Seventy-one liberal arts students and 162 students enrolled in allied health and secretarial programs at Middlesex Community College were surveyed to obtain data for this study. The two groups are compared on the basis of personal characteristics, community of residence, work experience, parental characteristics and attitudes, attitudes toward…

This report reviews the literature concerning the causes of student attrition for both the community college and the four-year institution. These causes can be grouped as self-related and college-related. Self-related factors involve actual and perceived ability, background and motivation for college, family influences and expectations, and…

A recent American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) major directive calls for 2-year colleges to become community-based and performance-oriented. This document presents papers written by 13 community college leaders describing methods of implementing this directive and ways of changing the institutions to meet the demands of…

This practicum studies the future educational and/or occupational plans of 223 technical program students enrolled in Brevard Community College (BCC) during the Fall 1973 term in order to suggest adjustments in college procedures to facilitate student transition to continued college or to their chosen professions. The characteristics of technical…

Student characteristics and educational destinations of all the reverse transfer students from five state universities who were admitted to five community colleges during one calendar year (N=459) were studied to re-assess and define the "retread function" of community colleges. A group of 245 native community college students were randomly…

This study was designed to test the validity of using creativity and academic motivation variables, in addition to the traditional variables of scholastic aptitude and high school GPA, as predictors of college GPA. The sample consisted of the 1973-74 freshman class at the College of Basic Studies (CBS) at Boston University; CBS is a two-year…

A total of 1,341 male and female students enrolled at a private women's college, a two-year comprehensive college of moderate size, an agricultural-technical college, and a small two-year comprehensive college were surveyed in Spring 1974 to determine demographic and descriptive data, career choices, plans for labor force participation, and…

A reverse transfer student is one who has transferred from a four-year college or university to a two-year institution. This study was undertaken to determine the nature and characteristics of reverse transfer students enrolled at Seminole Junior College (SJC) and at Valencia Community College (VCC) in Florida. A 52-item questionnaire was sent to…

A majority of junior college students intend to obtain a two-year Associate in Arts (AA) degree and transfer to a four year college, but only approximately one third of these students continue their education beyond the community college level. It was hypothesized that an intensive counseling program for sophomores would enable students to achieve…

Summarizes the following nine areas of institutional research prepared by Harcum Junior College from the period July to December 1971: (1) Alumnae Comments and Achievements; (2) College Curriculums, Programs and Characteristics; (3) Faculty Comments and Evaluation; (4) Freshmen Applicants; (5) Student Academic Achievement; (6) Student…

This report describes first-time students in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) in terms of demographic characteristics, socioeconomic background, academic characteristics, and goals. Additionally, the VCCS student characteristics are compared with American Council on Education norms for two- and four-year public college students…

This report is a compilation of the substance of the presentations and activities prepared for a graduate course in The Junior Community College offered as part of the faculty/staff development program at Salem Community College. The program focused on a broad range of topics related to the community college concept while also dealing specifically…

Assesses the applicability of several related models of student retention/attrition to community colleges. Presents the results of a longitudinal study of freshman-year retention and performance, revealing that certain pre-enrollment variables coupled with first-semester academic performance data can help institutions identify potential dropouts.…

Reviews assessment efforts in Florida's postsecondary institutions, which emphasize assessing achievement periodically, improving guidance and placement, increasing college readiness among secondary students, and measuring college-level skills after the second college year. Looks at the positive contributions of these changes and the potential for…

Comparing the experiences of 1980 high school graduates with those from 1972 reveals that, among youth of low socioeconomic status, Blacks were somewhat more likely than Whites to enroll in four-year colleges; Hispanics evidence the lowest four-year attendance probability. Social background differences, gender differences, and cohort differences…