coll. District, Costa Mesa, CA. – 1969
The American Council on Education Freshman Information Form was administered to the 1,486 full time freshmen entering Orange Coast College in the Fall of 1968. Information included in this report includes: (1) the age and sex of respondents; (2) secondary school grades; (3) high school achievements; (4) plans for academic degrees; (5) probable…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Extracurricular Activities, Majors (Students), Questionnaires
Kutlu, Mustafa – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
The objective of this research is to find out the problems and expectations of the students in Inonu University (in Malatya, a city in east Turkey) concerning the orientation services. An additional objective is to ascertain whether students' expectations with regard to orientation services differ according to their sex, their place of origin, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Personnel Services, Student Problems, Expectation
Blanshan, Sue A.; And Others – 1984
Results of a survey to determine the needs of reentry students at Ohio State University are presented. Reentry students are defined as being 4 or more years older than their class-level peers. Questionnaire responses from 210 students are analyzed. Information is provided on the following student characteristics: sex and age, family background,…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Students, Enrollment Influences, Females
MacMillan, Thomas F. – 1970
This is the second report of the Northern California Cooperative Research Project (NORCAL) on student attrition. Part I summarizes the findings of the initial NORCAL report on attrition characteristics (see ED 031 240) and compares them with other community college samples. It also discusses the validation of a predictive model for identifying…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Characteristics, Followup Studies, Low Ability Students
McIntosh, Naomi E.; And Others – 1977
The present study is the first part of a longitudinal study following the progress of the first generation of Open University students through the university. It concentrates on the initial cohort of students, those entering in 1971. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect data, and covered in some detail the students' educational and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Tempel, Norman F. – 1967
This study, conducted in 12 institutions in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona, investigated the form and function of student government in college and university family housing areas; examined pertinent literature, legislative action, and litigation; sought problems common to students in family housing that could be…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Housing, College Students, Doctoral Dissertations
Crepeau, Mary – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) to determine the characteristics of and major problems confronting adult students with English as a second language (ESL). A questionnaire was distributed to the 105 CCRI students enrolled in ESL I, ESL II, and Paragraph Writing for ESL classes, requesting them to…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Day Students, English (Second Language)
Jackson, Edison O.; McMillan, Robert L. – 1976
In order to determine the extent of attrition at Essex County College, all students registered for the fall semester of 1975 who did not return for the winter semester were identified and were surveyed by mail (n=2,000) to ascertain their reasons for not returning. A total of 546 questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 27.3%. Analysis…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Followup Studies
Lucas, John A. – 1982
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to obtain a profile of degree students who withdrew from courses at the college between 1979 and 1982. Study findings, based on forms completed by 10,148 of the 29,410 students who withdrew from courses during this period, included the following: (1) 11.5% of all course enrollments…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Courses, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Dwinell, Patricia L. – 1980
Results of a survey conducted in 1980 by the Women's Opportunities Network of the University of Georgia are presented. The survey was designed to identify the character'; characteristics and needs of nontraditional women students and to help guide the development of programs and activities that would benefit this group. In addition to providing…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Educational Background, Educational Planning
Plotsky, Frances; Ohm, Susan – 1976
The office of Services for Returning Students (SRS) at the University of Texas (U.T.) at Austin conducted a follow-up study of men and women students who had visited the office from February 1969 to the end of 1971. The study ascertained the average interval between periods of formal education, the fulfillment of educational goals, and the use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Career Choice, Employment
Wetzel, Susan – 1977
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,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
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