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Download full textCohen, Arthur M. – 1982
This paper considers data on community college students provided by the California Statewide Longitudinal Study (SLS) and the implications of this study for curriculum and educational planning in areas other than vocational education, with special emphasis on implications for the transfer program. First, a background is provided on the origins and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Attendance Patterns, College Role, College Transfer Students
MacMillan, Thomas F. – 1982
The findings of the California Statewide Longitudinal Study (SLS) of community college students are discussed in terms of their implications for accreditation, evaluation, and educational accountability. First, a background to the study is provided which examines four areas of concern for educational accountability: (1) demographic trends and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Community Colleges
Quinley, John W.; And Others – 1982
A study was conducted to project enrollment figures by age cohort groups at Harford Community College (HCC) for the period 1982 through 1986. Projections were obtained by determining the ratio of the students enrolled at HCC to the number of persons living in Harford County through an analysis of historical data detailing college and county…
Descriptors: Age, Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Enrollment Projections
Cohen, Edward G. – 1979
A study was conducted at Queensborough Community College (QCC) to identify the characteristics of students seeking to transfer from QCC before graduation. Beginning in February 1979, all students requesting that a QCC transcript be forwarded to another institution were required to complete a transfer request data form, indicating demographic…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Dropouts
Compton Community College's Transfer Opportunities Program: Narrative Report to the Ford Foundation.
Compton Community Coll., CA. – 1984
An overview is provided of the activities and accomplishments of Compton Community College's Project ACCT (Access for Community College Transfer), a program designed to increase the transfer rate and academic preparation of Black and Latino students within the district. Introductory material examines trends with respect to the educational…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Black Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Friedlander, Jack – 1984
In fall 1983, Napa Valley College fully implemented its Student Orientation, Assessment, Advisement, and Retention (SOAAR) program, which consisted of assessment of first-time students' math and reading skills, advisement about enrolling in regular or developmental courses based on scores, course advisement, and the provision of information on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Predictive Validity
Katsinas, Steve – 1984
An overview is provided of Hispanic enrollment and staffing patterns in U.S. community colleges. After an initial discussion of changes taking place in postsecondary education, information on the low participation rates of Hispanics in higher education is presented; e.g., in 1978 Hispanics made up 6% of the population of the mainland United…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Affirmative Action, Community Colleges
Rivera, Manuel G. – 1984
During the summer of 1983, 77 community college students enrolled in English composition courses were administered the Nelson Denny Test during the first week of the summer session and just prior to final examinations to: determine reading ability and grade equivalences in reading; ascertain if there were relationships between academic achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Females, Grade Equivalent Scores
Miller, Howard F.; And Others – 1977
In order to determine the academic success rate of New Jersey community college transfer students at receiving senior institutions in New Jersey, statewide transfer data were examined for 1,523 full-time transfer juniors in the 1974-75 school year. Transfer students earned a grade point average (GPA) of 2.8 prior to transfer, compared with 2.9 for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology. – 1977
Ten Texas community colleges participated in a fall, l976, college withdrawal survey, yielding a total of 1,102 responses. Students classified as "illegal/undefined" majors accounted for 32% of withdrawals, followed by "university transfer/academic" majors (27%), "undecided" (21%), and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Databases, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1978
Institutional research reports produced at the 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System are listed in this bibliography for the academic year 1976-77. The 118 studies are listed in three sections. Section I provides annotations for studies selected on the basis of their anticipated interest, study design quality, narrative sections on…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, College Administration, Community Colleges
Bronx Community Coll., NY. – 1977
Demographic data were compiled on incoming fall 1977 freshmen at Bronx Community College (BCC), including sex, age, ethnic group, veteran status, satisfaction with BCC curriculum, highest expected educational level, number living in household, parental education, total household income, counseling requests, marital status, employment status, and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Bilingual Students, Demography
Kohl, Peggy Sheerin; Lach, Ivan J. – 1978
Analyses of spring term (both quarter and semester) 1978 student enrollment data, and winter quarter enrollment data for the five Illinois community college districts on the quarter system, comprise this report. Information is organized in thirteen data tables comparing spring 1978 with fall and spring 1977, second term enrollment with previous…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Day Students, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment
Helmstedter, Warren E. – 1978
A survey of community employers (both past and present) involved with the Bakersfield College Cooperative Work Experience Education program from 1975 through 1977 was conducted to obtain some measurement of program credibility respective to the changes instituted over time. Survey instrument responses were collected from 109 (48.4% of those…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Employer Attitudes, Institutional Research
Clark, Robert M. – 1982
At Kings River Community College, analyses were conducted of the grades and characteristics of students in Mathematics A (Elementary Algebra), Mathematics B (Plane Geometry), Mathematics C (Trigonometry), and Mathematics D (Intermediate Algebra) to determine which variables were significantly related to student success. Data were gathered on 69…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
