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Misko, Josie – 1999
Australian young people take five major transition pathways when they reach the end of compulsory schooling: compulsory to postcompulsory school, school-to-university/higher-education, school-to-vocational education and training, apprenticeship/traineeship, and school-to-work. In 1997, 97.2 percent were retained to Year 10; in Year 11, 84.4…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
Download full textGreenstreet, Robert – 1996
When colleges were first organized in what would later become the United States, they were far different from those in existence today. Students matriculated, enrolled, and graduated in lock step through a prescribed 4-year curriculum. Colleges functioned not so much to encourage intellectual development as to foster moral piety. Topics and sides…
Descriptors: Colleges, Debate, Educational History, Educational Practices
Williamson, Madeline J.; Fenske, Robert H. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting satisfaction of Mexican American (MA) and American Indian (AI) students with their doctoral programs. Faculty mentoring plays an extremely significant role in minority education. Previous research indicates differences between males and females in their interaction with faculty. Minority…
Descriptors: American Indians, Doctoral Programs, Ethnicity, Graduate Students
Belcheir, Marcia J.; Gray, Nancy L. – 1998
A survey of 1,210 Boise State University (BSU) alumni sought to discover if BSU graduates were successful and how well their courses of study had met their needs. Graduates from 1994-95 and 1995-96 were asked to rate several areas related to their major, provide information concerning their employment and other demographic factors, and offer…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Education Work Relationship
Hall, John; Hamilton, Sheila; Hall, Stuart; Pitcairn, Jamie – 1998
This report presents results of a study concerning institutional support provided to overseas students studying at institutions of higher and further education in Scotland. The study examined three related sets of issues: (1) academic arrangements (information about programs, courses, induction, timetables, tutoring arrangements); (2)…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Foreign Countries, Foreign Student Advisers, Foreign Students
Franco, Robert W., Ed.; Shimabukuro, James N., Ed. – 1992
Part of a four-volume set in which community college educators discuss their efforts to internationalize the educational experience of the students and communities they serve, volume II in this series considers the challenges, pitfalls, and rewards of creating campus environments with rich international and intercultural programs and activities.…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Environment, Community Colleges, Cultural Awareness
Ohles, John F. – 1983
Issues that were raised during the student unrest years of the 1960s and 1970s and that still are pertinent to the social order of American colleges and universities are considered. It is suggested that higher education has no legal purpose to alter society and does not have the power or means to reshape it or even to resolve any basic social,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Activism, Administrator Role
Pfau, Richard H. – 1983
Views of 48 foreign students concerning orientation needs at the University of Connecticut were surveyed. The following orientation activities were identified as most important, and are listed in the approximate order of importance: (1) U.S. government regulations (about visas, immigration, social security, and taxes); (2) needs of the spouse…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Federal Regulation, Foreign Student Advisers, Foreign Students
Stafford, George H. – 1982
Factors that influence college admissions and articulation are considered, based on testimony of the admissions director of Prairie View A&M University, Texas. The following concerns are addressed: the rationale behind college admissions at a small, rural four-year college serving a predominantly black student population; societal, political,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Role, College School Cooperation
Kolman, Eileen M.; And Others – 1986
Outcomes of doctoral education at a private, urban university were studied, and a questionnaire was developed. A total of 707 Ph.D. and Ed.D. recipients from 16 departments who had graduated between 1963 and 1984 were surveyed to determine: the impact of doctoral education on career development, the perceived influence of the institutional values…
Descriptors: Departments, Doctoral Degrees, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods
Girard, Kathryn; And Others – 1985
A guide to mediation program planning is presented for college campuses. The concept of a college mediation program is considered, along with issues of needs, benefits, program focus, and goals. Mediation is discussed in the context of the overall field of alternative dispute resolution and is distinguished from other forms of conflict resolution.…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Conflict Resolution, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Goldberg, Barbara J.; And Others – 1985
The effects of receiving scholarships on female students age 25 or older was studied at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). Questionnaire responses were received from 21 recipients of Newcombe Scholarships, which are awarded to mature, second career, and/or disabled female students at UMCP. The respondents received awards in 1981…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Employment Experience, Females, Higher Education
Mencke, Reed; And Others – 1988
A pilot study of retention at a large, residential, Ph.D.-granting institution employed causal modeling (LISREL) to examine the effects of institutional variables (academic and social climate) on student retention within the causal structure specified by the Tinto model. Scales constructed from Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) and…
Descriptors: College Environment, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Perlman, Daniel H. – 1982
The role of the college or university in facilitating the ethical and moral development of college students is addressed. The views of Kohlberg, Perry, and others who have studied ethical and moral development are briefly reviewed. These psychologists suggest that there is a hierarchy or continuum for the development of moral reasoning. Colleges…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, College Role, Decision Making, Developmental Stages
Teddlie, Charles; Larche, Deidra – 1979
Black student attitudes about Louisiana State University (LSU) and their participation in extracurricular activities were studied and compared to those of white students. Questionnaires were mailed to the approximately 1,400 black students attending LSU and an equal number of white students, and responses were obtained from 129 black and 114 white…
Descriptors: Alienation, Black Students, College Desegregation, College Environment
