In the spring of 1976, 1,183 community services students were surveyed to obtain data to furnish a demographic description of the students, to serve as a basis for formulating future community services courses, and to serve as a basis for comparing yearly successes or failures of courses. Of those surveyed, 723 responded. Results of the survey…

A followup study of graduates and non-graduates of occupational-technical programs in Virginia Community College System institutions was conducted in order to develop a profile of such students, to ascertain their post-college activities, and to study their attitudes toward their community college experience and current employment. All former…

The Fargo area schools work experience program, "Mission Possible," was designed to help students explore career-related activities in three phases: (1) Students Seeking Insight (SSI), the observation-visitation-interview approach in which a student is matched with an employer in the career area of interest; (2) Participate in a Career…

Findings from the Project on Institutional Renewal through the Improvement of Teaching (PIRIT) support those from other studies showing that faculty development programs can benefit both their participants and the overall campus climate. Data were gathered from a survey of faculty at 14 of the PIRIT institutions. (Author/LBH)

Members of Special Libraries Association (SLA) were surveyed to determine whether they participated in continuing education activities, and, if so, the types of programs they preferred. It was found that they are active participants in continuing education programs, especially those dealing with online database searching and those sponsored by…

Graduates of the University of Nebraska's medical school preceptorship program, in which students choose their preceptors from rural sites and are exposed to the social and economic aspects of rural practice, were surveyed after entering private practice about the program's effects on them. (MSE)

Three major goals that are consistent and mutually reinforcing are identified: quality education, student development, and retention of students. The factors that encourage persistence in college also increase the benefits of a college education. (MLW)

The quality of the student-faculty interaction in academic advising is a major contributing variable to institutional holding power. Students were surveyed for the type of relationship that was most productive, qualitative and satisfying for them. The student development theory in advising was explored. (MLW)

Results of a study of the significance of a variety of social and economic factors, including knowledge of the labor market, on new college student subject area and career preferences are reported. Differences found among subject areas and between men and women are noted, and the implications of the study's findings for curriculum development are…

A survey of 58 undergraduate students regarding classroom incidents leading to satisfaction or dissatisfaction examined five factors: teacher affect, teacher task, student process, student outcome, and student evaluation. Satisfactory incidents occurred where features, such as teacher role and classroom climate, were consistently related and not…

In an experiment, students doing preclinical work in the clinic did not perform significantly better on practical examinations than students working in a typical laboratory environment. Other factors such as enthusiasm, motivation, satisfaction, operator comfort, and long-term productivity should be examined. (Author/MSE)

Examination was made of whether students' orientations regarding educational "purpose and process" and "relative fit" with faculty orientations were associated with students' satisfaction with their academic program. The findings suggested that dissatisfied students had educational orientation profiles noticeably divergent from peers moderately…

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the differences in demographic characteristics, motivational orientation, self-efficacy, and attitudes about technology between students who enrolled in a course offered in the traditional setting and those enrolled in the same course online. The two groups, each comprised of 27 students, were…

This paper presents the results of the 2001 Student Satisfaction Inventory for Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC). Twenty-six course sections with an enrollment of 432 students were randomly sampled from the College's data system. Instructors administered the survey to all students in attendance during their class periods. A total of 259…

This is a report on the 2000 Yearly Evaluation of Services by Students (YESS) survey administered by Howard Community College (HCC) (Maryland) to assess student satisfaction with college services and other aspects of the campus environment. The YESS survey has been administered since 1991. In 2000, 991 out of 2,215 students responded to the survey…