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Download full textLucas, John A.; Setlik, Patricia – 1995
As part of a review of management curricula, William Rainey Harper College in Illinois conducted a study of both former transfer and former career students in the management program. In spring 1995, surveys were sent to 248 former business transfer students and to 123 former career management students enrolled in the past 5 years, requesting…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Education, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Lucas, John A. – 1988
In spring 1987, a study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to assess the satisfaction of minority students with campus life and to gather selected demographic and performance data. Random samples of 100 Asian, 100 Black, 100 Hispanic, and 100 White students were surveyed by mail or, if there was no response to the mail survey,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, Community Colleges
Lucas, John A. – 1988
As part of an ongoing evaluation of the career programs at Illinois' William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), a follow-up study of 1986 program graduates was conducted and results were compared with previous years. Questionnaires were sent to 491 students who earned 48 or more hours during the 1985-86 academic year at WRHC. Study findings, based on a…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Lucas, John A. – 1982
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to obtain a profile of degree students who withdrew from courses at the college between 1979 and 1982. Study findings, based on forms completed by 10,148 of the 29,410 students who withdrew from courses during this period, included the following: (1) 11.5% of all course enrollments…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Courses, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Singlemann, Jay C.; Lucas, John A. – 1980
In 1974, 1978, and 1980, follow-up surveys of former data processing students were conducted by William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to help evaluate the data processing program and support curriculum development. The 1974 survey included anyone enrolled between fall 1968 and spring 1973 who had taken any data processing course, while the 1978 and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Processing, Data Processing Occupations
Lucas, John A. – 1977
In order to provide a fall 1976 student profile and to determine the college's market penetration, William Rainey Harper College drew a random sample of 400 traditional credit and 194 continuing education students, representing respectively 3.2% and 2.4% of the total student population. Traditional credit students averaged 27 years of age; 57.8%…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age, Community Colleges
Lucas, John A.; Dincher, Judy – 1995
As part of an evaluation of the effectiveness of its nursing program, William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in Illinois conducted a follow-up study of program graduates from 1994. One year after their graduation, questionnaires were sent to all 114 graduates from 1994, soliciting information on their employment status, future educational plans, and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies
Reid, Damaris; Lucas, John A. – 1993
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), in Palatine, Illinois, to explore WRHC employees' knowledge, perceptions, and interests with regard to the campus's Resources for Women office. This office offers courses, workshops, and services in the areas of career development, writing and speaking, dealing with personal life…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Consciousness Raising, Education Service Centers
PDF pending restorationMeltesen, Cal; Lucas, John A. – 1991
In an ongoing effort to evaluate how well William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), in Palatine, Illinois, prepares its students to transfer into baccalaureate programs, a survey was conducted of all 824 transfer-oriented students who had accumulated at least 48 semester hours of credit during the 1988-89 academic year. Study results, based on a 69%…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Lucas, John A.; Hildebrandt, Sharrie – 1990
In order to provide information for the 1989-90 program review at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) and to fulfill American Bar Association accreditation guidelines, a long-term, follow-up study was conducted of all Legal Tech program alumni who graduated between 1984 and 1988. A telephone survey generated usable responses from 106 (73%) of the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Meltesen, Cal; Lucas, John A. – 1990
In an effort to evaluate how well William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) prepares its students to transfer into baccalaureate degree programs, a survey was conducted of all 841 transfer-oriented students who reached 48 or more semester hours during the 1986-87 academic year. Students were asked about their current status, their evaluation of WRHC,…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Zilkowski, R.; Lucas, John A. – 1987
In December 1986, a study was conducted at Illinois' William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine the feasibility of beginning a Business Information Management (BIM) program aimed at the middle-management level. A survey was mailed to 795 organizations with 250 or more employees in neighboring counties, requesting information on the interest…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Education, Business Skills, College Programs
Lucas, John A. – 1984
In 1984, a follow-up study was conducted of degree-oriented, vocational students who were enrolled at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) during 1982-83 and who were no longer enrolled in 1983-84. The study sample included 832 students who received a degree or certificate, 1,150 students who left WRHC before graduating, and 700 employers of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
Lucas, John A. – 1981
A 5-year follow-up of students who left William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in 1974 was conducted to assess the long-term impact of WRHC on its students and to learn what those students do when they leave college. Questionnaires were sent to 443 alumni of career programs and 568 transfer alumni, and an overall response rate of 57.5% was attained.…
Descriptors: Career Change, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Johnson, Thomas A.; Lucas, John A. – 1981
In 1980, a follow-up study was conducted of students in the Banking, Finance, and Credit curriculum (BFC) at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC). A questionnaire was mailed to all 40 students who had achieved a degree or certificate or had passed five courses in the BFC curriculum since its establishment in fall 1976. The instrument solicited…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Education Work Relationship
