Graduates of associate degree (AD) nursing programs form the largest segment of first-time National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®) test takers, yet also experience the highest rate of NCLEX-RN® failures. NCLEX-RN® failure delays entry into the profession, adding an emotional and financial toll to the unsuccessful…

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN DAY SECTIONS OF SIX JUNIOR COLLEGE COURSES WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF STUDENTS IN PARALLEL EVENING SECTIONS OF THE SAME COURSES. IN A SECOND PHASE OF THE STUDY, THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF STUDENTS AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD. ACHIEVEMENT GAINS WERE MEASURED BY COMPARISON OF…

The Chicano Studies (CS) Program at Cerritos College (California) is administratively recognized but instructionally dependent, with courses offered through four of the college's Divisions. Pressure has been brought to bear by the Citizens' Resource Committee to grant the program administrative autonomy, a separate instructional budget, and a…

Fall 1974 enrollment in the Los Angeles Community Colleges reached an historical high of 124,839--a 14.6% increase over the previous fall. Enrollment increases were greater among day students (17.6 percent) than evening students (10.9 percent), reversing the pattern of last year. Female enrollment increased more sharply than male enrollment and…

Los Angeles Community College District projects an enrollment of 144,030 by 1979, an increase of 16.5 percent over the fall 1974 figure of 123,662. A 20.4 percent increase in evening enrollment is anticipated, compared to a 13.7 percent growth in day enrollment. Associated with expansion of the evening program are projected increases in the…

Instructional, administrative, and support services for adult evening education in Massachusetts community colleges are totally supported by tuition paid by enrolled students. On the other hand, day divisions of these colleges are supported by taxation and paid for by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thus, an adult evening division student pays…

An analysis of enrollment trends for Los Angeles City College (LACC) from 1960 to 1977 produced the following observations: (1) day enrollment rose an average of 4% yearly from 1962 to 1974 to a high of almost 24,000, dropping slightly thereafter; (2) evening enrollment has fluctuated without a clear direction; (3) male day enrollment has dropped…

As part of an effort to investigate the impact of the increasing predominance of part-time, adult, community college students on the management and organizatlon of the continuing education function, a survey of the 106 California community colleges was conducted in Spring 1979 to determine how many had merged the administration of the day college…

The 1972 annual report of the Greater Miami Council for the Continuing Education of Women (CCEW) is presented. The CCEW, in operation for two years and now a part of Miami-Dade Junior College, offers programs encouraging women to continue their education and serves as an information and referral center to educational resources in academic, career…

Data on students at Ohio's state two- and four-year colleges are presented for 1984, based on the Ohio Board of Regents Uniform Information System. For each campus, student enrollments by major field of study and student level are presented. Another section shows the number of students carrying various credit-hour loads by field of study for each…

This bulletin presents statistics of state school systems in 1937-38. For the most part statistics presented in this chapter relate to public elementary and secondary schools in 48 States, the District of Columbia, and the outlying parts of the United States. Such data were submitted by States for nonpublic schools are incorporated in separate…