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Download full textLinhart, Cynthia A.; Yeager, John L. – 1979
The course-taking behavior of various types of students pursuing undergraduate professional programs was examined, and an attempt was made to demonstrate some analytical procedures that can be applied in studying course-taking behavior. Course-taking behavior was defined as the average credit hour load of a student as distributed across the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Courses, Departments
Bangura, Abdul Karim – 1995
This paper discusses the use of Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores and other elements affecting institutional accountability in the University of Maryland system. It asserts that SAT scores in and of themselves are not accurate predictors of retention and success. The publication of SAT scores of first-time, full-time freshmen clearly is as…
Descriptors: Accountability, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Hall, Eleanor R.; And Others – 1986
Minority and white students at an urban university were compared on roles and on the correlates of overall satisfaction with the university and retention. The sample consisted of 1,497 undergraduates: 1,370 white students, 148 black students, 20 Native Americans, and 14 Hispanics. The black, Hispanic, and Native American students were combined to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Black Students
Caponigri, Rocco S.; And Others – 1981
Efforts to institutionalize Bloom's Mastery Learning Concept at the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) are described. Information on the City Colleges and the adaptation of mastery learning are presented, and the growth of the project in five phases beginning in 1972 is sketched. The optimal pattern for mastery learning consists of a series of small…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Community Colleges
Mann, Ronald A.; Walker, J. Kenneth – 1981
Results of a recent study of attrition, retention, and transfer within the system of public higher education in Kentucky are summarized. Attrition, retention, and transfer rates are presented by class level and institution for 1979-80. For first-time full-time freshmen, the university system had an attrition rate of 27.9 percent, ranging from 20.6…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Transfer Students
Hunt, W. Kevin; And Others – 1980
Computer files containing enrollment data for an urban, multi-campus community college for Fall 1972 and Fall 1978 were examined as part of a longitudinal study to determine: (1) enrollment trends of male and female students; (2) enrollment trends of male and female students for selected curriculum areas (Arts, Business Technology,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Engineering Technology, Enrollment Trends
McCormick, Alexander C. – 1997
This study used longitudinal data from the High School and Beyond study to examine how individuals' educational expectations change after high school, especially as related to postsecondary education. Data were from a nationally representative sample of high school seniors in 1980 and follow-up four years later. The dependent variable was…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Attitude Change, Bachelors Degrees
Uren, Judith – 2001
A study examined individual student, institutional, and environmental factors influencing student non-completions and determined strategies that Western Australia's Central TAFE (technical and further education) might introduce to improve student retention. After completing a multivariate analysis of module completion rates, further data for a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Developed Nations, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Brownstein, Leonard A. – 1985
La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) developed a three-track M.A. program in Spanish and bilingual studies which offers intensive training in Spanish and English and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary courses dealing with facets of Hispanic culture and Hispanics' adjustment problems in the United States. Track I is for bilingual…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Cross Cultural Training, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Marks, Joseph L. – 1981
The extent to which there may be financial barriers to postsecondary attendance in Georgia was assessed. Attention was limited to in-state undergraduate students who applied for aid during the 1979-80 academic year on the basis of need and who received some form of aid. The findings are based on a sample of over 4,600 randomly selected student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Age Differences, Educational Assessment, Family Income
Moore, William S., Comp. – 1981
Information about and excerpts from the 1981 "Commuter Institution Index," an annual publication on research on commuter institutions of higher education are presented. The Index provides an overview of the demographic characteristics of responding institutions and the functions most frequently performed by these institutions for commuters. It…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Counseling
Edwards, Richard; Cervero, Ron; Clarke, Julia; Morgan-Klein, Brenda; Usher, Robin; Wilson, Arthur – 2002
Recent empirical and theoretical literature in cultural geography, feminist and postcolonial philosophy, cultural studies, and political economy, was explored in an examination of the significance of spatiality to the changes taking place in the policy, practice, and study of adult education and lifelong learning. The following were among the key…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Mustapha, Ramlee B. – 2001
Research has documented that vocational education and training (VET) is critical to Malaysia's industrial development. Rapid technological changes and increased global competition have exacerbated the challenges associated with delivery of quality VET in Malaysia. The barriers to improving VET in Malaysia and ways of overcoming those barriers,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies
