System-wide data on student retention and attrition prepared by the Central Staff Office of Institutional Research for the State University of New York is presented, with minimal narrative. Attrition/retention information is reported as of the fall 1978 semester on: (a) five cohorts of first-time, full-time students in baccalaureate programs; (b)…

The laws, regulations, and rulings that are common to all cooperative education programs and that frequently present problems to coordinators, faculty, administrators, and employers are briefly explained. The objective is to provide coordinators of cooperative programs in education, business, industry, and government with a discussion of the…

Drawing upon a study conducted at a large, urban community college district, this report assesses the academic skill levels and persistence of liberal arts students. After introductory material noting the declining skill levels of entering college students, the report describes the study, which involved Fall 1980 surveys of instructors and…

As part of a telephone survey conducted by the Coast Community College (CCC) during 1980, area residents were asked to indicate whether they had attended or were interested in attending five CCC community service activities: sports events, concerts, plays, art exhibits, and lectures. In addition, a statistical analysis was conducted to determine…

A process theory of coping developed largely by Robert F. Peck (one of the authors), a sentence completion instrument, and data concerning the manner in which college women cope are considered. Peck proposes that a person going through optimal coping confronts the problem, attempts one or several types of activities in order to resolve the…

Coeducation at the U.S. Military Academy from June 1977 to April 1978 is analyzed. Summaries of individual research projects conducted to understand and evaluate specific aspects of coeducation are included. An open-systems model served as a conceptual guide for the study. The following areas were explored: individual adjustment, attitudes, social…

Student activities relating to the "Vietnam Moratorium" during the month of November, 1969, at the University of Maryland were assessed using observer ratings and descriptions and a pre-post questionnaire. The observational procedure included: an adaptation of Bales Interaction Process Analysis; estimates of crowd size, participation,…

A random sample of 152 faculty (76% return rate) at the University of Maryland, College Park completed a version of the Situational Attitude Scale - Commuter, which assessed their differential attitudes toward commuting versus resident students in a situational context. Data were analyzed by t-tests at the .05 level, and only 7 of 60 items were…

Since the administrative evaluation of faculty at the University of New Haven has been hampered by the faculty's distrust of student input, this study aimed to improve the faculty's confidence in student evaluations of instruction. A student evaluation of instructors was statistically compared to grades issued by the instructors, and to class…

To understand patterns of student enrollment, particularly with regard to student attrition, Mercer County Community College developed a computerized information tracking system which monitors enrollment for each semester's entering class, both full- and part-time, for a period of six semesters. This report details enrollment patterns for fall…

An evaluation was made of the Flexible Laboratory Instruction Program II, a New York State project for the development and utilization of audiovisual modules to assist Spanish-speaking students in their basic accounting courses at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York. A description of the program and evaluation activities and…

Literature from the late nineteenth century and a case study of Cornell University between 1870 and 1900 are discussed in relation to higher education of women to explore how contemporary theorists and academic administrators dealt with the issues. Theoretical definitions of "equal" opportunities for women in academe shifted from…

Data on the academic performance of Washington State community college (CC) and four-year college transfers entering the University of Washington (UW) autumn quarters, 1973 to 1976, were studied. Students having attended more than one collegiate institution were eliminated, leaving samples of approximately 1,000 transfers for each quarter.…

The three-stage model of instruction developed at Purdue University--which has been applied successfully in graduate and undergraduate college courses, workshops, and high school courses--is discussed. The system depends heavily on printed instructional material to guide student efforts. The model provides an approach for teaching basic subject…

In order to determine whether awarding state and federal financial aid to students had a positive effect on student persistence, grade point averages (GPA) and chances of graduating, this study was conducted at North Greenville College (South Carolina). The 252 first-time, full-time freshmen who entered the college in fall 1975 were divided into…