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Digby, Kenneth E. – 1986
In spring 1986, a study was conducted at Fayetteville Technical Institute (FTI), North Carolina, to determine why students decided to continue their education, what factors triggered their enrollment, and what factors influenced their decision to attend FTI. A questionnaire was administered to 119 students enrolled in randomly selected day and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Choice, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
Gainous, Fred; And Others – 1985
After discussing the role of Kansas's community colleges in providing remedial/developmental education, this report presents data on the characteristics of students enrolled in remedial/developmental courses. Highlighted findings include the following: (1) 8% of all students enrolled in the community college system were enrolled in…
Descriptors: Age, College Role, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Zwerling, L. Steven – 1986
Traditionally, an immersion in the humanities has been available to the children of the elite at selective colleges and universities. The lower classes, if they studied at all, studied vocational subjects, taking few courses in the liberal arts. The community colleges, through their humanities course offerings, can play a democratizing role in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Houston, C. A. – 1985
A study was conducted to examine and compare the opinions and immediate plans of 1972-73-74 and 1982-83-84 graduates of Virginia Western Community College (VWCC). Graduates were asked to indicate their opinions of the college's academic instruction, counseling services, faculty advising, and social activities; to provide an overall rating of VWCC;…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Wentworth Inst. of Technology, Boston, MA. – 1987
Current and historical information on the Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) is provided in this factbook, with focus on college programs, applicants, enrollments, graduates, and other services. Part I provides a brief overview of the 83-year history of the college. Part II looks at the organization and administration of WIT, including data…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Administration, College Applicants, College Graduates
Oromaner, Mark; Krynicky, Harry – 1987
Developed by Hudson County (New Jersey) Community College's (HCCC's) Task Force on Recruitment and Retention of Black and Hispanic Students, this report offers a plan of action for addressing the problem of declining black enrollment at the college. Section 1 describes the plan's development. Section 2 offers an overview of the HCCC and the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Planning
Download full textSeppanen, Loretta – 1988
In winter 1988, surveys were conducted at nine Washington community colleges to develop a profile of students in terms of employment status, educational objectives, family background, and prior educational attainment. Questionnaires were administered to 4,669 Washington community college students enrolled in state-supported academic and vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Walker, Doris Kay Parker – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the strategies used by 145 community colleges in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to meet the educational needs of Hispanic students and to investigate the relationship between these strategies and Hispanic student retention rate. Questionnaires were sent to the presidents of Southwestern community…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Rubini, Susan – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the effects of selected personal, work, and educational variables on student attitudes toward the nursing profession and the health care system. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether the variables of age, sex, race, marital status, licensed vocational nurse (LVN) status, the awarding of credit for…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Anderson, Ernest F.; Polillo, Patricia J. – 1988
A study was conducted to compare the academic progress of two-year college transfers, senior college transfers, and continuing sophomores and juniors (native students) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) as measured by mean grade point average (GPA), academic status, graduation, and continued enrollment through two years after transfer.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Graduates, College Students
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1988
In April 1988, as part of an annual survey conducted at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), students were asked to assess the institutional attitudes of MATC toward women and minorities and to indicate whether they had experienced discrimination because of race, religion, sex, ethnic background, or handicap. In addition, students were asked…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Environment, Community Colleges, Females
Allen, Marcia T. – 1988
Between December 1987 and March 1988, a study was conducted at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) to determine the employment and educational status of students who graduated from the college in 1987. The study used mail and telephone surveys and obtained an 89.5% response rate from the 371 CCRI graduates. Study findings included the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. – 1987
The four reports contained in this document summarize enrollment trends and the academic and personal characteristics of students enrolled in credit programs at six University of Hawaii community colleges for the years 1983 through 1986. The reports focus on headcount by college, changes in headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments,…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Enrollment Trends
Sheldon, John C.; And Others – 1983
On the basis of several surveys and a review of the literature, this report examines various aspects of student retention at Frederick Community College (FCC). Chapter I introduces the report with a summary of FCC enrollment data and a discussion of the characteristics of non-persisters nationwide. Chapter II focuses on course and college…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Courses, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
Self, Mary Anne Nally – 1984
A study was conducted at Bunker Hill Community College to assess the impact of the use of learning groups on student absenteeism and academic performance. The study involved four sections of a Biology 1 class. Two sections were designated as the control group and were taught using the traditional course format, which involved a 2-hour session in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Biology, Class Organization
