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…

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…

Since 1966 the Department of Business and Office Administration at the Jefferson Davis (JD) Campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College has conducted follow-up studies of all students who were enrolled in any of its courses. Between 1966 and 1970, studies of each student group were conducted at one- and two-year intervals; since 197l,…

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…

THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS OF AVERAGE ABILITY WHO ENROLLED AS FRESHMEN IN A CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGE DURING AN 11-YEAR PERIOD. THE SUBJECTS WERE THOSE WHO (1) SCORED IN THE MIDDLE 20 PERCENT OF NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE NORMS ON A COLLEGE APTITUDE TEST AND (2) EARNED IQ SCORES FROM 90 TO 110 ON…

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…

Community college faculty and administrators from seven states joined in a dialogue on liberal education in the community college in order to identify problems, define terms, and to suggest solutions to further the development of liberal education in the community college. The discussion focused on four issues: education for practical wisdom…

Because of the very early closure of certain courses, a questionnaire was developed and administered to all evening college students registering during a pre-determined period in order to identify enrollment patterns. Another questionnaire was administered following the first census week to students in a 10 percent randomly selected sample of…

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 order to evaluate long-term benefits to students, William Rainey Harper College conducted five- and three-year followup studies of all 1970 and 1972 alumni. The population was defined as students who had accumulated 48 or more credit hours or had received a degree. In all, 385 1970 alumni, and 1,154 1972 alumni were surveyed by mail or…

This study was designed to determine the degree to which English I, Political Science I, Mathematics 20, and Spanish I were perceived by Los Angeles Valley College graduates to have contributed to their acquisition of practical skills. A questionnaire listing 21 job-related skills (determined through employer and supervisor interviews) was sent to…

This document presents a comprehensive statistical picture of public postsecondary two-year institutions in Iowa. The bulk of the document consists of extensive tables of data obtained from records of the Area Schools Division, Iowa State Department of Public Instruction, but brief narratives and charts are included as well. Many of the 16 area…