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Download full textHearn, James C. – 1987
Nontraditional styles of postsecondary enrollment were assessed: delaying postsecondary enrollment for a year or more beyond high school graduation, enrolling part-time, or entering non-degree-granting programs. Part-time attendance was defined as pursuing a courseload below half-time. The sample consisted of 8,464 recent U.S. high school…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Preparation, College Students, Enrollment Trends
Hawk, Thomas R. – 1988
A study was conducted to identify the factors that influence adults to continue their education by taking formal course work on a part-time basis. Using May 1981 Current Population Survey data gathered by the Bureau of the Census, the study assessed the importance of price, socioeconomic characteristics, family income, and unemployment rates in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Black Education, Community Colleges, Educational Status Comparison
Rogers, Brenda H.; And Others – 1987
The motivations of adult learners who were not admitted to college degree programs but who chose to take credit courses on a part-time basis were studied, with attention to the relationship of motivational orientations and sociodemographic variables (sex, race, age, and family income level). The study population of 464 part-time students 25 years…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students, Continuing Education
Prather, James E. – 1983
A reliable and valid technique for measuring college participation rates is proposed, based on national data. The objective is to determine if factors other than state demographic factors systematically influence college attendance by state. Multiple regression equations are used to predict enrollments by using demographic variables such as…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Choice, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Brunner, Wayne D.; And Others – 1978
The relationships among students' goals, demographic variables, and attrition at Delta Community College (Michigan) were investigated. A total of 600 (out of a random sample of 1,000) fall 1976 students credit courses agreed to participate in the study and identified their goals in attending the college. In the winter 1977 semester, 493 returning…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Community Colleges, Day Students
Linhart, Cynthia A.; Yeager, John L. – 1979
The course-taking behavior of various types of students pursuing undergraduate professional programs was examined, and an attempt was made to demonstrate some analytical procedures that can be applied in studying course-taking behavior. Course-taking behavior was defined as the average credit hour load of a student as distributed across the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Courses, Departments
Hunt, W. Kevin; And Others – 1980
Computer files containing enrollment data for an urban, multi-campus community college for Fall 1972 and Fall 1978 were examined as part of a longitudinal study to determine: (1) enrollment trends of male and female students; (2) enrollment trends of male and female students for selected curriculum areas (Arts, Business Technology,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Engineering Technology, Enrollment Trends
