This report offers research and analysis of outcomes for 15,743 students who enrolled in basic skills mathematics classes at Rio Hondo College in California between fall 1996 and summer 2001. The research was done at the request of the basic skills mathematics faculty. Although the California Community College Chancellor's Office defines remedial…

This study compared the progress of 3,300 undergraduate students at Nova Southeastern University (Florida), of whom 2,410 were campus-based and 890 were distance education students. The study population consisted of all Fall Term 1993 Farquhar Center for Undergraduate Studies students, differentiating between campus-based and distance education…

This study compared the academic achievement and retention of transfer students and native students at one university on a class-by-class basis for: (1) returning native and returning transfer students and (2) returning native and new transfer students. These comparisons are intended to take into account expected lower freshman retention rates and…

This report presents the findings of a survey of students who enrolled for the first time at Salt Lake Community College (Utah) in the fall of 1998. New students included both freshmen and transfers, but excluded concurrently enrolled high school students, students who enrolled but dropped out, and those enrolled in short-term training programs.…

A survey of a random sample of 6,000 registered nurses who were members of the Royal College of Nursing explored views on issues related to working as a nurse and having a career in nursing. Recent policy documents highlighted the high value the government placed on the role of nurses. Results indicated there were clear gender differences with…

The summer 2001 issue of New Directions for Community Colleges evaluates recent research and policy discussions about transfer students and addresses the critical issues facing students moving through the educational pipeline. Chapters include: (1) "Transfer Student Adjustment" (Frankie Santos Laanan); (2) "Institutional Responses…

This report presents information on students who attended Germanna Community College and applied to one of the public baccalaureate institutions in Virginia between the years of 1990 and 1999. Admission, enrollment, and success after transfer are all analyzed. However, the tables are incomplete because not all colleges submitted the necessary…

This article assesses the effectiveness of student retention in the community college system, using as an example, the Extended Opportunities Programs and Services (EOP&S) program, which is available at all 106 California community colleges. EOP&S provides activities that have proven to enhance persistence and academic achievements for 80,000 low…

This study compared the matriculation status of distance education students and their campus-based counterparts (total N=10,187) 5 years after original enrollment in Nova Southeastern University academic centers in Fall 1993. Successful matriculation was defined as either graduation and/or continued enrollment in Fall 1998. The study found that…

This paper summarizes data from several recent surveys of the Department of Education concerning postsecondary students with disabilities. Surveys represented include the 1995-96 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Postsecondary Education Quick Information System survey (1998), and the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study.…

Ten-year trends in the retention, transfer, and graduation of first-time, full-time Maryland public community college students are presented in this report. Tables track students two, three, and four years after matriculation and are broken down by gender and ethnic categories. When considering this data, it must be remembered that retention,…

The nation's culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) classrooms face a critical shortage of high-quality teachers. Representatives from dozens of major national educational associations and institutions convened September 24-26, 2003, at the Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin, to grapple with this issue. The conference marked…

This bulletin attempts to present: (1) the comparative extent to which farm and nonfarm groups are receiving public secondary education; and (2) the relation of significant factors concerning high schools and the farm population to participation in secondary education by farm children. The data here presented must be regarded as incomplete but…

The purpose of the study was to identify predictive factors in the areas of vocational stability and job satisfaction for potential teachers of postsecondary technology subjects. Of the seven stability factors and five factors investigated, age, educational level, and high scores on the Vocational Preference Index were considered most important.…