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Jackson, Edison O.; McMillan, Robert L. – 1975
A total of nineteen student characteristic variables subsumed into four categories--basic classification, demographic, cognitive, and affective--were examined in a study of 2,253 new students in fall 1974 and 2,330 new students in winter 1975 at Essex County College (ECC) New Jersey. The purpose of the study was to allow ECC to determine the areas…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Students
DeFreitas, Patricia M.; Roesler, Elmo D. – 1976
This report describes first-time students in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) in terms of demographic characteristics, socioeconomic background, academic characteristics, and goals. Additionally, the VCCS student characteristics are compared with American Council on Education norms for two- and four-year public college students…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, College Freshmen, College Preparation
Adams, June Johnson; Roesler, Elmo D. – 1977
As the third in a series of reports describing first-time students in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), this report provides data on demographic, socioeconomic, and academic characteristics, and on student goals. In addition, 1975-76 student data are compared to 1973-74 and 1974-75 data and American Council on Education norms for two-…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Black Students, College Freshmen
Eagle, Norman – 1979
On a series of tables, data profile the affective and demographic characteristics of 1,500 regularly matriculated students who entered Bronx Community College (BCC) in Fall 1979. The data, collected on a specially prepared Freshman Information Form, indicate the level of satisfaction with the college curriculum, the primary language spoken at…
Descriptors: Age, Black Students, Community Colleges, Demography
Gold, Ben K. – 1979
Los Angeles City College (LACC) students were surveyed to determine their demographic and academic characteristics, and their attitudes toward their education. Of a random sample of 2,000 day and evening students, 1,266 responded. Data from the fall 1978 survey are compared to those from a fall 1976 survey and to fall 1978 district-wide…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Community Colleges, Educational Background
The Los Angeles Community College District Student: Who, Where, Why, and How. Research Report 77-01.

Weiser, Irv – 1977
A survey was administered to a representative sample of 8,500 students attending the nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District during fall 1977. The purposes of the survey were to determine the nature of students' educational goals, levels of college preparedness, extra-curricular interests, transportation patterns, student work…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Choice, College Preparation