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Download full textLucas, John A. – 1975
In order to measure the effect of early morning and weekend scheduling at William Rainey Harper College, six different survey forms were developed and sent to the following groups of students: students taking six selected courses at 7 a.m., students taking the courses during regular times of the week, and students taking the courses on the…
Descriptors: Courses, Grades (Scholastic), Scheduling, Student Attitudes
Lucas, John A. – 1980
As part of a continuing program of monitoring the number of student withdrawals and tuition refunds at William Rainey Harper College, students dropping courses during fall 1980 were surveyed to determine their characteristics and reasons for withdrawal. Students who simply stopped attending courses were not included in the study. The survey…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Lucas, John A.; Meltesen, Cal – 1994
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of students who withdrew from courses between summer 1992 and spring 1994. Between 1992 and 1994, 13.7% of the 175,000 course enrollments resulted in official withdrawals, representing a 0.4% decrease in withdrawals from the 1990-1992 cohort. An analysis of these…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research
Lucas, John A.; Meltesen, Cal – 1993
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in Illinois to develop a profile of students who withdrew from courses between summer 1990 and spring 1992. For the 2-year period studied, each degree credit student who officially withdrew from a course was asked to complete a survey form, indicating withdrawal status, whether a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Lucas, John A.; Meltesen, Cal – 1991
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of students who withdrew from courses between 1988 and 1990 and to compare this profile with the results of a 1986-88 withdrawal study. For the 2-year period studied, each degree credit student who officially withdrew from a course was asked to complete a survey…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Lucas, John A. – 1980
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine why students stopped attending classes during fall 1979 without officially withdrawing. From a group of students who were reported to be not attending classes at midterm, 400 students were selected for the survey. The questionnaire solicited information about why students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Community Colleges, Counseling Services
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
Evans, George; Lucas, John A. – 1988
A follow-up study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) of students who had completed several courses in the Criminal Justice Program to determine why students left the criminal justice field, examine Criminal Justice students' enrollment and course-taking patterns, and to analyze withdrawal and failure rates in the course,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
