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Kester, Donald L. – 1980
Methodology and findings are summarized for a three-year research project undertaken by a consortium of 28 Northern California (Nor Cal) community colleges to identify and help the potential dropouts among full-time, entering freshmen. The report first discusses the creation of the Nor-Cal consortium and then examines each of the three research…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Freshmen, College Role, Community Colleges
Download full textTerenzini, Patrick T.; And Others – 1993
Little is known about how students become involved in the various dimensions of student change and development as they make the transition from work or high school to college. This paper describes the results of a series of focus-group interviews with 132 diverse, new students entering either a community college; a liberal arts college; an urban,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, Coping, Diversity (Student)
PDF pending restorationGay, Lucy; And Others – 1992
The Native Hawaiian Project at Leeward Community College (LCC) in Pearl City, Hawaii, was developed to increase the retention and academic success of native Hawaiian students at the college. The project was initiated in summer 1988 with the establishment of the Native Hawaiian Recruitment and Retention Task force to examine campus services and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Cultural Awareness, Educational Counseling
Sansone, Janet; Baker, Janice – 1987
Concern for the dropout phenomenon among secondary learning disabled (LD) students led to a preliminary study of an urban school's decision-making structures, as well as events that influence ninth graders' behavior and decisions, increasing their risk for dropping out of high school. Data were collected from three sources: observation of school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Decision Making, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Starke, Mary C. – 1994
This paper compares freshmen who enrolled in the College Seminar at Ramapo College (a 4-year liberal arts college in New Jersey) with freshmen who have not taken the seminar. The seminar course includes units on higher education in America; study skills (e.g., writing papers, research skills, taking notes, time management, computer skills);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment
Muyskens, Judith A.; Berger, Pamela – 1982
A model for developing articulation between college and high school second language programs is presented. The four-step process involves discussion, planning, implementation, and expansion of the network. After the discussion, the following goals for a network were established: (1) to provide additional educational experiences for foreign…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Preparation, College Programs
Malcolm, Ian G. – 1996
A study investigated the role of the Aboriginal Student Enclave, one of five campuses of Edith Cowan University (Australia) as a discourse community. The relatively small but cohesive university subcommunity is designed to provide additional support for Aboriginal students enrolled in standard programs and an environment in which the students are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Environment, College Students, Discourse Analysis
Cellucci, Philomena M. C.; Price, Teresa P. – 1986
A project was implemented at Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) in Florence, South Carolina to develop a retention plan for high-risk and probationary students. The project involved the following components: a literature review on retention strategies, visits to state-of-the-art model two-year college retention programs, studies of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria
Hoeber, Daniel R. – 1981
An Orientation/Self-Management course was developed at Mercy College, Detroit, to reduce the high attrition rate (95%) among conditionally admitted full-time (CAFT) students, i.e., those admitted with less than a "C" average upon high school graduation. The course focused on the student as an adult, vital, growing, and independent person; the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Mitchell, Charlie; Young, William – 1979
The first section of this two-part paper presents a brief discussion of the planning, pilot implementation, and benefits of Assessment and Advisement 100, a one-unit, self-paced, student development course offered at Mesa Community College. The course was designed to help entering students define why they are in college, determine what they want…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Evaluation
McNickle, Cathy – 2001
This paper presents an overview of online student services being used by 19 vocational education and training (VET) and higher education institutions in Australia. Information was gathered though site visits between July and September 2000 about online support services for prospective students, enrolling students, enrolled students, and graduating…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum, Developed Nations, Educational Innovation
Weissman, Julie; And Others – 1996
White, Black, and Hispanic students were studied during their transition from school or work to a community college. Students (N=71) at the College of Lake County (CLC) in Illinois attended focus groups formed according to race or ethnic group (White, Black, or Hispanic) in the spring and fall semesters to discuss their goals, experience, and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attitude Change, Black Students, College Environment
Brindley, Jane E. – 1989
Provision of orientation programs is of primary importance in postsecondary education in order to help students assess themselves in relation to the challenge presented by their chosen program and institution and to develop the skills necessary to meet that challenge. Open institutions using distance teaching methods have a special responsibility…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Admissions Counseling, Adult Students
Hoeber, Daniel R. – 1981
A program was developed at Mercy College, Detroit, to reduce attrition among conditionally admitted, full-time (CAFT) students--about one quarter of entering students at this small, urban, four-year college. The very high attrition rate among CAFT students (95%) was found to be unrelated to academic performance or program quality, and solutions to…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Counselor Role, Dropout Characteristics, Faculty Development
Kenny, Maureen E.; Stryker, Sonia – 1994
The social network characteristics of a culturally and racially diverse group of first-year college students (n=208) and white students (n=84) attending the same college were examined at the time of college entry and at the beginning of the second semester. Relationships between network characteristics and college adjustment in the second semester…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Environment
