As part of a statewide investigation of the reverse transfer student, a study of students transferring from four-year colleges and universities to community colleges was conducted in the Los Rios Community College District. The study sought to determine the relative size of the reverse transfer population; differences in the characteristics of…

A study was conducted in 1981 at John C. Calhoun State Community College to determine the need for evening child care services, the possibility of state or federal funding for these services, and the attitudes of students without dependent children toward the use of student activity funds to provide child care. Surveys were administered to 144…

A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to assess the relationship between students' basic skills performance and three outcome measures: retention, graduation, and academic progress. Specifically, the study compared the performance and persistence of White, Black, and Hispanic students while equating for basic skills…

A study of students enrolled at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in fall 1981 was conducted to obtain demographic data and information on students' goals and relationship with the college, and to compare student data with community demographic data. A random sample of 500 traditional credit and 300 continuing education students was surveyed by…

Sacramento City College (SCC) created a transfer opportunity program to implement joint activities with four-year colleges and high schools, establish an academic skills program for potential minority transfers, improve telecommunications with local four-year institutions, expand its existing junior high school program. and continue its formalized…

In spring 1985, a study was conducted at John Tyler Community College (JTCC) to gather information from former students who were enrolled in winter 1985, but did not return in spring 1985. The study focused on students' primary goal for enrolling, whether that goal was achieved, reasons for withdrawal, current occupations, and plans for returning…

A profile is presented in this report of Project HELP (Higher Education Learning Package), a liberal arts instructional program alternative developed to assist high-risk, first-time community college students, with multiple deficiencies in reading, writing, and computational skills, to succeed and continue in college. Introductory material…

A study was conducted to investigate key aspects of community college operations in California and to provide a broad assessment of college programs and services. The study investigated questions related to finance and governance; student and faculty characteristics; and the colleges' transfer, vocational, and remedial education programs using the…

These two reports look at trends in fall and spring enrollments at Oklahoma City Community College in terms of the following categories: male, female, full-time, part-time, new students, returning students, graduates, single, married, divorced, average age, Black, White, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, international, other ethnic/no response,…

These two reports look at trends in fall and spring enrollments at Oklahoma City Community College in terms of the following categories: male, female, full-time, part-time, new students, returning students, graduates, single, married, divorced, average age, Black, White, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, international, other ethnic/no response,…

This report analyzes characteristics of students who entered Hawaii community colleges in fall 1975 and re-enrolled in spring 1978 for the sixth consecutive semester, and compares these continuing students to non-continuing students in terms of sex, age at time of entry, marital status, high school background, full- or part-time status,…

This study summarizes scholastic performance of Los Angeles City College (LACC) fall 1977 entering students according to last school attended prior to registering at LACC. Data were derived from a district computer center printout, "Grade Listing of Freshmen Fall 1977", which listed all students' names, units attempted and completed, grade points…

Students from 16 different vocational/technical areas of study in seven postsecondary complexes in Mississippi (representing a cross-section of all junior colleges in the State) were administered the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to identify reading levels. The FORCAST readability formula (Klare, 1974) was used to determine the readability level of…

To assess the utilization patterns and perceived value of Learning Resources Center (LRC) services among different categories of student (full- and part-time, day and night, freshman, sophomore, and special) at New River Community College, a survey of 243 randomly selected students was conducted during the fall of 1980. The survey was prompted by…

An analysis of the characteristics and grades of students in Mathematics 71, a basic mathematics course, was conducted at Kings River Community College to provide counselors and instructors with information to help them determine the chances of a student's success in the course. Data collected included information on placement test scores; high…