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Download full textVorp, Ron – 1988
A study was conducted to examine black student enrollment at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) in terms of changes in student characteristics and increases in proportions of black students who have a native language other than English, who have graduated from a high school outside of the United States, or who are citizens of a country other than…
Descriptors: Black Students, Citizenship, Community Colleges, Enrollment Rate
Peer reviewedBers, Trudy H., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1989
This collection of essays discusses some of the general concerns and issues related to tracking the flow of community college students through higher education. The chapters in the volume include: (1) "Tracking Systems and Student Flow," by Trudy H. Bers; (2) "Beyond the College: State Policy Impact on Student Tracking…
Descriptors: College Admission, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Management Information Systems
Palek, Mark; And Others – 1988
This in-service manual for administrators and faculty at South Seattle Community College (SSCC) offers information on learning disabilities and describes the college's programs for learning disabled (LD) students. The first sections present legal and professional definitions of learning disabilities; briefly consider such causes of learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational Diagnosis, Individualized Instruction
Reinertson, Jacquelyn – 1989
A study was conducted at Mott Community College to assess the effectiveness of developmental courses in preparing students to meet prerequisite reading skill requirements. Files for all 362 students who took a reading course in fall 1988 provided the data for the study. Study findings included the following: (1) 85% of the students completed the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Schoening, Don; Keane, Carole – 1989
Wenatchee Valley College's (WVC's) student leadership development program has been successful in identifying and developing people to perform leadership roles within the campus community. Rather than waiting for student leaders to emerge on their own, the program actively recruits high caliber people into WVC's student activity program. At campus…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Extracurricular Activities, Leadership Training, Student Development
Philadelphia Community Coll., PA. Office of Institutional Research. – 1987
In spring 1986, the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) participated in a study conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges to test students' knowledge of the liberal arts. The General Academic Assessment (GAA), a 94-item test of student knowledge in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and English usage, was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, General Education, Knowledge Level
Head, Ronald B. – 1986
During fall 1985, a study was conducted of the demographic and enrollment characteristics of first-time Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) students. The study, which sought to identify any longitudinal trends developing over the past 4 years, revealed the following: (1) 696 first-time students enrolled at PVCC in 1985, representing the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Osborn, Frances P. – 1986
An analysis of the current job market for students at Monroe Community College (MCC) in Rochester, New York, was conducted to identify directions that would not only enhance MCC's contributions to the local community, but also to its students' future success. Job market data revealed the following trends: (1) the last decade has shown a profound…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demand Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Head, Ronald B. – 1985
In 1985, a study was conducted at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), using longitudinal minority enrollment data to examine trends which might be of interest to those involved in planning student recruitment activities. Study findings included the the following: (1) 434 minority students were enrolled at PVCC during fall 1985,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends, Longitudinal Studies
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 of several liberal arts areas, including mathematics. The GAA was completed by a sample of 8,024 students at four large, urban community college districts. The…
Descriptors: Algebra, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Knowledge Level
Allen, Marcia T. – 1987
From November 1986 through February 1987, the Community College of Rhode Island's (CCRI's) Job Placement Office conducted a survey of the college's 1986 graduates to gather information on the employment status and approximate salary range of graduates who joined the work force and a list of colleges currently attended full-time by graduates who…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
Tichenor, Richard – 1987
A study was conducted at St. Louis (Missouri) Community College (SLCC) to assess the extent to which data on nonreturning students represent retention problems, the achievement of non-degree goals, or the process of temporarily stopping out. Study findings, based on a 27% response to a summer 1986 survey of 1,706 fall 1985 students who did not…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences
Kangas, Jon Alan; Reichelderfer, Nancy – 1987
A study was conducted at Evergreen Valley College (EVC) to examine the effects of remedial English and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction on student persistence. All new fall 1982 day students without prior college experience (N=1,264) were divided into three groups: English students, ESL students, and students who took no placement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Baker, Roger G. – 1982
A study was conducted at Snow College to compare the efficiency and effectiveness of college remedial courses with that of regular courses of study. The study compared the performance of 48 students in four sections of a remedial English class with that of 24 students with similar skill levels enrolled in a freshman composition course. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Community Colleges
Johnston, Archie B. – 1982
A retention study was conducted at Tallahassee Community College (TCC) to determine reasons student withdrew from TCC prior to meeting their educational objectives. The survey population consisted of all students, apart from graduates and those who had been academically suspended, who were enrolled in winter 1981 but had not returned by winter…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
