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Pace, C. Robert – 1979
Justification for a college education is presented in this study by measuring the outcome of college experience. Evidence includes nearly five decades of research on students' achievement both during and after college, and on the educational influence of colleges themselves, to show how college graduates benefit from their exposure to higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alumni, College Attendance, College Graduates
Cox, Roy, Ed. – 1979
The roles of cooperation and choice in higher education are discussed in papers compiled from the 1977 Annual Conference of the University Teaching Methods Unit of the University of London. Financial constraints, a movement away from narrow specialist courses, effectiveness of interdisciplinary courses, instructional innovations, and changes in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, College Students, Cooperative Programs
Hendrick, Larry – 1980
Recommendations and guidelines are presented for the educational diagnosis of students entering the Los Rios Community College District. The paper first underscores the need for a diagnostic process to help students assess their potential for academic success, and then recommends: (1) the assessment of past academic and work experience, basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
Building Linkages with the Rehabilitation Agency: Development and Implementation of a Model Program.
Porter, Margaret E.; Varty, James – 1980
In order to better serve a growing number of handicapped students, Macomb County Community College (MCCC) initiated a formalized program of cooperation with the Bureau of Rehabilitation, an agency of the Michigan Department of Education. The need for this program was initially revealed in a study of services to handicapped students which…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), College Faculty
Tillberg, Rebecca – 1980
Tables are provided, summarizing Fall 1979 enrollment and student characteristics data for the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). The report first presents a district-wide profile of enrollment in six categories: day/evening, male/female, full-/part-time, freshmen/sophomores, first-time/continuing, and age 21 or over. This profile…
Descriptors: Age, College Credits, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Stephenson, Mary J. – 1976
A study explored changing family patterns among married middle and upper middle class women students over thirty with family intact. Eighty-seven homemaker-students enrolled at the Universlty of Maryland, College Park campus, during the spring semester, 1975, responded to a written questionnaire regarding their family patterns of decision making…
Descriptors: Change, College Students, Decision Making, Family Involvement
Baker, John – 1980
In response to declines in enrollment and average daily attendance since 1975, Ohlone College conducted a study of student attrition which involved: (1) a telephone survey of the 2,593 students who enrolled in Fall 1979 and dropped out or withdrew from classes before the end of the quarter; (2) a mailed survey of the 15 members of the California…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Day Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Suelzle, Marijean; Bradley, Laura – 1978
Data are reported from a mail survey of a stratified sample of white and black undergraduate students at Northwestern University during winter 1977. The study deals with three areas in which socialization through education could be expected to differ by race and sex: self-esteem, academic involvement, and expectations about family and career. Two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Careers, College Students
Scott, Nancy A. – 1980
Research and descriptive studies conducted from 1966 to 1979 in the area of mature women returning to school are reviewed, and an annotated bibliography in this field is presented. Some important articles from the early sixties are also included. The following topics are considered: description of women returning to college, reasons for returning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies
Download full textSENECAL, ROBERT; SMITH, HARRY – 1967
IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 1967 MEETING OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION, A UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC EXPERTS ON COMMUNITY THEORY, REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AND FEDERAL ADMINISTRATORS DISCUSS ISSUES AND IDEAS AFFECTING THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN HELPING TO IMPROVE COMMUNITIES.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Behavior Change, Change Agents, College Students
Hall, Thomas L.; And Others – 1980
Major findings and trends relevant to school of public health applicants, students, and graduates during 1974-79 are summarized. These findings are placed within the context of a longer period that extends back to the early 1960s (in the case of graduates, to 1930) and forward to the year 2000. The limitations of the present data base on public…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission, College Applicants, College Graduates
Curry, Denis J.; Fischer, Norman M. – 1980
Comprehensive recommendations concerning tuition and fee policy for Washington public institutions of higher education are presented, based on 1981-83 rates calculated in compliance with statutory requirements. Under the new recommendations, the combined tuition and operating fees for resident undergraduate students at the University of Washington…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Economic Climate
Schulze, Joseph R. – 1970
New Hampshire high school students and Dartmouth College students who had participated in 4 OUTWARD BOUND courses in 1970 were interviewed (15 of the 59 high school participants and 14 of the 19 Dartmouth participants) and completed questionnaires. Additional information was drawn from discussions with OUTWARD BOUND staff members and with some of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adventure Education, College Students, Experiential Learning
McComas, James D. – 1980
Events and conditions over the last 20 years that have altered the course of higher education are briefly noted, and trends in higher education for the early eighties are examined. Among the past influences on higher education that illustrate the wisdom of planning for a realistic period of time, such as five years, are the following: the massive…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Planning, College Students, Declining Enrollment
Berry, Stan, Ed. – 1981
Guidelines for students from foreign countries who are considering entering a college or university in the United States and which will be useful to colleges and universities that have foreign applicants are presented. General information about postsecondary education in the United States and steps in the application process are addressed along…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants
