Although not a new phenomenon, student swirl and drift continues to grow, and student enrollment patterns are becoming progressively more complex. Many students attend multiple institutions throughout their academic careers, either separately or concurrently, often starting while they are still enrolled in high school. The role of institutional…

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,…

Community colleges and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) often serve the same populations; however, the historical purposes, policies, and practices of HBCUs often better prepare them to serve first-generation students. Although both HBCUs and community colleges have their origins within the same historical period, the forces…

Among all the students who transfer from one institution to another during their academic careers, a distinct group of "reverse transfer" students has emerged over time. Reverse transfer occurs when students begin their college careers at 4-year institutions but eventually transfer into 2-year institutions. Using student unit record data…

The University of North Carolina presents the forty-first annual "Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolina." This abstract covers the breadth of higher education activities in the State in their quantitative aspect, from simple counts of enrollment and degrees conferred to complex analyses of the flow of student…

The purpose of this study was to examine the 1973 graduates in terms of: (1) the type of degrees and curricula they completed; (2) their transfer and/or employment plans; and (3) their recommendations of the programs they completed. The value gained from this study was expected to provide additional information concerning: (1) the effectiveness of…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a token monetary incentive for improving response rates to a mail questionnaire with a difficult to survey postsecondary student population. The results demonstrate that by using a monetary incentive, a substantial improvement in response rate can be achieved at a reasonable cost per…

Author calls upon all principals to change existing curriculum and programs in the direction of individualized, continuous progress education. (GB)

This second annual study of the application and enrollment patterns of university transfer students provided information concerning the intercampus mobility of students attending institutions under the program of the State University of New York. Data were provided by the enrollment survey conducted in 1971. This study sought to analyze the higher…

Two matched groups of transfer students from low income families were compared in order to determine effects--if any--of non-academic factors on their academic achievement. Transfer students who applied for financial aid at the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC) financial aids office made up the initial population from which the group samples…

The purpose of this study was to compare the academic progress of junior college transfers, 4-year college transfers, and continuous juniors (natives) at the University of Illinois as measured by grade point average (GPA), academic status and continued enrollment through the first year after transfer. A secondary purpose was to compare the…

The University of North Carolina presents the thirty-ninth annual "Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolinaa." This abstract covers the breadth of higher education activities in the State in their quantitative aspect, from simple counts of enrollment and degrees conferred to complex analyses of the flow of student…

An annual survey of non-returning Montgomery College students from the years 1971 to 1973 was conducted in order to examine reasons for choosing to leave the college, identify trends, determine the status of students at the time of the survey, and assess the impact of their college experience on current activities. The 454 usable responses (20…

This document presents statistical data concerning the attrition and retention of first-time, full-time students in 2-year and baccalaureate degree programs for the class of 1973 of the State University of New York. Statistics cover attrition and retention in baccalaureate programs and in 2-year programs at institutions of the State University of…

This study assesses the first year performance of 69 Los Angeles City College (LACC, California) transfer students at UCLA who participated in a federally-funded special services program. The program was designed to assist students, selected on the basis of need and academic potential, who were otherwise ineligible to transfer. Some conclusions…