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Borgers, Sherry B.; Price, Gary E. – 1977
This study compared the appropriateness of course choices by female and male counselees as rated by female and male counselors to determine the possibility of sex bias effect. The sex, grade, and ability level of ratees were controlled in a four-way analysis of variance. The subjects were randomly selected and assigned to each counselor in order…
Descriptors: Bias, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Counselor Attitudes
Strain, Judith A. – 1982
Although the completion of an associate degree at a public community college in Kansas fulfills the lower division requirements for universities in the state, transfer students frequently encounter deficits in requirements for specific baccalaureate degrees and/or programs due to the lack of program integration and problems of transferability of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Gresty, Steven A.; And Others – 1981
Student questionnaires were administered at Tidewater Community College, Virginia, to examine the following areas of interest: factors related to student transportation and their impact on class scheduling, student evaluations of counseling centers and faculty assistance during the class registration process, the students' personal work schedules,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Commuting Students, Educational Counseling
Stein, June – 1980
Fall 1979 grade sheets for all Minneapolis Community College students carrying 16 credits or more were examined to determine the course completion rates of those students carrying more units than are necessary to complete graduation requirements in six quarters. Grade point averages (GPA's) and the proportion of credits earned to the number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Credits, Community Colleges
Babb, Lawrence A.; And Others – 1978
Historioal information concerning liberal studies education at Amherst College and proposals for academic programs are considered. Topics include the following: a chronology of curriculum reform at Amherst, the special character of the freshman and sophomore years, and divisions of the curricula, distribution scheme, majoring and taking electives,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, Curriculum Development
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1980
Six essays are collected on the subject of the quality of institutions and their instruction. In "When Does a College Deserve to be called 'High Quality'," by Alexander W. Astin, various perspectives of quality are outlined and commented upon: the mystical view, reputational view, resources view, outcomes view, and value-added view. Problems with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Attitudes, Educational Counseling
Blai, Boris, Jr., Comp. – 1980
This bibliography provides citations and abstracts for over 160 research articles written by Boris Blai, Jr., during the 30-year period from 1950 to 1980. Most of the articles stem from institutional research inquiries conducted at Harcum Junior College, a two-year, private, independent college for women. The entries are arranged chronologically…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Admission, College Faculty, Educational Counseling
Aiken, James B. – 1978
Responding to today's high school students' human needs as well as educational needs necessitates that the teacher return to serving as an adult friend during their school life. Administrators are helping to set the stage for facilitating learning how to learn, and teacher/advisors are drawing upon many aspects of their personality and human…
Descriptors: Classroom Guidance Programs, Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning, Educational Counseling
Endo, Jean J.; Harpel, Richard L. – 1979
As part of a Student Outcomes Model, a study was conducted of attrition in the 1975 freshman class at the University of Colorado using longitudinal survey data from nonreturning students and those currently enrolled. Discriminant analysis was employed to identify factors that distinguished persisters, academic dismissals, stopouts, and transfers.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Students
Willner, Eric – 1979
The purpose of this research project was to identify potential dropouts among entering freshmen at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) and some of the characteristics that might be related to the decision to leave college prior to earning the associate degree. Results of a survey of the Fall 1978 incoming freshmen provided descriptive data…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics
HAGELBERG, MILTON JOHN – 1960
AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF THE GOALS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EXTENSION CREDIT COURSES OFFERED BY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN DURING THE FALL OF 1959. ALSO CONSIDERED WERE DATA ON STUDENT PROBLEMS AND ON CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE UNIVERSITY. GROUP ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRES WERE USED TO COLLECT…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Credit Courses, Educational Counseling, Extension Education
Mills, Joseph A. – 1978
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act was passed in 1974 because some legislation was needed in order to discourage the abuse of individual rights due to the personal prejudices and/or disapproval of others. There are thousands of persons in American society who because of advanced educational training and a keen sense of perceptivity, can…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Counseling, Educational Legislation, Family School Relationship
1977
This book on sex role stereotyping in the schools is divided into two parts. Part One concerns the school and the classroom, and addresses such topics as sexist language, biased textbooks, educational guidance, sex roles, politics, athletics, the counselor's challenge, and the curriculum. Part Two concerns the school and the community, and…
Descriptors: Bias, Classroom Environment, Counselor Role, Curriculum
Bonifacio, Philip – 1975
This paper addresses two important aspects involved in orienting an ex-offender to college. The first aspect is the selection of students for admission; the second is the structuring of individual counseling and class orientation to examine important psychological and social changes that the student must make to be successful in college and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Admission, College Role, Correctional Rehabilitation
Dudgeon, Paul J. – 1975
Individualized and personalized (I and P) programs place learners at the center of all the activity. The eight main elements of such programs are: philosophical and taxonomic considerations; instructors as resource persons and learning managers; peer tutoring, personal and academic counseling, and cognitive style maps of students; instruction…
Descriptors: Educational Counseling, Educational Facilities, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
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