A study was done of higher education evening students in order to both generate information about this increasingly important student constituency and to provide students with a hands on demonstration of research methods. Forty-one undergraduate students in an introductory psychology class designed, distributed and analyzed a survey questionnaire…

Ninety-seven developmentally disabled mentally retarded persons (aged 10 to 48 years) living in an institution, in group homes, or at home were trained in environmental language, speech, and reading skills using a game oriented multisensory approach. The evening tutorial program consisted of 20 sessions over a 6 month period. A pedagogic and task…

For the college of arts and sciences in 1972-73, data are offered on course offerings, course capacity and attendance, casual student enrollments, overenrollment, and underenrollment for each quarter. Comments are made as to the implications of the data for future course planning. (MSE)

This study of Santa Ana College students was designed to assess the success of the district's vocational curricula in meeting student needs for job-related skills by ascertaining the relevancy of student coursework to current student employment. One hundred and eighty (30 percent) of the 599 students enrolled, or recently enrolled, in certain…

A study was done to determine if a relationship exists between different scheduling formats and the academic achievement of graduate students studying elementary and secondary education. Academic achievement was defined as the average score on two informal (teacher made) objective tests given during the course. The study tested three different…

Focus group discussions were held to determine the perceptions of 8 male and 28 female adult students regarding the quality of their undergraduate evening program at a medium-sized public liberal arts college. The students voluntarily participated in one of three group sessions at which the following topics were discussed: whether evening students…

The number of instructors in the Evening Colleges on the three Los Rios District campuses has grown from 550 in fall 1972 to 954 in fall 1975, a 73 percent increase. Of these instructors, there has been a 137 percent increase in the hiring of part-time instructors drawn from off-campus sources. Meanwhile, the percentage of full-time day faculty…

This study compares the characteristics of the 3,537 Hawaii community college students who took only evening credit courses in fall 1975 with day-only students and students enrolled in a mixture of day and evening courses. The evening-only student group comprised 17 percent of the total enrollment. In all three groups the majority were male,…

A random sample of 302 (78 percent return rate) summer school students at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), were surveyed regarding their characteristics and perceptions of summer school. The mean age of the students was 25.8 years; 66 percent were single, 28 percent married, and 5 percent divorced or separated. Only 6 percent of…

Because of the very early closure of certain courses, a questionnaire was developed and administered to all evening college students registering during a pre-determined period in order to identify enrollment patterns. Another questionnaire was administered following the first census week to students in a 10 percent randomly selected sample of…

The Chicano Studies (CS) Program at Cerritos College (California) is administratively recognized but instructionally dependent, with courses offered through four of the college's Divisions. Pressure has been brought to bear by the Citizens' Resource Committee to grant the program administrative autonomy, a separate instructional budget, and a…

A study of the image of a small church-related college among adults in its immediate community, among students from feeder schools, and among its own students is reported, and the implications of the results for recruitment for and development of its evening program are discussed. (MSE)

Reports results of a study to determine to what extent enrollees in adult evening classes perceived how their future student role would relate to class attendance. The author found that few students really appreciated the degree of commitment required and suggests that school staff should provide more pre-enrollment information. (MF)

This study evaluated the multi-use concept and impact of 30 microcomputers in 2 laboratories of 15 microcomputers each, which were placed in 8 Vancouver, British Columbia, elementary schools for 5 weeks each between January and June 1983. Approximately 2,780 elementary students and 120 elementary teachers, 300 district teacher inservice…

A study was undertaken in the Spring of 1974 to evaluate the effectiveness of the administrative structure of the instructional program of East Los Angeles College (ELAC) and to make recommendations for change. Since ELAC was founded 29 years ago each new discipline has been established as a separate department; at the time of the study 27 such…