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Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1981
A study was conducted to determine the extent and nature on non-respondent bias in the follow-up survey in 1981 of Michigan secondary vocational education students from the class of 1980. The response rate to the annual survey has been approximately 76 percent in past years, yet there remains a significant non-response bias potential. This study,…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Data Collection, Dropout Research, Followup Studies
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1981
The proceedings of a conference for administrators, faculty, and staff of developmental education programs are summarized. An introductory section outlines the history, development, and definition of developmental education in the United States and gives statistics on the number and percentage of various institution types reporting developmental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Environment, Course Evaluation, Developmental Studies Programs
Download full textTomala, Gail; Behuniak, Peter, Jr. – 1981
The pattern of changes in locus of control for college persisters and dropouts were examined over a three-year period, and differences between males and females were considered. Data on 6,608 students enrolled in four-year U.S. colleges were collected in 1973, 1974, and 1975. A repeated measures analysis of locus of control composite scores…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Characteristics
Leach, Ernest R. – 1979
The discipline of marketing, applied to higher education, has the potential for increasing enrollments, reducing attrition, and making college services more responsive to the needs of consumers. Faced with enrollments that were below projections, Prince George's Community College devised a four-stage marketing plan that focused on service,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Cost Effectiveness, Dropouts
Coballes-Vega, Carmen; And Others – Bilingual Education Paper Series, 1979
The purpose of this study of the Title VII (Bilingual Education) Fellowship Program was to verify the projected need for bilingual teacher trainers and to assess prior program effectiveness. A 6-item survey instrument was constructed and sent to project directors of 49 institutes of higher education (IHE) that had participated in the fellowship…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dropouts, Employment Level, Enrollment Projections
LAFFEY, JAMES L. – 1968
A LISTING OF 143 IMPORTANT RESEARCH REPORTS COMPLETED ON READING AND CLOSELY RELATED TOPICS COVERING PRESCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE AND ADULT YEARS IS PRESENTED. RELEVANT ISSUES OF "RESEARCH IN EDUCATION," THE "OFFICE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTS, 19656-65, RESUMES" (OE-12029, $1.75), AND "OFFICE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTS, 1956-65, INDEXES"…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Dropouts
HAMBURGER, MARTIN – 1965
A DESCRIPTIVE EVALUATION HAS BEEN MADE OF A NEW YORK CITY COOPERATIVE PROGRAM TO MOTIVATE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPERVISED, PAID EMPLOYMENT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. THE BASIC STUDY SAMPLE WAS CONFINED TO GROUPS, BOYS AND GIRLS, IN FOUR PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO-PUERTO RICAN HIGH SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge (Massachusetts) has developed a School-Juvenile Court Liaison Program. Central to the effectiveness of this program is the appointment of a school staff member who fills the role of a liaison or "linking mechanism" between the school and court. The overall objective for the liaison is to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Prevention
Dennison, John D.; And Others – 1980
A study was commissioned by the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Education to determine the number of students enrolled in transfer programs at the 14 BC community colleges who actually transfer to senior institutions. The study involved identifying all BC community college students (both full- and part-time) who were enrolled in transfer…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Mobility
Hunter, Susanne; Kettle, Helen – 1979
The Kumtuks program, an alternative rehabilitation program established by the Vancouver School Board in 1976 for Native Indian students, is described. Kumtuks was established to retain students between grades 6 and 9 when the drop-out rate among Native Indian students is the highest. The results of the evaluation of the first two years (1976-78),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Canada Natives, Continuation Students
Wetzel, Susan – 1977
The survey instruments that are a part of an ongoing systematic process of information gathering at Delaware County Community College (DCCC) form the bulk of this manual. Designed to familiarize the faculty and staff with the process of survey use for decision-making, the intended populations and the possible applications of data are described.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Taylor, Virginia – 1977
A study was performed to examine the attitudes of adult students toward a new mode of instruction (individualized instruction including modularized self-paced units) and to determine course effectiveness in terms of completion rates and final examination results. The subjects were sixty-five adult students who were enrolled in two calculus classes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Calculus, Dropout Rate
LONGEST, JAMES W.; GENGENBACK, WILLIAM H. – 1965
THE MOST FREQUENT METHOD OF GROUP FORMATION FOR INTENSIVE FARM MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK STATE HAS BEEN TO COMBINE ALL INTERESTED FARMERS IN LARGE GROUPS AT THE COUNTY EXTENSION HEADQUARTERS. THIS EXPERIMENT WAS SET UP TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO METHODS OF FORMING SMALL GROUPS--BY SOCIOMETRIC CHOICE OR SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. ALL…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Farmer Education, Attendance, Dairy Farmers
Kirk, William Donald – 1968
A study was made of the expenditure of Federal funds in Missouri schools under the Adult Education Act of 1966, involvement by state public education agencies in adult basic education programs according to such selected factors as school size, assessed valuation, classification, and geographical location; and major characteristics of the adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Doctoral Dissertations, Enrollment
Buehler, Roy E.; And Others – 1967
The object of the present study was to develop and test the effectiveness of a behavior modification approach to behavior training, in the context of a social living situation in a Job Corps Center for men. The model for this approach is derived from recent research in social reinforcement learning, as applied to behavior training in laboratories…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Counseling, Dropout Rate
