This report is based on the results of student surveys collected during the years 1997 to 2000 from students who took the Introduction to Sociology telecourse at Utah Valley Community College. With a response rate of 45 percent, 231 students completed the survey. The survey was designed to (1) track enrollments; (2) provide a value-added measure…

This report presents a summary of responses of developmental English students who participated in a telephone survey conducted in early 2001. The respondents had enrolled in a developmental English course in the fall 2000 semester and did not return to Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) for the following spring semester. The primary…

This survey of students at Cabrillo College contains feedback on a variety of subject matters ranging from quality of general educational courses, cultural diversity, fairness of grading and preparation for further study or for the workplace. Responses were subjected to statistical significance testing and compared with results from the 1999…

The findings of this study show that better lines of communication have to be established between the adult student and his instructor if the adult is to attain the goals that motivated him to attend college. (Author/GB)

The remedial course had no effect on student satisfaction and persistence but a modest effect on subsequent course performance. The experimental methodology described can provide the college researcher with a basis for determining whether there is a need to revise or eliminate current remdial courses. (Author)

A successful program must be able to offer participants the jobs which they consider superior to their presently available alternatives. (Editor)

Data gathered from a course and professor evaluation questionnaire shows student evaluations appear to possess substantial credibility as measures of educational output, while TA performance and student grade expectations do not exert a quantitatively important influence. (JB)

Measures of satisfaction and performance collected at three week intervals for 86 graduate students, indicated support for the Porter-Lawler (satisfaction follows performance) as opposed to the human relations model (performance follows satisfaction). In addition, self esteem was found to moderate the relationship between performance and…

Summarizes participants' responses to skills taught, availability-desirability of experiences, and changes desired in an undergraduate reading methods course for elementary teachers at Western Michigan University. (MB)

If community colleges are to continue democratizing postsecondary education and providing the labor market with the skilled manpower the nation needs to sustain a high level of economic growth, better quality data on the effectiveness of programs must be available to both administrators and instructors. (Author)

Identified and examined the operations of 15 offices of the ombudsman in which the ombudsman is a student. Results showed students, faculty, and administration were generally satisfied with how the ombudsman duties were handled and agreed the program is effective in alleviating student frustration. (JAC)

Surveyed 189 couples to see how they felt about their Marriage Encounter experience four years later. Results indicated that about 80 percent of the couples reported a totally positive experience. The most frequently cited positive aspect was the "dialogue." A significant minority of couples experienced negative consequences. (Author/JAC)

Analyzes the factors that contribute to the satisfaction of adult learners from an instructional design perspective. A general profile of the adult learner is provided, and the factors that enter into learner satisfaction--including learner involvement, learner challenge, self-direction, and rewards--are outlined. A 17-item reference list is…