Designed to convey timely, accurate, and comparative information about Florida's 28 community colleges, this fact book provides descriptive and statistical data on enrollment trends, college personnel, educational finances, and governance for 1992-93. The report opens with a brief historical overview of the state system from its beginnings in 1933…

Since 1974, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) has conducted annual surveys of its graduates to obtain information on jobs, career satisfaction, transfer to other institutions, and the effect of PVCC on careers and further education. Findings from the survey of 1992-93 graduates, based on responses from 52.5% of the 232 alumni surveyed,…

In March 1992, a team of Big Bend Community College (BBCC) faculty members traveled to Washington State University (WSU) to survey and interview former BBCC students enrolled at WSU. The purpose of the investigation was to assess the effectiveness of BBCC in preparing students for transfer to and continued success at the four-year college level,…

In order to better serve minority students and other underrepresented groups, Fresno City College, in California, implemented two innovative programs: the Re-Entry Student Conference (RESC) and the Registration-To-Go (RTG) program. The RESC was a 2-day enrollment program designed to attract students from the Fresno area over the age of 25. Many of…

Designed to convey timely, accurate, and comparative information about Florida's 28 community colleges, this fact book provides descriptive and statistical data on enrollment trends, college personnel, educational finances, and governance. The report opens with a brief historical overview of the state system from its beginnings in 1933 to the…

In 1991, the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges developed the "success rate," a reporting index which combined graduation, transfer, and persistence rates. Success rate matrices were produced by tracking first-time, full-time students representing seven cohorts (1980 to 1986) over a 4-year period, and matching entering…

In 1991, an analysis of student graduation, transfer, and persistence rates throughout the Colorado publicly supported postsecondary system was conducted by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Data were drawn from files submitted to the Commission by institutions from fall 1986 through fall 1990. Selected findings included the following:…

Project SELECT (Search for Excellent Leaders To Enter Careers in Teaching) is a consortium of three New York educational institutions--Westchester Community College, a two-year public institution; Pace University, a multi-campus, four-year private institution; and the White Plains Public Schools, a K-12 school system. These entities collaborated…

The role of family in educational and occupational decisions was examined for 2,118 students from 11 school districts and 3 community colleges in Texas. Sixty-six percent were Mexican American, 20 percent were Caucasian, and 14 percent were of other ethnic backgrounds. In all, 1,406 Mexican American students were surveyed; 55 of the 187 community…

Two studies were performed to examine the transfer rates of first-time freshmen in the Business Administration (BA) major at a public two-year college to senior colleges or universities in the University System of Georgia (USG). The first study tracked students for 4 years, beginning in fall 1988, and the second study tracked students for 3 years,…

In 1992, eight two-year colleges in Northern California were chosen to participate in a quantitative study of the relationship between student outcomes and the use of instructional methods recommended in the Cross/Angelo Classroom Assessment Model. The model supports the modification of instruction based on frequent, quick, and anonymous written…

Although the Japanese junior college was the result of post-World War II American interventions to create a post-secondary educational system along the lines of the American community college, the institutions in the two countries have taken divergent paths. Both institutions do provide a general, postsecondary education of a shorter duration.…

To address the challenges created by increased student diversity, expanding enrollment, and shrinking budgets, Midlands Technical College, in South Carolina, designed a student success program in 1989 to enhance student retention, student satisfaction, and student goal achievement. Key components of the system include: (1) a year-to-year and…

Developed for local faculty senates and individual faculty members in the California Community Colleges (CCC), this report provides suggestions, strategies, and tips for undertaking faculty mentoring efforts aimed at increasing the persistence and transfer of underrepresented students in the CCC. Following an introduction and brief discussion of…

ACT and 127 institutions (primarily community colleges) worked together on a Partners in Progress Research project comparing ASSET reading, writing, and math scores (incoming student placement tests) with CAAP reading, writing, and math scores (exiting student outcomes test). This was in order to refine the content of the related exams, and…