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Download full textBuban, Jill – Online Learning Consortium, 2017
The Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) and The Presidents' Forum have released a new study authored and researched by the Online Learning Consortium's Dr. Jill Buban, which sheds light on how adult learning institutions address students who possess alternative credentials and seek to apply these experiences to a degree. This…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Prior Learning, Community Colleges, State Colleges
Peer reviewedParker, Robert P.; Goodkin, Vera – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1981
Compares English and American writing across the curriculum programs. Describes a survey of two- and four-year colleges in New Jersey to identify programs bringing cross-disciplinary faculty groups together to discuss student writing performance and interdisciplinary problem solution plans. Reviews identified program initiation and evaluation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Peer reviewedMonahan, Thomas C. – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1993
A survey of 136 New Jersey state college faculty found under 20% actively engaged in grant activities, citing need for released time from heavy workloads, desire for greater professional recognition, lack of information about funding opportunities, and inadequate technical assistance in grant development. Eight recommendations for encouraging and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Grants
Morante, Edward A.; And Others – 1982
The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) was instituted in 1978 as a proficiency examination designed to measure the reading, writing, and mathematics skills of students entering college. In spring and summer 1982, 51,135 students at New Jersey's state and county colleges and at 10 independent colleges took the NJCBSPT. Of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, College Students, Community Colleges
Stefanelli, Anna Mae – 1982
A study was undertaken to analyze and compare the content of two reading courses required for all prospective secondary school teachers in each of the seven teacher training schools in New Jersey. A five-page questionnaire was sent to the director of the reading program or to a member of the reading program staff at each of the colleges. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Course Content, Higher Education
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1990
This report offers details of the results of basic skills testing of the entering freshman class in New Jersey's public colleges. Levels of proficiency in verbal skills, computation, and elementary algebra are estimated from performance on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test. For the 48,791 students tested in the fall of 1989, 24%…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. Office of Research. – 1983
Recent hiring actions of New Jersey public colleges and universities were surveyed to determine the progress being made in increasing the representation of women and minorities among the institutions' employees. Information was obtained from all institutions on sex and race/ethnicity of all newly hired full-time employees. For faculty new hires,…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Educational Background
Miller, Howard F.; And Others – 1977
In order to determine the academic success rate of New Jersey community college transfer students at receiving senior institutions in New Jersey, statewide transfer data were examined for 1,523 full-time transfer juniors in the 1974-75 school year. Transfer students earned a grade point average (GPA) of 2.8 prior to transfer, compared with 2.9 for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Miller, Howard F., Jr. – 1976
A state-wide study of transfer students moving from two-year to four-year colleges in 1974 was conducted in order to describe the extent to which the New Jersey County Colleges were serving as the entry point for students seeking a baccalaureate degree, to enhance the understanding of the impact of two-year college transfer students on the…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Admission, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Nomejko, Irene M. – 1979
Statistical data are presented on tuitions and required fees at New Jersey colleges and universities for academic year 1978-79. Full-time undergraduate tuitions and required fees are provided for two-year, four-year public, and four-year independent colleges, and full-time graduate tuitions and required fees are provided for public, independent,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Fees, Graduate Study
Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice
Delehanty, Kathleen – 1981
Historical trends from 1976-77 through 1980-81 in tuition and required fee charges in New Jersey colleges and universities are examined. The overall five-year percentage changes in average annual tuition/fees in the different New Jersey collegiate sectors are outlined for different types of students (full-time and part-time, undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Economic Factors, Full Time Students
Ochsner, Nancy – 1980
Enrollment of full-time first-time freshmen in New Jersey colleges and universities has remained stable since 1975. Enrollment decrease was greatest at Rutgers University. Eighteen colleges were regional in their drawing power, enrolling less than 50 percent from the home county and contiguous counties but at least 85 percent from within the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Chronological Age, College Entrance Examinations
