In winter term, 1981-82, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to ascertain the effect of a low-cost intervention on the retention rate of full-time, first-time-in-college, black students at the college. The intervention consisted of two successive letters encouraging students to re-enroll and obtain counseling services if…

Eight groups of students at Anne Arundel Community College (Arnold, Maryland) who had taken introductory psychology courses have used the Personal Growth Encounter Tapes distributed by the Human Development Institute (Georgia) as a guide in structuring 15 hours of encounter sessions. (NHM)

To avoid declining enrollments, Peralta identified 50,000 former students and launched a massive campaign to contact and re-recruit them. This, combined with the mailing of a brochure to all 190,000 local households, posters mounted on the backs of 50 local buses, and other advertising methods led to a second semester enrollment increase of over…

These fact sheets provide general and statistical information on the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and its campuses. Included in the series are fact sheets covering: (1) LACCD Office Divisions; (2) general information on the location, size, enrollment, budget, history, and board of trustees of the district; (3) historical…

Information is presented on former Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) students who transferred to four-year institutions in the Philadelphia area in the fall 1982 semester. The first tables indicate that of the 526 CCP students who applied for transfer to four-year colleges, 75% were accepted, 23% were rejected, 1% were accepted…

Broome Community College (BCC) is developing a series of questionnaires to assess the impact of college on its students, and to measure the college's role, if any, in promoting social mobility. The first study in this series focused on the backgrounds, needs, and goals of students who entered BCC during June, July, and August of 1983. Students who…

In 1983-84, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges developed and field tested an instrument, the General Academic Assessment (GAA) student survey, to assess community college students' knowledge in several liberal arts areas, including the humanities. The GAA was completed by a sample of 8,024 students at four large, urban community…

Designed for incoming Lane Community College (LCC) students who may not know how to study effectively, this set of 15 short tips draws from the literature on cognitive psychology to offer guidance in the development of study skills. First, background information on the development of the guide is presented, along with responses to objections to…

The assessment/advisement/placement process utilized at Sacramento City College (SCC) includes a waiver system designed to meet the needs of those students who have demonstrated proficiency by means other than the usual assessment process. In fall 1983, 506 students were permitted to enroll in a variety of classes on the basis of having taken a…

This analysis of 1984-85 enrollments in the California community colleges begins with a summary of major trends, indicating that: (1) for the third consecutive year, community college fall enrollment has decreased from the peak recorded in fall 1981, with a cumulative 3-year decline of nearly one-fifth; (2) the decline appears to be due to several…

In winter 1984, a study was conducted at North Seattle Community College to determine the correlation between students' reading levels and final grades in courses for which there were no prerequisites. The Stanford Reading Test was administered in 7 humanities course sections and 10 course sections from other disciplines. Study findings, based on…

Novice counselors were able to use a replicable counseling procedure in helping groups of junior college students to increase their planning, occupational knowledge, and certainty about their career goals. (Author)

Male and female samples were drawn from two rural educational institutions: a four year university and a junior college. Differences in vocational interest orientations were explored through the nonoccupational scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB). (Author)

A study was conducted among 332 young women at Harcum Junior College to investigate the relationship between eating patterns and academic achievement. Two groups were compared, one eating two or three regular meals daily (A) and one eating less than two regular meals daily (B). For each student in Group A, one was included in Group B who matched…

The Community/Junior College Committee of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA) sponsored a study on junior and community college enrollments of foreign students in the U. S. The report consists of a series of tables: a national summary report by NAFSA region and regional reports by state. These tables indicate the total…