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Download full textHouston Independent School District, 2017
There are approximately 68,000 students in Houston Independent School District labeled as "English language learners" (ELLs). Many of these students have the additional obstacle of being recent immigrants who have been in the United States for three years or less. In recent years, the number of immigrant ELLs in the district has…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English Language Learners, Acculturation, Student Needs
Humphries, Jennifer, Ed.; Knight-Grofe, Janine, Ed.; Klabunde, Niels, Ed. – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2009
The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) regularly evaluates the experience of international students in Canada through a benchmarking survey. Canada First 2009 represents the fourth time CBIE has conducted this research. Previous editions appeared in 1988, 1999 and 2004. This year's survey used a revised questionnaire similar to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Benchmarking, Student Experience
Sierra Community Coll. District, Rocklin, CA. Office of Research and Institutional Planning. – 1991
Matriculation legislation, instituted in California in 1986, intended to develop a program of services to guarantee equitable access and success to all students who enroll in community colleges. In an effort to evaluate the success of its matriculation efforts, Sierra Community College (California) conducted a survey of 1,044 students in 1990. The…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for private four-year colleges that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Private Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument. (Contains 15…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for community colleges with twenty percent or more Black students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 "What Works in Student Retention survey." The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. The following are appended: (1) Data for Two-Year Community Colleges with greater than or equal…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for community colleges with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Community Colleges with greater than or equal to 20% Hispanic…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for four year colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Black students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four Year Colleges and Universities with greater…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four-Year Colleges/Universities with greater than or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Enrollment Trends
Obong, Edet E. – 1997
This study of nonacademic services provided to international and noninternational college and university students had three purposes: (1) exploration of differences that might exist between the nonacademic social service needs of international (non-native born) and noninternational (native born) students; (2) identification of a mean level of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Attitude Measures, College Environment, College Housing
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for public four-year colleges and universities that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
Habley, Wesley R.; McClanahan, Randy – ACT, Inc., 2004
This report reflects ACT's three-decade commitment to assist colleges and universities to better understand the impact of campus practices on college student retention and degree completion. This report focuses only on the data provided by four-year public colleges. (Contains 14 tables.) [For the main report, "What Works in Student Retention? All…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Academic Persistence
Habley, Wesley R.; McClanahan, Randy – ACT, Inc., 2004
This report reflects ACT's three-decade commitment to assist colleges and universities to better understand the impact of campus practices on college student retention and degree completion. This report focuses only on the data provided by four-year private colleges, and contains the following sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Executive Summary; (3)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Academic Persistence
