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San Juan Coll., Farmington, NM. – 1989
At San Juan College, the effectiveness of student basic skills assessment and course placement advisement was significantly improved through the implementation of Computerized Placement Testing (CPT). The CPT lab houses 15 personal computers and is staffed by professional counselors and student services aides. Students are not allowed to leave the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Testing
Download full textKnoell, Dorothy M. – 1991
The most recent trends in student transfer from the California Community Colleges (CCC) to the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC) are reviewed in this four-part report. After part 1 describes the purposes and organization of the report, part 2 provides a review of the current status of transfer and articulation…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Minority Groups
Bers, Trudy H. – 1983
Highlighting the attributes of community colleges that attract women as students, faculty, and administrators, this paper examines the role of women in these institutions and the societal, educational, and economic trends affecting their participation. First, the mission, philosophy, and attributes of community colleges are discussed, and the…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Trends
Chestnut, Erma Ruth – 1982
In 1981-82, a community needs assessment study was conducted to assist Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) in improving programs, meeting educational needs, evaluating promotional efforts, facilitating attendance, providing information to the community, evaluating program quality, and planning programs. A survey, sent to 1,173 SCCC…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Community Needs
Gash, Philip – 1983
A study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of remedial mathematics and language arts classes in a rural northern California community college district. Data related to remedial class completion, following semester return rates, units completed, grade point average (GPA), and declared major were collected for all remedial students taking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
Joseph, Nancy – 1984
A language skills program was developed at Lake City Community College to increase remedial students' chances of academic success in college courses. The program concentrates first on developing students' speaking and listening skills and then proceeds to more complex reading and writing skills. The program provides 16 weeks of developmental study…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1984
Data are presented showing enrollment trends and student characteristics in Illinois public community colleges. Part 1 summarizes statewide fall opening enrollments for 1979 through 1983, emphasizing changes that occurred in fall 1983. This section examines student enrollment by college and instructional program, full-/part-time enrollments,…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Maples, Catherine C.; Owings, Thomas G. – 1982
In 1982, a study was conducted at Calhoun State Community College (CSCC) to determine causes of student withdrawal and factors influencing re-enrollment. Questionnaires were administered to 985 individuals who withdrew from on-campus programs during the 1981-82 academic year; of these, 37 were returned by mail and 254 were completed in person or…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Higher Education Management Services. – 1979
The Michigan Student Information System (MiSIS) is the student flow component, of the Michigan Community College Occupational Education Evaluation System (MCCOEES), a comprehensive state-wide system for evaluating occupational education. It was developed by the Michigan community college system as a systematic and valid method of collecting…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Followup Studies
Rosberg, William H. – 1983
A study was conducted at Kirkwood Community College to determine if English as a Second Language (ESL) courses assist students and increase the likelihood of their academic success. The academic records of 263 students enrolled in the ESL program as foreign students between August 1978 and June 1982 were examined to determine students' sex, age,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Livieratos, Barbara B. – 1989
In fiscal year (FY) 1989, students enrolled in telecourses at Howard Community College (HCC) were surveyed at the end of each semester to determine their enrollment patterns, goals, sources of information about telecourses, reasons for enrolling in and satisfaction with the course, interest in computer-based distance learning, and personal…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Roberts, Hilda – 1986
In 1986, a study was conducted at Rancho Santiago College (RSC) to determine the reasons that students whose educational goal was to transfer to a four-year college did not complete their objective. In fall 1983, 6,030 of the students enrolled at RSC indicated on their application for admission that they planned to transfer to a four-year college.…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Dropouts
Armstrong, William B.; De Meo, Liane – 1989
In 1989, a study was conducted of the demographic and educational characteristics of honors students in the San Diego Community College District. Focusing primarily on students enrolled in fall 1987 (N=270), spring 1988 (N=285), fall 1988 (N=264), and spring 1989 (N=245), the study gathered quantitative data from the Student Profile Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Trends, Ethnic Distribution
Isaksen, Leonard W. – 1988
In spring 1987, a self-study was conducted of the Los Angeles Community College District's Project for Adult College Education (PACE) to determine what current and former PACE students, faculty, and administrators felt were the strengths and weaknesses of the program. Using an integrated course approach, PACE permits students to complete an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Moss, Judith – 1989
As part of the strategic planning efforts of the San Francisco Community College District (SFCCD), the student population of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and day and evening students attending the district's Community College Centers (CCC) were surveyed. The survey solicited information on students' major, sex, age, race, citizenship,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups
