The purpose of the exploratory survey reported here is to identify and describe some of the existing programs and activities at UCLA that are directed toward and related to community colleges and, to a lesser extent, to note other developments at UCLA that might have relevance for two-year colleges. The report is divided into six sections.…

To determine how effectively the Secretarial Studies Department's program was meeting the needs of its students, a follow-up study was conducted of former Montgomery Community College Secretarial Studies students. The survey sought to determine, in particular, if the students had secured employment that was related to their course work at the…

This report represents the first component of a 3-year comprehensive planning study of longrange facilities needs of institutions of higher education, mandated by Congress in the "Higher Education Amendments of 1966." A manual provided institutions with a common method of defining and measuring space. Each room of every campus building…

This second annual study of the application and enrollment patterns of university transfer students provided information concerning the intercampus mobility of students attending institutions under the program of the State University of New York. Data were provided by the enrollment survey conducted in 1971. This study sought to analyze the higher…

A random 5% sample of those 6,341 day college students who were enrolled in the fall of 1972-73 but not in the spring of 1972-73 were telephoned to gather followup information. Of the 316 students in the sample, 91 were contacted and provided the following information: (1) most were not currently enrolled in college anywhere; those who were…

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors in attrition over which Southwestern College might exercise some control and through which experimentation could be conducted toward changing the patterns of attrition. Data were gathered from college files on every student who withdrew from one or more classes for the fall 1971 semester. A…

The committee responsible for the present report was asked to perform a variety of functions that fall into 5 categories: (1) the identification and articulation of long-range goals for graduate education at Stanford; (2) the implementation of a pilot project using Departmental Visitation Teams to study graduate curricula in several departments;…

An examination of the factors related to summer school at Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) attempted to determine why 1970 summer enrollment had decreased, why growth in summer enrollment had been uneven since 1967, and whether changing the term from eight to six weeks had affected the enrollment. The impact of the length of the summer term(s),…

This follow-up study of Portland Community College (PCC, Oregon) graduates was conducted to determine where graduates are, what they are doing, and how well their employers rate their performance. Information was gathered from postcard surveys sent to the 1971 graduates, and subsequent questionnaires sent to these students and to their employers.…

This study reports the results of a systematic inquiry to assess the extent to which consultant teams had contributed to principals' acceptance of innovation. Data were based on the Institutional Change Model developed by an Educational Professional Development Act (EPDA) project. Participants of the study were principals of 12 elementary schools.…

It has been alleged that 2-year colleges often seek transformation to a 4-year status. This survey reports on an analysis of institutional changes that have occurred in 72 junior colleges from 1958-59 through 1967-68. Institutional information is profiled on the basis of the following factors: (1) year of academic extension and location by state;…

Research for administrative decisionmaking, long-range institutional planning, goal determination, understanding campus influences upon students, and other aspects of higher education is of relatively recent origin. This document presents discussions of the meaning and nature of administrative research; the administrative research tradition in…

The rate of change in education in the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's made necessary a continuing reevaluation of higher education's past and present and its future needs. In this report, the cases for and against major institutional self-study are debated, and such questions as what to study, how to organize such research, the necessary ingredients…

This volume contains the keynote address and abstracts and/or edited versions of twenty-one research papers presented at an annual conference. The keynote address, presented by Dr. Andrew S. Korim, is entitled "Century III: Implications for Community and Junior College Research." Papers included address a wide range of research concerns at the…

This publication reports on research and development expenditures projected for the year 1985. The support pattern for research and development activities within four major sectors of the economy are considered: industry, government, universities and colleges, and other nonprofit organizations. A summary of the projections methodology is followed…