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Jones, Gordon – 1981
A survey was conducted in early 1981 to provide follow-up information on former students of the 14 public community colleges in British Columbia (BC) and of the BC Institute of Technology. In all, questionnaires were mailed to 11,456 persons enrolled in vocational programs at the colleges in September, 1979, but who were not enrolled at any of the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Education Work Relationship
Rasor, Marianne – 1981
Undergraduate students enrolled in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) or the Student Affirmative Action (SAA) program at the University of California (UC), Davis, who withdrew before graduation were surveyed in 1981. Attention was directed to the respondents' educational experiences after leaving, their current employment, and their…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Affirmative Action, Ancillary School Services, Dropout Research
Horton, Jim – 1980
In today's poor economic climate, there is an acute need to coalesce the fragments of research related to student attrition into a systematic program for increasing the chances of student success. Such a unifying program can be visualized on a continuum of retention strategies ranging from impersonal administrative actions to more complicated,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Download full textNational Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
The volume contains six working papers presented at a 1981 National Institute of Education conference on Indian participation in educational research. The articles are: "A Cross-Cultural Content Analysis of Nez Perce Tribal Legends and Selected Anglo-American Children's Stories for Value-Attitude Factors of Achievement Motivation" by…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adult Education, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education
Fawcett, Greg – 1978
Monitoring and subsequently simulating student transfer patterns from one academic major (or level) to another typically enables an institution to estimate future student enrollment distributions across academic areas. At the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC), a student flow model not only simulates the patterns of student transfer but also…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Deans, Attrition (Research Studies), College Students
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1977
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) authorizes a variety of demonstration projects to explore different approaches to help youth complete high school and enter the world of work. This report discusses the issues that must be considered in designing action program approaches and outlines the knowledge development…
Descriptors: Action Research, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Programs, Education Work Relationship
Mally, Nell; Charuhas, Mary – 1977
The College of Lake County conducted surveys in December 1976 to determine if the eight-week course to prepare students for the General Educational Development (GED) test was meeting the needs of the students and the community. Questionnaires soliciting information on age, educational background, satisfaction with the course, and subsequent…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Background
Fitzgerald, Ronald T. – 1977
The Commission of Inquiry into Poverty in Australia investigated the relationship between poverty and education. Specifically, the Commission was concerned with cultural disadvantages among the poor, the poverty cycle, and adequacy of existing education and cultural services for the poor. The Commission maintained that improved education for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Ancillary Services, Career Education
Butler, Bill – 1979
A narrative summary of program accomplishments, tabular data, and program guidelines comprise the annual report of the Johnson-O'Malley Indian Education Program (JOM), which provides academic programs and educational support monies for eligible Indian students. The introduction describes the students served, the program staff, the Indian parent…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Annual Reports, Average Daily Attendance, Contracts
Kosaki, Mildred D. – 1979
A student flow program has been designed at Kapiolani Community College (KCC) to monitor the progress, persistence, and satisfaction of students entering KCC in Fall 1980, and to compare these findings with the results of a statewide longitudinal study of Fall l975 entering students. The flow program will focus on the students' sex, entry age,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Graduates, College Transfer Students
Hunter, Russell; Sheldon, M. Stephen – 1980
This three-part report describes the data collected during Fall 1979 in a longitudinal study of 5,892 students at 15 California community colleges. Chapter I describes the background of the study in terms of the research procedures used (i.e., sampling, interviewing, data collection instruments, data transmittal and analysis); goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Community Colleges, Displaced Homemakers
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
These three articles describe three programs operating under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), a comprehensive endeavor to lower the high rate of joblessness among youth. The first article focuses on the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects--popularly called Entitlement--which is an experimental and intensive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged
SLOOS, ISAAEC; AND OTHERS
RECENT TRENDS AND EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS IN CORRESPONDENCE EDUCATION IN THE NETHERLANDS ARE CONSIDERED, TOGETHER WITH RESEARCH ON THE SOCIOCULTURAL AND MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATION IN CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, AND THE SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE METHOD. THEORIES AND IDEAS UNDERLYING THE DIDACTICS OF CORRESPONDENCE…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Adult Learning, Correspondence Schools
BREMBECK, COLE S. – 1966
SIX MAJOR ASPECTS OF EDUCATION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT ARE ANALYZED WITHIN A GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF EDUCATION REGARDED AS A COMPLEX SOCIAL PROCESS. PART 1 CONSIDERS THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN A CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT, CONTRASTING THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS OF CHILDREN IN AN AMERICAN SUBURB, AN AMERICAN…
Descriptors: Administrators, Black Education, Boards of Education, Cultural Context
ABT, CLARK C.; MILLER, PETER S. – 1967
A MODEL INTENDED TO PREDICT THE RELATIVE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL-COMMUNITY SETTING IS DEVELOPED. THE MODEL IS AN ATTEMPT TO AID IN DECISIONS CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS OF TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. COSTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Benefits, Compensatory Education, Computer Oriented Programs
