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Erfer, Bruce H. – 1978
During the academic year 1977-78 a questionnaire was mailed to 937 University of California at San Diego (UCSD) alumni who graduated in 1975-76; responses were received from 35 percent. There is no profile of the typical alumnus, but certain types of groups act more favorably toward UCSD than others. Students entering as freshmen were more likely…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alumni, Career Awareness, Career Choice
Download full textHoyt, Donald P.; Reed, Jeffrey G. – 1977
The relationship between salary increases and student ratings of teaching effectiveness was studied using a sample of 266 faculty members at Kansas State University. Three measures of teaching effectiveness (student progress in meeting relevant course objectives, liking the instructor, and appreciation of the field of study) and two salary…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Correlation, Departments
Lucas, John A. – 1978
Random samples of 405 traditional credit students at Harper College (3.2% of the student population) and 199 continuing education (CED) students (2.5% of total CED population) were surveyed by mail to provide a fall 1977 student profile. Response rates of 86% for traditional credit and 76% for CED students were obtained. Automated student data and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adult Students, Age
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1978
The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 is summarized, and issues concerning the adult woman and older students on campus are discussed. The act will be helpful in eliminating some of the inequities older women (and men) may face in educational institutions. The act does not define "age" to limit coverage; it simply prohibits discrimination…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age, Age Discrimination, Ancillary School Services
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1978
The contents of this newsletter concern affirmative action and employment, education of women, women's studies, Title IX; medicine, sports, and international news. The following news items are included: increased part-time careers in academe, the status of women faculty in academe, new decisions on sex discrimination, HEW investigations of major…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, College Students, Court Litigation
Axelrod, Nancy R. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
Guidelines are given for new governing board trustees to prepare themselves for their responsibilities. Briefly outlined are the trustee's 10 major responsibilities: selection, nurture, and termination of the president; financial support and management; maintenance and expansion of the physical plant; public relations; clarification of purpose;…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, Check Lists, College Administration
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The ten titles deal with the following topics: passage integrity and type of instruction in prose learning; college student self-concept and reading gain in two instructional methods; the consequences for adults of childhood…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, College Students
Chicago City Colleges, IL. Kennedy-King Coll. – 1979
In response to some of the problems identified in the areas of enrollment and retention at Chicago City Colleges, the Student Government Association (SGA) of Kennedy-King Community College (K-KCC) made several suggestions to alleviate these problems, especially as they existed at K-KCC. The first issue perceived by the SGA related to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Wise, Steven L.; And Others – 1980
The usefulness of alumni ratings in assessing departmental quality was investigated at the University of Illinois by a survey one year after graduation, in 1977. Groups of 4,573 enrolled students and one year later, 1,228 alumni from 22 departments responded to 11 satisfaction items concerning instructional, curricular, advising, and functional…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Guidance, College Students, Cost Effectiveness
Harren, Vincent A. – 1979
A study of 1,500 college students was conducted to determine the effect of sex role attitude and cognitive style on the career decision-making of college men and women. An overlapping longitudinal design (which allowed the study of undergraduates at one-year intervals), selected personal interviews, and five measures of sex-role attitude,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Cognitive Style, College Students
Sachs, Steven Mark – 1980
A telephone survey of 1,080 students enrolled in East Los Angeles College (ELAC) during the Fall 1977 semester, but not subsequently enrolled in the Spring 1978 semester, was conducted to determine the students' current activities and to ascertain their characteristics and opinions concerning ELAC. The former students, representing 10% of the Fall…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Courses, Dropout Research
Welch, Marie Whalen – 1980
Progress to date is summarized for a four-phase research project conducted by the New York State Education Department to identify the factors which affect a student's decisions to complete, postpone, or discontinue his/her occupational education at a two-year, postsecondary institution. After introductory material which examines the need for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Agricultural Colleges, Community Colleges, Data Collection
MCGRATH, EARL J. – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT IS A REPORT ON A GROUP INQUIRY INTO THE SUBSTANCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HIGHER EDUCATION. ELEVEN CHAPTERS ARE PAPERS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, IN PUERTO RICO, NOVEMBER 15-21, 1964, FORECASTING THE FORM AND MISSION OF AMERICAN…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Students, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors
Viehland, Dennis; And Others – 1980
Considerations for establishing a system for indexing tuition and fees to the cost of education and implications for state policy are examined. It is suggested that the attraction of the indexing approach to tuition arises from a number of causes including the upward pressure on tuition created by changing demographic and fiscal conditions.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgeting, College Students, Cost Indexes
Wiener, Harvey, Ed.; Maimon, Elaine, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
Descriptions of comprehensive writing programs at nine colleges and universities and an essay on the topic are presented. Comprehensive writing programs transcend a single department or discipline and are designed to enhance liberal learning. Such programs not only teach students to write in the appropriate modes of various disciplines, but also…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, College Students, Competency Based Education
