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Download full textMacMillan, Thomas F.; And Others – 1972
The Summer Readiness Program, sponsored by Santa Barbara City College (California) and Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) is an orientation program for disadvantaged students. The 65 students enrolled during summer 1972 were given tutorial assistance and group-counseling and were placed in part-time jobs. In addition to making recommendations, one…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Program Evaluation, School Orientation
Aughinbaugh, Lorine A. – 1968
Increases in junior college enrollment, coupled with a shortage of qualified guidance personnel, have forced many colleges to rely more heavily on group than on individual counseling for students. In the fall of 1965, students entering American River College were randomly assigned to either group or individual sessions, or not assigned, and these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Goal Orientation, Group Counseling
HEINBERG, SYLVESTER – 1966
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE (1) WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PART-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN EVENING PROGRAMS, (2) HOW THE STAFF IS AND SHOULD BE SUPERVISED AND EVALUATED, AND (3) HOW TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT. ADMINISTRATORS FROM 63 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES REPORTED CURRENT…
Descriptors: College Administration, Doctoral Dissertations, Evening Programs, Part Time Faculty
Healy, Charles C.; Sorenson, A. Garth – 1980
This report describes five workshops conducted throughout California to enable educators from high schools and community colleges to coalesce into career guidance task forces for their schools and to learn about current career guidance concepts and practices. Activities and personnel who supported the project are presented according to their…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Goal Orientation, High Schools
Peer reviewedSpurling, Steven – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2000
Examines the impact of matriculation services--counseling, orientation, and placement testing--on student persistence and success in a California community college. Reports that the receipt of matriculation services had a large and positive impact on student persistence. Adds that students who received no services, but then received an…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges
Meznek, James; Murdoch, Allene – 1989
Drawing from information submitted by 60 urban, rural, and suburban institutions, this report documents the progress of California's community colleges in implementing the first phase of a statewide matriculation plan. Introductory material defines matriculation as a process that promotes and sustains the efforts of students to reach their…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admissions Counseling, College Admission, Community Colleges
Hindes, Victoria – 2002
In order to be responsive to the changing demographics of the emerging community college student population, and in an attempt to answer the Chancellor's Office's call to discover how community colleges serve the diverse needs of students, Shasta College, California, collaborated with Feather River College, California, to conduct a study that…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Disabilities
Rounds, Jeanine C.; Andersen, Dan – 1984
In winter 1982-83, a survey of California's community colleges was conducted to determine which assessment activities were considered most effective and to identify areas needing improvement. Responses were received from 99 of the 106 colleges in the system. Study findings included the following: (1) assessment procedures, counseling procedures,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis
Kangas, Jon Alan – 1985
A study was conducted by the Learning Assessment Retention Consortium of the California Community Colleges to determine the extent to which the state's community colleges had implemented matriculation practices which were recommended by the Board of Governors in 1984, but which had not received state funding. The study investigated college…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Standards, Admissions Counseling, College Admission
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1990
This report looks at the history, purposes and goals, components, and implementation progress after two years of the California community colleges' matriculation plan. The first section discusses legislation which brought about the adoption of a matriculation plan. The second section details the purpose and goals of the matriculation plan, which…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, College Admission
American Association of Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1967
IN ADDITION TO THE THREE PRINCIPAL ADDRESSES ("TO TEMPER THE SWORD OF INTELLECT,""SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE," AND "A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE") SELECTED PAPERS FROM NINE OF THE 10 SESSIONS ARE REPRODUCED. EACH SESSION CONCERNED A SPECIFIC TOPIC--(1) EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATION, (2) FACULTY VIEWS OF COLLEGE…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conference Reports, Developmental Programs, Educational Facilities
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1989
In 1987, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges initiated a three and one-half year evaluation of the statewide matriculation program, a legislatively mandated effort to assist community college students in identifying and achieving their educational goals. This report evaluates the implementation of matriculation during the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Admission, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Hall, Lincoln H. – 1968
Freshmen of lower and middle socioeconomic status identified by the W. Lloyd Warner Index of Status Characteristics were studied to determine: (1) differences in the motives, values, attitudes, goals, aspirations, self-concepts, and interests of these two groups; (2) if any of these factors distinguish between nonachievers (GPA below 2.0) of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Freshmen
