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Download full textGrahn, Joyce; And Others – General College Studies, 1982
The efficiency and effectiveness of using a group approach to advising by a team of faculty advisors were evaluated in 1980-81 at the General College, University of Minnesota. Group/team advising was compared to individualized, one-to-one advising of first-semester freshmen in terms of student satisfaction with advising, student understanding of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Administrative Policy, College Freshmen, Faculty Advisers
Epstein, Joyce L.; Herrick, Susan C. – 1991
This publication contains two reports describing the development and beginning evaluations of two separate programs of the Baltimore (Maryland) School and Family Connections Project designed to increase parents' involvement in their children's learning in urban middle grades schools. The first report, "Reactions of Parents, Students, and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Thompson, Dwayne E. – 1994
In an attempt to measure student satisfaction with the various components of matriculation (i.e., admissions and registration, orientation and advisement, assessment, and counseling), Golden West College (GWC) in Huntington Beach, California, administered a Matriculation Services Survey to a representative sample of 853 students in fall 1993.…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness, Educational Counseling
Alfano, Kathleen – 1990
In compliance with a state mandate to maintain accountability for matriculation funding, Moorpark College (MC) conducted a survey of new students to assess their satisfaction with the college's student services. A random stratified sample of 400 first-time students were contacted by mail and telephone during May and June 1990, and 295 usable…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Katz, David; Fisher, Roslyn – 1991
In 1989 an Occupational Education Bridge Program was developed in New York for motivated high school students who performed in an average manner academically. During 1989-90 the program provided 114 students from five academic/comprehensive high schools in Queens with a vocational education experience at Queensborough Community College (QCC).…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, College Bound Students, College School Cooperation
DeWitt, Robert C. – 1982
A continuing orientation course offered by Pennsylvania State University, Beaver Campus, for "social security students" during the 1982 spring term is reviewed in terms of course content, student characteristics, the use of undergraduate group facilitators, the grading system, and students' evaluations of the course. The course was…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Planning, College Admission, Course Content
Barefoot, Betsy O.; Fidler, Paul P. – 1996
This monograph presents data from a 1994 national survey on freshman seminars gathered from 1,003 accredited, two- and four-year colleges with student populations of over 100 students. The survey investigated the content and structure of freshman seminars in a mail survey of provosts/vice presidents for academic affairs at 2,460 institutions Among…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, College Bound Students, College Curriculum
Vickio, Craig; Tack, Martha W. – 1987
The graduate student orientation program conducted at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is described, and supplementary orientation materials are provided. The orientation program incorporates the following thrusts: instructional and research programming, personal and professional development, departmental programming, social interaction, and…
Descriptors: Departments, Evaluation Criteria, Family School Relationship, Graduate Students
Ackermann, Susan P. – 1989
The University of California at Los Angeles's (UCLA's) Transfer Summer Program (TSP) is designed to increase the academic achievement, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented and low-income students and to ease their transition from community college to UCLA. In 1989, a study was conducted to assess the extent to which TSP students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling
Suffet, Eileen – 1988
During 1987-88, Manor Junior College, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, developed a semester-long freshman seminar designed to help students understand the college system, to strengthen students' identification with their vocational program and career choice, and to improve students' academic competencies and confidence in their ability to achieve…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Exploration, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Thurston, Alice – 1981
In Fall 1981, a Chancellor's Counseling Advisory Committee was formed in the Los Angeles Community College District to analyze current counseling practices and, with the help of a counseling consultant, make recommendations for improvement. This report first presents summaries of the Committee's deliberations and their recommendations, which were…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Accountability, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Tysick, Kim C. – 1994
In the fall of 1993, Quebec's Heritage College implemented a reception and integration (i.e., "d'accueil") session to help first term incoming students identified as "at-risk" and "undecided" succeed in their collegiate studies. This report describes the development and implementation of the project, focusing on…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Course Selection (Students)
California Univ., Davis. Office of Student Affairs Research and Information. – 1981
A 1980 needs assessment survey of women students at the University of California, Davis, was undertaken. The 327 women respondents (41 percent response rate) were undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students. In addition to collecting information about female respondents, including marital status, number of children, career plans, and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Aspiration, Career Planning, College Students
Pulliams, Preston – 1988
The Community College of Philadelphia's Minority Education Initiative Program was created to increase the enrollment of Black and Hispanic students through pro-active recruitment and retention strategies. One component of the initiative, a minority mentoring program, was developed and pilot tested in spring 1988. Faculty and staff volunteers in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, Community Colleges, Extracurricular Activities
King, James R.; And Others – 1984
A college-level integrated study skills and orientation course is described. The unique aspect of the course is that learning/teaching occurs in the context of the university environment. Learning experiences generally utilized with this approach to reading and study skills instruction are illustrated by the following projects: an organized…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Course Descriptions, Guides
