Traditional Masters of Social Work (MSW) students versus extended MSW degree students who took a combination part-time/full-time work-study arrangement were compared. Comparisons were made on a variety of self-inventories, measuring attributes of personality, values and initial helping skills. (Author/MLW)

Data from 1974-75 and 1983-84 Canadian national studies are used to explore the impact of gender and parental education on student decisions to enroll full- or part-time, choose college or university, and enroll in different fields. Results show both factors play decisive roles, with family background influencing men and women differentially. (MSE)

Describes a study of eight universities in England that investigated the size and characteristics of their part-time degree programs. Highlights include government policy; cost; competition between universities; admissions policies; completion rate and drop-out rate; instructional design, including modularity; continuing education; and program…

Presents tabular information culled from the twenty-third annual survey of engineering and engineering technology enrollments for postsecondary programs in the United States. Provides data on Fall 1990, enrollments listed by individual schools and states, including details for women, minorities and foreign nationals and also by major curricula.…

Part-time graduate students, particularly from minority groups, find that time management and sacrifice are necessary for success. Problems encountered include balancing jobs and academic work, difficulties integrating into the institution's graduate culture, and the need to cut back on some personal activities. However, part-time study…

Examines cultural perspectives of educational administration students and selected faculty at a midwestern university college of education. Two distinct cultures developed: a vocational culture composed of part-time doctoral students and education faculty and an academic culture composed of instructors of professional common-core subjects.…

This study provides a qualitative test and illustration of a model of how students cope with the demands of part-time study. The model shows that students who are successful in finding the time to complete the requirements of part-time courses do so by adopting three mechanisms; sacrifice, support and the negotiation of arrangements. All three…

Measuring the progress of students toward completing their college education is an important gauge of how well California's postsecondary education systems are meeting the needs of students and the public. This report provides an assessment of persistence as a measure of student success at California's public universities and is one of a series of…

This report uses the 2003-04 NPSAS data to describe the characteristics of graduate and first professional students and how they finance their education, with a section focusing on students who attend exclusively part time. The report also includes a compendium of tables providing detailed data on student and enrollment characteristics, types of…

Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" looks at who receives aid, how much they receive and how financial aid relates to persistence. The data show that among full-time students in the 2003 Achieving the Dream cohort, students of color were more likely to receive grants to fund their postsecondary…

The greatest impediment to the provision of adequate and appropriate campus services for commuter students is their diversity. It is important to identify the needs of commuting students since they may have little interest in traditional campus programs and services. Though they are an extremely diverse population, nontraditional commuting…

Composed primarily of tables and graphs, this report provides data on trends in student enrollment from 1985 to 1995 in the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN). Following a brief overview, tables are provided on headcount enrollments; Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) enrollments; student full- and part-time status, gender and…

This study sought to measure what factors contribute to the learning and personal development of traditional and new majority students at six metropolitan institutions: University of Alabama, Birmingham; University of Louisville (Kentucky); Wichita State University (Kansas); University of Lowell (Massachusetts); Cleveland State University (Ohio);…

A study explored the relationship between high school seniors' attitudes about borrowing for education and the post-secondary education choices they make. With the 1982 "High School and Beyond" data the study used a sample of 9,625 students who were high school seniors in the spring of 1982 to do a descriptive analysis to compare those…

This document reports estimated Fall 1992 enrollment at public, four-year institutions based on a survey mailed to over 570 institutions of higher education. The annual survey of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grand Colleges (NASULGC) member…