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Download full textGOLD, BENJAMIN K. – 1964
LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 4,502 STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE APTITUDE TEST IN FALL 1964 AND THAT OF STUDENTS OVER THE PREVIOUS 7 YEARS CAN BE NOTED. PERFORMANCE HAS REMAINED CONSISTENTLY BELOW THE NATIONAL NORM, ESPECIALLY IN THE QUANTITATIVE AREA. MALE PERFORMANCE WAS BETTER THAN THAT OF FEMALES. THERE IS LITTLE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Student Characteristics, Two Year Colleges
ROBERTS, DAYTON Y.; SCHULTZ, RAYMOND E. – 1964
DATA GATHERED FROM QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES AND FROM BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS ARE USED TO STUDY 333 JUNIOR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND OTHER PERSONNEL WITH MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND IS COMPARED IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF DEGREE HELD AND PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, College Administration, Governance
FERET, BARBARA L. – 1967
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COLLEGE CAMPUSES OFTEN NECESSITATES THE MOVING OF A LIBRARY COLLECTION FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. AT DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, A PROCESS WAS DEVELOPED BY WHICH THE REGULAR STAFF OF THE LIBRARY AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL MOVED EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE IN A 3-DAY PERIOD. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, WORKING UNDER…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Libraries, Library Facilities, Planning
COURSON, CLIFFORD C.; O'BRIEN, CORINNE – 1968
"BLOCK SCHEDULING," DEFINED AS PLACING A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN A COMMON BLOCK OF BASIC COURSES TO SHARE THE SAME DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE, PERMITS INSTRUCTORS TO MEET A MORE COHENSIVE GROUP. IT ALSO SIMPLIFIES REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULING, AS STUDENTS ACCEPT A PREPARED GROUP OF COURSES INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED ONES. FOR THE STUDENT, IT MEANS…
Descriptors: Class Organization, General Education, Scheduling, Time Blocks
Erie County Technical Inst., Buffalo, NY. – 1968
This second report in a series is designed to inform the college of certain opinions held by former students. A 38-item questionnaire was sent to 2288 non-graduate alumni; only 376 (16%) replied. In spite of the small return, a few pertinent observations can be made on the results of the analysis. From the meager response, it appears that most…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Institutional Research, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
Gold, Ben K. – 1969
For years, the University of California has sent an annual report to Los Angeles City College (LACC) on the academic performance of its transfers in their first semester and comparative data on all other California junior college transfers. In 1966-67, the report format was changed because of the switch to the quarter calendar and the use of a new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Transfer Students, Two Year Colleges
Girdner, Jerry H. – 1969
Based on fall semester 1968-69 records, the counselor-counselee ratio for each of the 85 California public community colleges is reported. Other information includes average ratios for the 75 semester-system and 10 quarter-system colleges, plans for semester-system schools to convert to the quarter system and the number of hours per week full-time…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Ratio, Group Counseling, Individual Counseling, Two Year Colleges
Kurth, Edwin L.; Mills, Eric R. – 1968
Data were collected by a 220-item questionnaire on six aspects of the faculty member's own college and certain attributes of those most and least satisfied. Of 4289 questionnaires sent, 2756 replies were usable. Computer tabulations were made for full- and part-time faculty, full-time faculty by college, the satisfied, and the dissatisfied.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Faculty, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
Munns, Earle Dee – 1963
This report of 38 studies from 22 states includes the analysis and synthesis of statements of policy and program scop", conclusions and recommendations, needs for services, criteria for establishing new junior colleges, and procedures for improving state-wide coordination. Twelve conclusions are presented regarding the role of junior colleges in…
Descriptors: Coordination, Doctoral Dissertations, National Surveys, State Action
San Mateo Coll., CA. – 1968
California junior colleges are now required to provide special counseling for students with poor high school records and low scores on college placement tests. College of San Mateo identified these students and asked counselors to work with them as seemed appropriate and as time permitted. The purpose of this study was to see if early…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Low Ability Students, Student Improvement, Two Year Colleges
Clarke, Johnnie Ruth – 1968
This study attempted to provide a way to identify disadvantaged students at the junior college and to determine what data could be used as a basis for developing a curriculum to help them. Two measures of cognition, School and College Ability Test (SCAT) and Florida 12th Grade Battery, and three measures of the affective domain, Social Reaction…
Descriptors: Measurement, Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Statistical Analysis
MacMillan, Thomas F. – 1967
At Napa Junior College (California), to test the relationship between college attendance and personality change, 100 volunteers were measured in their first year by the STEP Reading Exam and the ACE Psychological Exam. California Psychological Inventory (CPI) showed a significant range in personality traits from high to low ability students. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Performance Tests, Personality Measures, Tests
Hall, George L. – 1968
Young people move from rural to urban areas for lack of educational and employment opportunity. Nonurban junior colleges, by correcting these lacks, may help to stem this migration--in spite of a shortabe of faculty, funds, and space. Among their unique problems are: (1) the region often depends on a single industry; (2) students must travel…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Rural Environment, Rural Urban Differences, Two Year Colleges
McInnis, Noel F. – 1968
The speaker discusses two methods of teaching. He describes the data transmission system with its use of technology (computer assistance, audio-tutoring, etc.) as merely an updating of the traditional attempt by the teacher to impart a body of subject matter and by the student to absorb and store it for future retrieval. Opposed to this…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Theories, Instruction, Teaching Methods
Brawer, Florence B. – 1968
Viewing the community college as oriented toward teaching rather than research, the author reviewed material that could (1) assist in the selection and placement of junior college faculty and (2) help people involved in the junior college movement to better know what they, themselves, and the movement are about. The monograph consists of (1) a…
Descriptors: Faculty, Personality, Placement, Psychology
