Information on degree and certificate programs offered and student completions for fiscal year 1978-79 in North Dakota postsecondary educational institutions is compiled in this report. In Section I information on program offerings by subject and student program completions are tabulated for one-year programs, two-year programs, bachelor's degree…

A survey of 7% of all students attending classes in the Los Angeles Community College District during Fall, 1978, was conducted to determine educational and career goals and interests, levels of college preparation, commuting patterns, employment while attending college, personal or parental income, attitudes toward tuition, marital status,…

Findings are presented for each of five surveys conducted by North Harris County College using the Texas Student Information System (TEX-SIS). The report first presents and discusses the results of an educational intent survey, based on responses from approximately 7,395 students registered in credit hour courses during 1977-78. Results of a…

The transcripts of the 115 Macomb Community College (MCC) students who graduated in 1978 with an Associate of General Studies degree were analyzed to determine data frequency counts, percentage distributions, and descriptive measurements which profiled the graduates in terms of demography, educational background, veteran status, attendance…

During fiscal year (FY) 1979, six institutional research reports were conducted at South Oklahoma City Junior College (SOCJC) that focused on various aspects of the student population. The first study in this compilation determined selected characteristics (sex, full/part-time status, marital status, age, ethnic background, and program) of the…

The impact of financial aid on the distribution of undergraduates among South Carolina's postsecondary institutions during the 1972-73 to 1977-78 academic years was studied. The major purpose of the study was to determine and to demonstrate how changes in educational costs, family ability to pay for those costs, and available financial aid…

The development of the IDEA system, a survey concerning teacher effectiveness at Kansas State University (KSU) is described. The system originated at KSU during the 1968-69 academic year as a means for investigating the effectiveness of teaching and for improving instruction. A discussion concerning its purpose and rationale is included. The…

As part of a longitudinal study of undergraduate transfer students at the University of Texas at Austin, students were surveyed in December 1973 and April 1975 for data on: demography, selected characteristics of the student's high school and previous college, and experience at U.T. Austin. Presented here are analyses of attitudinal data obtained…

Using data from the 1960-1977 period, this study provides a range of headcount enrollment projections for the Michigan higher education system to the year 2000 by type of institution and by age and sex of student under alternative sets of projection assumptions. The theoretical framework, methodology, and working model developed in this study are…

This description of a general program for the preservice preparation of the teacher-innovator, developed as a source of ideas for thinking about and recreating teacher education, is organized into four parts. Part 1 contains introductory chapters which present definitions of terms, a brief description of the program, and general considerations of…

The master's thesis discusses values orientation and career choice of male and female non-Anglo American college students. A review of sociological literature related to value schemes of Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Oriental Americans revealed that previous research is based almost entirely upon inferences made from studies relating…

This paper defines student development education as a concept which refers to professional roles of administrators, instructors, and counselors in a competency-based learning system designed to enable students to become more of what they want to be. A student development model is delineated whose essential components include student goal setting…

The statistical abstract is part of the annual report of the Planning and Grants Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel. Statistical data are assembled with the cooperation of the universities, through an interinstitutional committee. The data include: enrollment figures by institution, academic field, degree level, student…

Selected biographic and demographic characteristics of the 15,168 students enrolled at Montgomery College for fall 1977 were analyzed. Analysis showed: (1) the mean age for all students was 26.06 years; (2) 55% were female; (3) 71% were white, 8% black, 1% Spanish-American, and 14% foreign born; (4) 90% were Montgomery county residents; (5)…

The project reported on was the second phase of activities mandated by Section 493B of the Higher Education Amendments of 1976. That section required activities to assist in the expansion and improvement of campus student aid information services. The project had as its objectives to: (1) analyze the findings of a survey of institutional practices…