Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" looks at students who returned to their original Achieving the Dream institution after completing credentials or transferring to another institution. Forty-two percent of students who either received a degree or certificate or transferred from an Achieving…

The results of this study support findings of other studies suggesting that it is possible to identify characteristics which differ between nonreturning and returning community college students. The variables, however, differ from study to study, thus making prediction of withdrawal based on several variables inaccurate and misleading. (Author)

ALTHOUGH THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF OVERLAP BETWEEN TRANSFER AND TERMINAL STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, THE TRANSFER STUDENT GENERALLY COMES FROM A HIGHER SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL, SCORES HIGHER ON COLLEGE ENTRANCE TESTS, COMES FROM AN ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL BACKGROUND, IS MORE UPWARDLY MOBILE, AND PLACES GREATER EMPHASIS ON PRESTIGE IN SELECTING A CAREER. BOTH…

Using the data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" is the second of a two-part series investigating the characteristics of late stop-outs--students who accumulate at least 30 credits within the first two years, only to stop out without completing credentials or transferring. The data show that male…

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…

This paper reports on an examination of the differences between and among community college students enrolled in transfer and occupational programs. Data were gathered from a sample of 924 full-time freshman and sophomore students enrolled in transfer and occupational programs in three Iowa community colleges in the spring of 1968. Seventy-nine…

THE STAFF OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING PROGRAM DEVELOPED QUESTIONNAIRES, CHECKLISTS AND PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO EXPRESS IN QUANTITATIVE TERMS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGES THEY ATTEND. SINCE CORRELATIONS AMONG STUDENT AND COLLEGE CHARACTERISTICS WERE LOW TO MODERATE, ONLY VERY BROAD CONCLUSIONS COULD BE DRAWN. TWO-YEAR…

IN 1966-67, AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING PROGRAM SCORES EARNED BY 67 GLENDALE COLLEGE (ARIZONA) TECHNICAL STUDENTS WERE COMPARED WITH SCORES OF THE COLLEGE'S POPULATION AS A WHOLE, NUMBERING 693 STUDENTS. THE SCORES OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS TENDED TO BE LOWER IN ENGLISH AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, ABOUT THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN NATURAL…

THE "OPEN DOOR" OR UNRESTRICTED ADMISSION POLICY OF MOST JUNIOR COLLEGES IS TOO FREQUENTLY EXTENDED TO THE BELIEF THAT THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE UNRESTRICTED CHOICE OF PROGRAM. THUS STUDENTS OFTEN ENROLL IN PROGRAMS AND WORK TOWARD EDUCATIONAL GOALS FOR WHICH THEY ARE UNQUALIFIED. THE "SALVAGE" FUNCTION OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DEMANDS SELECTIVE…

In fall 1984-85, a study of high school seniors in Alaska was conducted to determine the students' opinions of their high school experience, their need for additional assistance in selected academic and career planning areas, and to obtain general demographic data and information on students' plans after graduation. A 16-item questionnaire was…

A random sample of 250 Hutchinson Community Junior College (Kansas) students was chosen by using the pseudorandom number generator supplied by an IBM program. Composite American College Testing Program (ACT) scores were determined for these students, and a questionnaire was administered to determine the factors affecting the students' college…

In spring 1975, students attending evening classes only comprised 17 percent of the total enrollment of the community colleges of Hawaii; day-only students comprised 71 percent, and students attending both day and evening classes comprised 12 percent. In all three groups, the majority are male liberal arts majors who were on campus last semester…

This study was conducted to facilitate future statewide decision-making by obtaining data on all students, both full-time and part-time, who had enrolled in Virginia Community College System occupational-technical programs at any time from fall 1966 through fall 1969. Graduates and non-graduates, as well as those who changed to or from…

This document contains a design for creating an educational data bank of pupil personnel information. The specific information that should be collected and maintained in such an updatable data bank is described in detail. The document provides instructions on interpretation of this data for (1) predicting approximate percentages of students who…

TO DETERMINE WHETHER GRADUATES HAD BEGUN TO REALIZE THEIR ASPIRATIONS AND TO ASSESS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHICAGO CITY COLLEGE (CCC) TO THEIR PRESENT STATUS, DATA FROM A 55 PERCENT RESPONSE TO A QUESTIONNAIRE 15 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION WERE COMPARED WITH A STUDY CONDUCTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION. THE INVENTORY IDENTIFIES THOSE GRADUATES…