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Quinley, John W. – 1983
In spring 1982, a study was conducted to evaluate the success of Harford Community College (HCC), Maryland, in assisting students in achieving their educational goals, in preparing for transfer to a four-year college or university, and in career development. A sample of 650 students, selected from the 1,155 students who enrolled at HCC for the…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Followup Studies
Download full textLum, Glen; Alfred, Richard L. – 1987
The effects of student characteristics and remedial program placement policy on academic achievement and other outcomes were studied at 10 Michigan community colleges. The study population consisted of 3,448 students enrolled in remedial writing at colleges with a compulsory remedial placement policy and 2,669 students enrolled in remedial writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Case, Christine L.; Goth, George W. – 1987
A study was conducted at Skyline College (California) to assess the quality of the college's transfer-science program and to gather information from former students who had completed at least 40 units and had received their lower division science training at Skyline. Questionnaires were sent to 540 former Skyline students who had enrolled in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Spahr, Anthony E. – 1987
A study was conducted at Morton College (Illinois) to gain a better understanding of the factors which contribute to academic success in introductory nursing courses, and to investigate the relationship between the following variables: student grades in Fundamentals of Nursing I and II, Anatomy and Physiology I, and Rhetoric I; and their scores on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Coffey, Janis Cox; Jones, Randall D. – 1987
A review and analysis of demographic trends in the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) is presented, along with a discussion of the effects that changes in students' age, sex, and ethnicity have on enrollments, student contact hours, day/evening programs, and credit load. Following introductory comments on the use of the trend analysis for…
Descriptors: Age, College Planning, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Ellison, Nolen M. – 1987
The materials in this compilation focus on various aspects of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) Urban Community College Transfer Opportunity Program (UCCTOP) activities. The first report provides on overview of CCC's UCCTOP emphases (i.e., early articulation initiatives and understandings, expansion of curricula linkages with postsecondary…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Institutional Cooperation
McGrath, Dennis – 1987
The Transfer Opportunities Program (TOP) at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) has focused primarily on faculty development and curriculum design as the essential elements in improving the transfer prospects of students. Extensive faculty development activities were undertaken to forge collegial agreements about standards of literacy and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Doan, Henry M.; And Others – 1986
A study was conducted at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) to examine student enrollment and retention patterns; quarter-to-quarter retention; retention rates by full-time/part-time status, sex, race, and age; cumulative graduation rates; and the relationship between first-quarter academic performance and subsequent quarter enrollment.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Dropouts
Budig, Jeanne E. – 1986
A mandatory developmental education program at Vincennes University Junior College (Indiana) was evaluated, based on Roueche's standards for successful developmental programs. The college tests all incoming students whose scores on the American College Testing Program/Scholastic Aptitude Test suggest the need for remediation. Students who need…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Montemayor, J. Joaquin; And Others – 1985
Glendale (Arizona) Community College (GCC) conducted a survey of students who attended the college in fall 1984 and did not return for the spring 1985 term to determine former students' perceptions of GCC, reasons for not reenrolling, educational goals, transfer and employment experiences, salaries, and characteristics. Study findings, based on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Montemayor, J. Joaquin; And Others – 1986
A sample of students who withdrew from Mesa (Arizona) Community College (MCC) during spring 1986 was surveyed to determine reasons for withdrawal and dropout characteristics. Study findings included the following: (1) the primary reason for withdrawing was conflicting job hours, with 52% of the students who were employed working over 40 hours per…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Hannon, Jack; And Others – 1986
In spring 1985, a study of Hispanic students attending Mesa (Arizona) Community College (MCC) was conducted by a "Sociology of the Chicano Community" class. A 100-item interview schedule was developed and administered to a sample of 45 students. Study findings included the following: (1) 42% of the students chose "Mexican-American" as their ethnic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Ethnic Groups, Family Characteristics, Hispanic Americans
Abood, Nancy V.; LeBlanc, William – 1986
A narrative account highlighting the achievements of the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) during the 1985-86 academic year is presented in this report, along with historical and current data on enrollments, programs, staff, and finances. First, the annual report of the college president provides an overview of enrollments, faculty and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Community Colleges, Educational Facilities
McLean, Charles E. – 1986
Recent high school graduates are one of Thomas Nelson Community College's (TNCC's) most important assets. From 1983 to 1985, the number and rate of enrollment of recent high school graduates changed dramatically. The total number of graduates in the service area declined 15.5%, from 4,540 in 1983 to 3,835 in 1985; while the number of service area…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Rate
Seymour, Evan – 1986
Making sense of developmental education in the two-year college is difficult, particularly in the shadow of the fear that it is not working very well. There is no choice, however, but to examine openly a serious problem. The "story" about developmental education in the two-year college that most educators would like to believe is that of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
