Although a number of studies have related personality traits to overall college achievement, little has been done to analyze academic achievement in terms of its cognitive level components and relate these components to personality variables and academic success. Personality characteristics, cognitive levels of functioning and grade point average…

A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College to establish a profile of students enrolled in mathematics courses at the college's Learning Support Center (LSC) and to evaluate the courses' success in terms of student outcomes. The subjects of the study were students enrolled during 1976 in Mathematics 179 courses, which provided students…

Rio Salado Community College offers a variety of alternative delivery courses utilizing different forms of instructional technology (e.g., broadcast and cable television, radio, audio and video cassettes, and computer-managed instruction) for both credit and non-credit instruction. This manual provides information for student operators of a…

In fall 1980, the English division at Minneapolis Community College implemented a new approach to teaching Fundamentals of Written English. In recognition that students come to college with a wide range of preparation and skills, the Fundamentals course (formerly English 95) was divided into a two-course sequence. On the basis of student placement…

Fall 1980 registration data from six of Hawaii's seven community colleges were analyzed to determine the course-taking patterns of different groups of student majors and the client-serving patterns of the different academic departments. Major findings reveal that students seeking a certificate were taking 70% of their course work in vocational…

An evaluation of telephone registration was conducted in September 1979 by William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine registrants' satisfaction with the process and to identify difficulties they had in reaching the terminal operator. A questionnaire was mailed to 363 students randomly selected from those who had registered by telephone for…

A study was conducted at American River College to design a teacher evaluation instrument that would focus on students by asking them to describe what happens to them in the classroom and would restrict students' evaluations of their instructor to observable behavior. Over 300 potential questionnaire items were generated from a review of the…

A study was conducted to assess the impact of self-paced instruction on community college students enrolled in an introductory psychology course. "Self-paced instruction" was operationally defined as learners working at their own rate toward standard objectives set by the instructor. Seventy-eight students were enrolled in three sections…

Fall 1979 registration data from the seven Hawaii community colleges were analyzed to determine the course-taking patterns of different groups of student majors and the client-serving pattern of the different academic departments. Major findings reveal that students seeking a certificate were taking 71% of their course work in vocational courses;…

The difference in the grade point average (GPA) of entering transfer students and their GPA earned after one semester at Suffolk University's College of Business Administration (CBA) were investigated. Ninety-one transfer students entering the CBA in September 1976 were studied. Results indicate that there was a significant difference between the…

In response to the 1979 gasoline shortage, East Los Angeles College (ELAC) conducted a survey of faculty and staff to determine the primary means of transportation to ELAC, the number of miles which students and faculty commuted, the accessibility of bus lines to student and staff homes, the number of transfers made by those riding the bus to…

Ten years ago the Office of Research conducted a survey among some 30 'small' (less than 1000 students) junior colleges in the northeastern United States. Its purpose was to ascertain to what extent full-time faculty participated in student guidance activities. During the spring of 1977 some 50 'small' junior colleges in the northeastern United…

A study was undertaken of transfer students in postsecondary institutions, based on data from the base year and first and second followups of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Its specific objectives were to: (1) obtain national estimates of the number and proportion of students in the categories of four-year to…

A recent Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR 151) called for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to prepare a plan to provide for addressing and overcoming, by 1980, ethnic, economic, and sexual underrepresentation in the makeup of student bodies as compared to the general composition of recent high school graduates. This…

This report details the development and implementation of a follow-up system, by Western Texas Community College (WTCC) as a subcontractor for Project FOLLOW-UP, relating student flow patterns to educational goals. Phase I of this project involved establishment of a data base which included elements designed to reveal an adequate picture of…