This summary of gender equity activities at Bakersfield College highlights six areas of vocational education, identifying courses that have more than 80% of one sex enrolled and examining changes in enrollments between 1980 and 1982. Introductory materials outline the purpose of gender equity activities in overcoming sex bias, stereotyping, and…

In California, studies of the flow of students from high schools to public postsecondary institutions and from community colleges to four-year colleges have been conducted annually since 1978. These studies have sought to identify trends in college-going rates; examine the gains and losses in these rates experienced by various counties in light of…

In 1979-80, a study was conducted at John C. Calhoun State Community College to demonstrate the need for financial aid services to evening nontraditional students. Data were collected on a random sample of 66 traditional and 47 nontraditional students who received Basic Educational Opportunity Grants during the 1979-80 school year with respect to…

A study was conducted at John C. Calhoun State Community College to establish the effectiveness and continued need for full-time counseling services by examining the possible impact of counseling on enrollment, withdrawal, and graduation rates and on financial aid recipiency. The study involved: (1) a review of pertinent literature; (2)…

In March, 1980, a project was undertaken to develop a model for continued identification and analysis of attrition factors in the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Specifically, the project was designed to define attrition and distinguish dropouts from other non-returning students; develop and validate instruments for collecting…

A study was conducted at the College of the Redwoods to analyze the fiscal, institutional, and instructional impact of the Redwood Employees Protection Plan (REPP) program, a federally funded retraining program for timber workers displaced by redwood park expansion. The study involved telephone interviews with 37 former and current students, 16…

Despite scientific inattention to the implications of control expectancy in adult education, particularly in the community college setting, a few strategies have been suggested to effect external to internal shifts in control expectancies in nontraditional adult learners. The Reimanis and Schaefer technique assists the subject to focus upon the…

Many who believe in the value of the study of the humanities are faced with the problems of how to attract vocational students to humanities courses, maintain their interest in such courses so that they fulfill the general education requirements for graduation, and, if possible, generate an ongoing interest in the humanities. In response to these…

This booklet contains 14 series of data tables providing comprehensive information on enrollments in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) for fall quarter, 1978. Within the tables data are provided on student enrollments by race; sex; full-/part-time status; type of program; type of award; first-time/continuing student status; credit hours…

Data are presented on a series of tables summarizing enrollment trends and the personal characteristics of the 20,286 regular students enrolled in credit programs at the Hawaii community colleges during spring 1982. The tables cover: (1) headcount enrollment in regular credit and special programs; (2) headcount enrollment by campus for the years…

In 1981, a follow-up study of 1979-80 students in William Rainey Harper College's (WRHC's) career programs was conducted to gather information about former students' employment and/or educational status and to obtain their evaluations of WRHC's programs and services. After two questionnaire mailings and a telephone follow-up of 681 former…

Vista College, a non-campus college which offers classes in a number of community locations, has developed several strategies to meet the needs of student groups not previously served fully by the Peralta Community College District, including worker-students, older adults, the handicapped, and women. A survey was conducted in 1981 to obtain…

This two-part report describes the developmental studies program at Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC) and provides a summary of 1980-81 use figures and evaluations for LAPC's Study Skills Center. After noting the increasing need for developmental studies, the report indicates the methods used to assess students' reading, writing, and mathematics…

A survey was conducted in early 1981 to provide follow-up information on former students of the 14 public community colleges in British Columbia (BC) and of the BC Institute of Technology. In all, questionnaires were mailed to 11,456 persons enrolled in vocational programs at the colleges in September, 1979, but who were not enrolled at any of the…

A 1981 follow-up study of graduates and former full-time students from 1977-78 was conducted by Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) to determine the effectiveness of MHCC vocational programs in preparing students for employment and/or continuing education. Graduates were defined as associate degree or certificate recipients and non-graduates were…