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Direct linkMross, Emily; Riehman-Murphy, Christina – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
Anecdotal evidence implies that students use library spaces for spiritual practices at many colleges and universities. Using focus groups, the authors investigated students' prayer behaviors on four regional campuses of a large research university, asking questions about students' frequency of prayer, campus areas used for devotions, and students'…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Role, Library Facilities, Interior Space
Akers, Richards; Carter, John; Coder, Dawn – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2021
Online learning in higher education continues to grow due to the flexibility it offers learners. Adult learners choose online learning at a rate much higher than residential learning. Adult learners in the online environment tend to be retained at a lower rate. To counteract lower retention rates, understanding student needs through targeted…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Support Services, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
Tierney, John – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
Team learning is an effective means of teaching that can contribute toward increased student interest. This article describes a team learning exercise developed for a course for nonscience majors. Students are randomly assigned numbers (atomic numbers) the first day of class. Each student builds a portfolio of information for their element. In the…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Chemistry
PDF pending restorationHummel, Roger G. – 1976
Summer school and fall enrollments in Pennsylvania during 1975 are reported and compared with fall enrollments in the United States, 1972-1975. Statistics are offered for: total enrollments; enrollments in branch campuses and other centers; lower division undergraduate, non-bachelor's degree-credit upper-division, first-professional, graduate, and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Enrollment
Lehr, Terry – 1980
Statistical data and trends relating to the enrollment of minorities in higher education in Pennsylvania for the fall 1980 term are examined. There were 49,060 minority students enrolled in 1980 compared to 45,083 minority students in 1978. Minority students comprise 9.6 percent of the total enrollment, and 81.5 percent of all minorities are…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Enrollment Trends
Trends in Black Students' College Enrollments And Participation Rates in Pennsylvania, 1980 to 1989.
Download full textRedd, Kenneth E. – 1991
This report examines the trends in Black undergraduate enrollments at Pennsylvania colleges and universities and postsecondary education participation rates for Pennsylvania's Black high school graduating classes for the 1980s. Enrollment trends for all undergraduates, full-time undergraduates, first-time undergraduates and for part-time…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Attendance, College Students, Community Colleges
