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California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1986
Drawing from the Student File of the Chancellor's Office Information System, this report profiles the demographic and academic characteristics of nearly 1.2 million actively enrolled students in the California community colleges during fall 1985. The report is divided into three sections of tables. Section I aggregates student counts and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Demography, Enrollment
McCutcheon, Lynn E. – 1986
In an era of declining enrollments, it is vital to identify potential causes of absenteeism and implement strategies for reducing it. A study was conducted at the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) to identify factors related to absenteeism. A survey instrument listing 51 reasons for missing class was developed and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Community Colleges, Factor Analysis
Johnson, Berman E. – 1986
A study of student retention was conducted at DeKalb Area Technical School (Georgia) focusing on percentage rates of retention at four stages of the matriculation process: application, acceptance, enrollment, and graduation/completion. The study followed a random sample of 5,592 applicants and students between January 1984 and June 1986. Study…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Community Colleges, School Holding Power
Download full textBelcher, Marcia – 1984
A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to assess the differences in the characteristics of students who failed two or more sections of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) compared to students who passed all four sections of the test. A total of 302 students failed two or more sections of the June 1984 CLAST and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Weeks, Ann A. – 1985
As part of a larger State University of New York study, a survey was conducted by Dutchess Community College (DCC) to gather information from students regarding the availability and quality of programs and services at DCC. An in-class survey, conducted to provide the most representative sample, yielded responses from 760 students in 56 classes for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Questionnaires, School Surveys
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
In 1983-84, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges developed and field-tested an instrument, the General Academic Assessment (GAA), to assess community college students' knowledge in several liberal arts areas, including the sciences. The GAA was completed by a sample of 8,024 students at four large, urban community college districts. The…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
Journal of the American Association of Women in Community and Junior Colleges, 1988
Seeking to serve as an advocate for equity and excellence in community and junior colleges, this annual journal contains articles presenting research, model programs, and innovative ideas concerning women staff and students in two-year colleges. The 1988 issue contains the following articles: (1) "Moving Up: Advancement Strategies for Women in…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Females
PDF pending restorationClagett, Craig A. – 1988
A study was conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) to monitor the number of transferring students and their progress at the senior institutions. The automated data collection systems of the Maryland Higher Education Commission made it possible to track student transfers among Maryland colleges and universities, and the College Park…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1988
A profile is presented of the demographic and academic characteristics of over 1.2 million California community college students who were actively enrolled as of the first attendance-accounting period in fall 1987. Sections I presents student counts and characteristics by districts. Section II presents student counts and characteristics by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Demography, Enrollment
Einspruch, Eric – 1988
During the fall 1986 administration of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), 980 Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) students took the exam for the first time. Of this group, 71.6% passed, and 28.4% failed one or more CLAST subtests. A study was conducted of the group of students who were required to retake one or more subtests in order…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Failure, Followup Studies
Novak, Virginia E.; Radcliffe, Susan K. – 1988
Enrollment projections for Howard Community College (HCC) are made using an age cohort model that assumes that HCC will continue to enroll the same proportion of students in each age group as are represented in the current student population. Projections are made by calculating the ratio of HCC students in each age group to the number of county…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Enrollment Projections
Grina, Michaele Erin – 1987
In previous research students' reactions to examinations from a cognitive-process perspective have been based on a singular study of university college students. The purpose of this study was to describe and predict students' reactions to a community college mid-term examination, based on a cognitively-oriented, process-centered theory of stress…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Coping, Counseling Services
Thomas, Elwyn – 1987
This study examined how a sample of pre-university Singaporean adolescents (N=212) with an average age of 17 years 5 months attending a variety of junior colleges perceived and managed different sources of stress. Measures of stress included Behavior Profile, Life Events, School Stress Factors, Home-School Stress Conditions and Stress Symptoms.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Stress Management
Goodyear, Don – 1986
In 1985, College of the Sequoias (COS) was asked by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (conducted jointly by the American Council on Education and the University of California, Los Angeles) to participate in a survey of incoming freshmen for the fall 1985 semester. During the summer counseling session, 259 new COS freshmen were…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, National Surveys, Questionnaires
Pastor, Richard L. – 1984
A study was conducted to examine the factors affecting the enrollment decisions of students accepted at Northern Essex Community College (NECC) for the fall 1983 semester. The study investigated the influence of eight categories of college- or student-related factors (i.e., general college atmosphere, physical characteristics of NECC, personalized…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Information Sources, School Surveys
