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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Muschkin, Clara G.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2012
Community colleges are complex organizations and assessing their performance, though important, is difficult. Compared to four-year colleges and universities, community colleges serve a more diverse population and provide a wider variety of educational programs that include continuing education and technical training for adults, and diplomas,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Success, Educational Attainment, Graduation Rate
Baber, Lewis E. – 1974
This is a study of educational accountability at Richmond Technical Institute. The primary purpose of this study was to devise a systematic method in which the institute could become more accountable, both externally to Richmond County and internally to its students. The paper examines the problems of developing an accountability model. In…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Institutional Research
Allred, Marcus D. – 1975
A research and development project was conducted to design a system for collecting and processing manpower information at a local level. Three systems for use by local institutions to obtain information needed for long-range planning were developed--an annual survey of high school student aspirations, a follow-up survey of students who leave an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Followup Studies, Institutional Research, Labor Needs
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Shearon, Ronald W.; Brownlee, Irene A. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Compares 3 research strategies used over the past 25 years involving cooperation among Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, i.e., traditional researcher-dominated strategy, researcher-dominated with limited client involvement, and researcher-client collaborative strategy.…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Roesler, Elmo V., Ed. – 1971
A followup study was conducted by Wilkes Community College of its attrition population. The purposes were to: (1) determine factors contributing to student withdrawal; (2) create a profile of conditions concerning students who withdrew; and (3) ascertain what students did during the first quarter after leaving. One hundred questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Community Colleges, Consortia, Dropout Characteristics
Roesler, Elmo V., Ed. – 1971
A survey was conducted among alumni of Asheville-Bancombe Technical Institute. Questionnaires were mailed to approximately 941 alumni, and 691 or 73 percent were returned. Questions dealt with: (1) personal background information; (2) graduates' experiences with employment, military service, and post-two-year college work; (3) graduates'…
Descriptors: Alumni, Community Colleges, Consortia, Educational Experience