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Puffer, Richard J. – 1981
Community college planners must be futurists, projecting institutional and program enrollments and funding from tuition and state sources. Yet it is increasingly difficult to make accurate projections even for one year, when factors do not operate as they have in the past. Nevertheless, new trends in people, programs, finances, and facilities can…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Planning, Community Colleges
Hauselman, A. J., Ed.; Tudor, Dan, Ed. – 1981
A history of the University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS) precedes this analysis of data on UKCCS enrollment, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics. Section I discusses Fall 1980 headcount enrollments for each of the 14 UKCCS campuses in terms of distribution by class, sex, and residence. Enrollment…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Graduates
Download full textParilla, Robert E.; And Others – 1980
Summaries are provided of the presentations made at Montgomery College's (MC's) two-day conference conducted to acquaint college trustees, staff, and students and the community with major issues likely to affect MC in the 1980's. First, six papers consider economic trends: "Implications of Economic Trends for Higher Education" by Susan Nelson;…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Demography
Wenckowski, Charlene; And Others – 1979
A follow-up study of Montgomery College students was conducted to determine the extent to which the college assisted students in achieving educational goals, developing career plans, and preparing for transfer to senior institutions. The survey, conducted in 1978, gained responses from 1,840 of the 4,881 first-time students enrolled in Fall 1974,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Community Colleges, Educational Background
Yess, James P. – 1979
The intent of this study was to determine the influence of selected independent variables on the graduating grade point average (GPA) of community college students in various programs of study. A sample of 483 students from one community college represented seven programs of study: Business Administration-General, Business Administration-Transfer,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations
Smydra, Martha; Kochenour, Edith – 1978
In order to assess the needs and determine the demographic, educational, employment, and enrollment characteristics of the 60-70% of the students attending Jefferson Community College (JCC) who were over 24 years of age, surveys were conducted of faculty and a random sample (N=302) of the 3,160 adult students enrolled during 1976-1977. Response…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Students, Age, Black Students
Shearon, Ronald W.; And Others – 1980
A survey was conducted in Spring 1979 to determine the characteristics of a scientifically drawn sample of 16,400 curriculum and continuing education students enrolled in 57 community colleges and technical institutes in North Carolina (NC). The study focused on: (1) the demographic and financial characteristics of the students; (2) the major…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Black Students, College Choice
Karlen, Janice M. – 1980
A survey of the 2,087 students who applied and registered at Essex County College (ECC) for the Fall 1978 semester was conducted to determine student motivation, goals, needs, and demographic characteristics. The 84-item survey instrument elicited information related to: college choice; sources of information about ECC; prior ECC attendance;…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Demography, Educational Background
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 1980
This pamphlet was developed to facilitate responding to common inquiries about the California community colleges. In single-paragraph answers, it deals with 19 frequently asked questions: (1) What are the California community colleges? (2) How do I know if I am eligible to attend? (3) As a resident of another state, am I still eligible? (4) If I…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Admission, College Housing, College Programs
Hinkley, Lee – Chabot College Journal, 1980
The last three years at Chabot College have been characterized by a rapid and continuing increase in the number of non-traditional students; an increase which may be accounted for by numerous social, political, and educational conditions. In order to determine the extent and nature of the learning problems which many of these non-traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges
Hauselman, A. J., Ed.; Tudor, Dan, Ed. – 1981
A history of the University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS) precedes this analysis of data on UKCCS enrollment, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics. Section I discusses Fall 1979 headcount enrollments for each of the 14 UKCCS campuses in terms of distribution by class, sex, and residence. Enrollment…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Graduates
Webster, Barbara; And Others – 1980
Procedures, methodology, and findings are reported for a six-part study undertaken by Gainesville Junior College (GJC) to: assess the economic impact of the college on its service area; determine community attitudes concerning the degree to which GJC has met stated goals and objectives; and identify needed services and programs that GJC has yet to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Needs, Community Surveys, Educational Economics
Beckwith, Miriam M.; Edwards, Sandra J. – 1979
Research on ethnic minority participation in community college education is reviewed in eight sections. The first delineates the distinguishing features of the modern community college, such as its emphasis on occupational education, its diversity of programs, and the prevalence of non-traditional course-taking patterns. The second section…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Bibliographies, Community Colleges
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1977
An analysis of student enrollment statistics of the 7 campuses in the Hawaii community college system for fall 1977 yielded the following summary information: regular credit students comprised 77% of the total enrollment; enrollment decreased 1% over fall 1976, the first decrease since the system began in 1965; males outnumbered females by the…
Descriptors: Age, College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Hall, Toni; Reed, Jim – 1979
A total of 2,782 nonreturning occupational and transfer students responded to a series of surveys conducted by 13 Texas community colleges during fall 1977 as part of the Tex-SIS (Student Information System) Follow-up System. Information on college majors, educational goals, reasons for not re-enrolling, satisfaction with college experience,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Background
