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Download full textVORHIES, RALPH M. – 1964
INFORMATION FOR THIS STUDY WAS OBTAINED FROM A SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES OFFERING AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FOR THE TERMINAL STUDENT, AND FROM FORMER STUDENTS. EXAMINATION OF THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF COURSES OFFERED, STUDENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, AND EMPLOYMENT RECORDS OF FORMER STUDENTS INDICATES THAT 1) AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION HAS BEEN…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Student Characteristics, Technical Education, Terminal Education
Matteson, Richard Vance – 1966
This study examined the kind of employment taken by male junior college graduates and related it to their college training, whether regular lower division (transfer) or vocational (terminal). A questionnaire was sent to 369 alumni of three California junior colleges three years after graduation; 276 of them responded. A year later, 28 of those who…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Counseling Services, Followup Studies, Questionnaires
LANDIS, WILLIAM HARPER – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY, A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION, WAS TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE OF SUCCESS SHOWN ON THE MATHEMATICS SECTION OF EMPLOYER'S SCREENING TESTS BETWEEN MATCHED GROUPS OF TERMINAL SECONDARY STUDENTS WHO VARIED IN HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS EXPERIENCE. A SAMPLE OF 45 EMPLOYERS, REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Employers, High School Students
ELMGREN, G. THEODORE, JR.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AS A RESULT OF CRITICISM BY AN ACCREDITATION TEAM, EL CAMINO COLLEGE DISCONTINUED ITS PRACTICE OF ALLOWING DEGREE CREDIT FOR ENGLISH A (A MAKE-UP COURSE) AND REQUIRED THAT ALL EXCEPT BUSINESS MAJORS HAVE ENGLISH 1A PROFICIENCY. PLANS WERE THEN BEGUN TO DEVELOP AN INTERMEDIATE, NON-TRANSFER COURSE THAT WOULD SATISFY THE AA DEGREE REQUIREMENTS BUT…
Descriptors: Business English, English Curriculum, English Education, English Instruction
Fitch, Robert J. – 1969
This research paper investigates whether or not students placed on academic probation react appropriately to Burton R. Clark's "cooling out" process--a process designed to encourage students to match their levels of aspiration with their abilities and interests--by changing to an alternate major. Using a sample of 1000 Cerritos College…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Counseling Effectiveness, Institutional Research, Majors (Students)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1980
In response to a request from the California state legislature, a plan is proposed for obtaining information on the number of community college students eligible to transfer to the University of California and the California State University; the characteristics of those students who do and do not transfer; and the persistence and performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
This report summarizes the progress made between 1980 and 1981 in the implementation of a plan to gather a variety of information about community college transfer students in California. After background on the adoption of the plan is provided, its underlying assumptions and objectives are outlined. Next, progress made in ascertaining the number…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
