Tables and graphs are presented summarizing the enrollment of students receiving Veterans Administration (VA) benefits at the Maricopa County Community College District from Fall 1972 through Fall 1980. The report provides Spring and Fall and day and evening enrollment figures for the district as a whole and for each of the six colleges in the…

These two reports present data on forty-fifth day enrollments in the Maricopa County Community College District for fall 1980 and spring 1981. The first report summarizes fall headcount and full-time student equivalent (FTSE) enrollment in the district. It indicates the number of students allowed for in the district budget and compares actual to…

In Spring 1980, a study was conducted at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) to determine selected information about students who indicated during Fall semester registration that they intended to return the following Spring, but who failed to do so. One aspect of the study involved a comparison of returning and non-returning students with…

A total of 108 junior college freshmen participated in a study comparing the effectiveness of small group instruction with individualized instruction in remedial reading programs. Sixty of the subjects were taught in a small group classroom setting (ten students per class), while the remaining subjects received individualized instruction in a…

A study was conducted at Surry Community College in North Carolina to determine whether there was any significant difference between the academic success of those students who had passed the General Educational Development Test (GED) and those traditional students who had graduated from a public or private high school. Study methodology involved a…

As part of an investigation of ways to increase the linguistic awareness and communication skills of community college students from a variety of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, a study was conducted to determine if poetry study would enhance the word comprehension sensitivity of bilingual and bidialectal students. The 38 students involved in…

In order to determine the predictive ability of the standardized scholastic tests used at Crowder College (CC) with regard to academic achievement, the first-quarter grade point averages (GPA's) of two groups of freshmen were compared with their scores on the American College Testing Program Examination (ACT) and the Missouri College Placement…

In 1980, a study was conducted to assess the academic performance of former Santa Ana College (SAC) students who transferred to the California State University (CSU) system or the University of California (UC) system in 1979-1980. The total number of transfer students to the CSU system was 1,343, a figure which had remained constant over the…

As part of a study sponsored by the National Food Brokers Association, a survey of Johnson County Community College (JCCC) students was conducted to determine their perceptions of hospitality management and the factors that might deter them from choosing careers in that field. The survey instrument, distributed in the college commons by members of…

A general framework for developing a graduate profile based on academic status is presented. It is the result of a study conducted at Tidewater Community College to examine a methodology for determining general profiles of occupational/technical and transfer graduates. A 24-item questionnaire was mailed to all 1977 graduates, from which 461 usable…

The influence of question format on item responses is examined using split ballot techniques and sex-role stereotypes in a junior college sample. Two formats were used: direct, in which questions asked only about women, and comparative, in which items explicitly compared women with men. Significant differences by format occurred on seven out of…

This report examines selected characteristics of evening students in Hawaii community colleges and compares evening-only students with students taking day courses only and students taking both day and evening courses. The distribution of students by time of attendance in fall 1976 was 17% evening-only, 72% day-only, and 12% evening-day. A total of…

Although many community colleges have attempted to relate college work to individual needs, there is little evidence that student input actually influences the structure and organization of a course or curriculum. The Advancement Studies (developmental studies) Department at Central Piedmont Community College has developed a system for student…

Of all students enrolled in the six community colleges of Hawaii in Spring 1975, 65 percent are regular (credit) students, 17 percent are "other" students (COP, PREP, senior citizens, non-credit), 14 percent are apprentices/journeymen, two percent are special students (concurrent early admits and continuing education), and one percent…

The Canadian Department of Manpower and Immigration is presently involved in occupaitonal forecasting, i.e., projecting the supply and demand of individuals in various occupational categories. This report is intended to provide data on the output of skilled manpower from the community colleges in Canada, to be used in occupational supply…