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Incentivizing Full-Time Enrollment at Community Colleges: What Influences Students' Decision to Take More Courses?
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McKinney, Lyle; Burridge, Andrea Backscheider; Lee, Mimi Miyoung; Bourdeau, Gerald V.; Miller-Waters, Melissa – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: Students' enrollment intensity during their first academic semester and year are highly influential in their success and decisions to persist in community college. Limited research, however, has focused on understanding how students navigate the decision-making process of determining their credit load or how institutional support…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Enrollment, Full Time Students
First-to-Second-Year Persistence of Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Institutions in the United States
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Mamiseishvili, Ketevan; Koch, Lynn C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2011
The authors used the data from the "Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study" survey (BPS:04/06) to (a) examine the characteristics of the national sample of college students with disabilities and (b) identify the factors that influenced their first-to-second-year persistence in U.S. postsecondary institutions. Students with…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Grade Point Average, Social Integration, Academic Persistence
Part-Time Tertiary Education in Australian C.A.E.s--Cheap or Expensive?
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Gleeson, June – Journal of Educational Administration, 1980
Estimates of the relative net private, social, and institutional costs indicate that the private and social costs of part-time education may be significantly below those of full-time study, but that the institutional costs may be higher. (Author)
Descriptors: Colleges, Costs, Foreign Countries, Full Time Students
The Cost of Part-time Study at Australian Colleges of Advanced Education.
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Gleeson, June; Kiefer, David – Journal of Educational Administration, 1979
Presents the results of an analysis of comparative recurrent expenditure for part-time and full-time enrollments at 19 colleges of advanced education. Results suggest that a part-time enrollment costs less than a full-time enrollment, but that the appropriate weight exceeds .5. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Enrollment, Foreign Countries
The Financial Impact of Part-Time Enrollments on Two-Year Colleges: A Marginal Cost Perspective.
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Brinkman, Paul T. – Journal of Higher Education, 1985
Marginal costs are estimated for part- and full-time students at public two-year colleges and are compared across several expenditure categories, including instruction and student services. Results indicate that part-time students typically demand fewer institutional resources. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Educational Finance
State Policies on Tuition and Fees for Public Higher Education.
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McKeown, Mary P. – Journal of Education Finance, 1982
A 50-state survey found that 22 states have policies for determining tuition and fees, based on state education costs, cost indexes, or peer institutions' charges. Tuition may vary by institutional level and students' graduate or undergraduate status, full- or part-time attendance, and residence in or out of state. (RW)
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Policy, Full Time Students, Graduate Students
State Financing, Enrollment, and Tuition Rates of Public Community Colleges.
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Wajngurt, Clara; Jones, Enid B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1993
Describes a study of the effects of national full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment rates and tuition and fee rates on state appropriations of public community colleges between 1980 and 1990. The percentage change per year in state appropriations increased with the percent change in enrollments for public community colleges. (MAB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Costs, Economic Impact, Educational Finance