This document identifies characteristics of war veterans enrolled at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point campus. Data obtained from enrollments, geographic origins, age, marital status, class, teaching intent, high school rank, ACT (American College Testing) scores, and college of study. Characteristics of the veterans suggest most came…

The educational leave program at the University of California, Davis, known as PELP (Planned Educational Leave Program) is examined and a comprehensive profile of students who request educational leave is given. Educational leave is described as an attempt to accommodate students who require time away from school to either gain experience in a…

This is the eighth annual report of national normative data on characteristics of students entering college as first-time, fulltime freshmen. Data are based on responses from 189,733 freshmen entering 360 institutions to the Student Information Form (SIF), the survey instrument. The SIF is designed to elicit a wide range of biographic and…

Data on freshmen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are presented and compared to data of comparable institutions as part of the research of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP). The study deals with the class of 1980 (enrolled, fall 1976) and the class of 1981 (enrolled, fall 1977). The two classes of entering…

This statistical summary describes learners enrolled in the first three offerings of the State University of Nebraska (SUN), with the data broken down on the third offering only. SUN, a project of the University of Nebraska, is a nontraditional, open learning program designed to extend postsecondary educational opportunities to persons who find it…

The State University of New York College of Arts and Science at Geneseo administered the American Council on Education Student Information Form to the freshman class during the fall 1972. Data is provided concerning personal and family background, high school backgrounds, educational and vocational plans, and attitudes of both 3- and 4-year…

The University of New South Wales defers enrollment for a year for students who request a deferment. Information about these students, the results of studies by the University's Tertiary Education Research Centre, is presented and includes data on students who do not enroll after the deferment and students who do enroll and their academic…

The policy on good academic standing was implemented in 1976. As a result, it was found that an estimated 1,700 students were not in good standing. These students were notified of their status and allowed, on a one-time basis, to either drop their incomplete credits or obtain extraordinary registration permission to continue work toward their…

A survey of alcohol consumption was conducted in the summer of 1977 during the freshman orientation at East Carolina University. The survey population consisted of incoming freshman and the survey instrument was a multiple-choice questionnaire in two parts. The first part requested background information about the incoming students. The second…

A study was designed to monitor the progress of students entering the university for the first time in January 1977. Both undergraduate and graduate students are included. The present report provides information gathered from the students upon entry, including demographic data and statements of student goals and expectations. The results are both…

Factors important to assessing community college enrollment trends and the future implications of these trends are discussed. Changes in college student characteristics included an increased percentage of women and part-time students, increased student age, and more vocational programs. Colleges must monitor their enrollments using existing…

Information about the characteristics of black undergraduate students at the University of Maryland was obtained from the 1968 University Student Census, an activities and attitude inventory administered to all undergraduates registering for nine credit hours or more. The 366 respondents represent a majority (67 percent) of the black undergraduate…

A survey of 1,697 students enrolled at Grand Valley State Colleges (GVSC) in off-campus courses and on-campus evening courses during Winter of 1976 was conducted to obtain information about the students taking these courses. The results of the survey are broken out and reported under the location in which the course was taken - Grand Rapids…

The attributes of 1973-74 graduates (such as age, sex, and attendance pattern) from Grand Valley State Colleges (GVSC) is examined. It was found that: the proportion of males versus females graduating appeared to be the same as the proportion of males and females in the total student enrollment except at William James College; less than half of…

Students holding diametrically opposed opinions about the quality of instruction at the University were compared on a number of other attitude variables. A comparison was made of 2,310 students choosing item 2B and 1,625 students choosing item 3B on the 1969 University Student Census, an attitude and activities inventory given annually to all…