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Jonadoss, Nirmala; Lucas, John A. – 1986
An evaluation was conducted of the tutoring services offered at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) using three types of data. First, from the total number of students who used the services, 132 students from fall 1981 and 138 students from fall 1985 were randomly surveyed. Second, Tutoring Center evaluation forms completed by student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Majors (Students), Participant Satisfaction
South Oklahoma City Junior Coll., OK. – 1978
Reports of two studies conducted at South Oklahoma City Junior College are presented. In the first study, a questionnaire was used to evaluate the new on-line enrollment process from the student's point of view. Eighty-eight of a sample of 221 students who enrolled during March 1978 responded; 51 were returning students, while 37 were new. When…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Institutional Research, Online Systems
Peer reviewedKurnit, Jeffrey – Community Review, 1992
Argues that tutoring programs are essential adjuncts to community college writing programs. Suggests ways that writing labs might combat the economic problems they face by combining personal tutoring with computers, limiting the skills the lab proposes to handle, and using professional staff to teach workshops. Stresses the importance of tutor…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, English (Second Language), Financial Problems
Peer reviewedMaxwell, Martha – Journal of Developmental Education, 1991
Reviews factors affecting the tutoring process, including students' expectations of tutors; equitable tutor-tutee relations; and tutor gender. Considers ways tutoring can capitalize on peer relationships and reasons that students earn higher grades with a same-sex tutor. Suggests that tutor training address cultural sex stereotypes, ethnic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Ethnicity, Literature Reviews, Minority Groups
Download full textSheets, Rick A. – 1994
This study examines the impact of tutor training on the efficacy of adult peer tutors in colleges and universities. The author argues that many institutions hire tutors based on their GPAs, and do not train them to be tutors. For the college programs that do provide training, little research exists which identifies what topics should be included,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Individual Instruction
PDF pending restorationGold, Ben K. – 1980
In order to gather opinions and data about the impact of Los Angeles City College's tutorial program, a two-part study was conducted in Spring 1979. Initially, the academic records of 477 students who had received tutoring in Spring 1979 were examined and compared with overall campus performance averages in the following areas: class(es) for which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Community Colleges, Departments
