A British study reviewed teaching and learning strategies used in Business and Technician Education Council (BTEC) courses in the context of growing emphasis on student-centered approaches and work-based competence. Course coordinators, tutors, course teams, and students in Business Studies and Engineering departments at 16 centers were…

A study was conducted in the the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) to determine how high school seniors, current PCCD students, community residents, and PCCD part-time students perceived their educational needs. Surveys were conducted to gather information regarding: (1) high school seniors' educational plans upon graduation from high…

In late fall 1986, questionnaires were mailed to all 3,327 students who had received a degree or certificate from a Connecticut community college the previous spring. The study focused on the graduates' characteristics, attendance patterns, employment status, and satisfaction levels. A total of 1,438 surveys, or 43%, were returned, with the…

A study of the transition of students to higher education in Victoria, Australia, is reported based on data supplied by the Victorian Universities Admissions Committee (VUAC), a mail survey of 1,300 applicants in 1980, and a series of extended interviews with a small number of applicants. A basic causal model for enrollment decisions (college…

Data on 1982 college and university enrollments and trends for the past few years are presented. Information is provided on enrollment in institutions of higher education by control and level of institution, student sex, and attendance status of student, major field of study, and race/ethnicity. Specific data include: enrollment of first-time…

The Study Unlimited Program, developed at Black Hawk College (Illinois) to improve access to postsecondary opportunities for non-traditional students, makes General Education Development Test preparation and college-credit courses available in six area public libraries and in the on-campus Independent Learning Center. All library-based courses…

Data are presented on a series of tables summarizing enrollment trends and the personal characteristics of the 19,359 regular students enrolled in credit programs at the Hawaii community colleges during Fall 1980. The tables cover: (1) headcount enrollment in regular credit and special programs; (2) headcount enrollment by campus for the years…

Enrollment information collected by the Commissioner of Higher Education from each college and university in Montana for fall 1979 is summarized in this report. It is noted that enrollments in degree credit institutions for 1979 increased by 122 from the previous year. Total fall 1979 enrollment is 30,898 students with 83 percent of the students…

Comprehensive data on the age grouo and sex of students attending the State University of New York are presented. Twenty-two statistical tables contain summary data for the entire system and each institutional type within the system. Seventy-seven tables contain headcount arrays of students by age group, sex, graduate and undergraduate enrollment…

Information on full- and part-time enrollment in Canadian universities for 1975-76 is extensively tabulated in this publication. Enrollment figures were determined from a complete survey of Canadian degree-granting universities and colleges. Table 1 summarizes in absolute and relative terms the tables that follow. Tables 2 and 3 report…

As part of a continuing survey of student characteristics at the Metropolitan Community Colleges, this report presents data from 14,918 regular credit enrollment students for fall 1977 and compares them to data from 1972. For the first time in the district's history, the majority of students (54%) were female, a shift that has only occurred in the…

A statewide survey of over 10,000 credit and non-credit students enrolled in 16 North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes in spring 1974 was conducted in order to develop a profile of these students and to analyze relationships between selected demographic, socioeconomic, academic, and educational program area variables. Among the…

National survey data on pharmaceutical education enrollment rates and trends at all degree levels include information on full- and part-time enrollments, student gender and ethnic characteristics, patterns of specialization, sources of previous degrees, student country of origin, and fellowships. (MSE)

This study investigated whether the one-year retention rate for the cohort of full-time, baccalaureate-degree-seeking, first-time freshmen could be predicted from institutional and aggregate cohort characteristics, including institutional type and control, institutional size, cohort size, average entrance exam score, percentage of part-time…

Suggests that general education programs should recognize the demographics and goals of community college students, rather than strictly targeting degree-seeking students. Underscores the need to move away from the mere learning of information toward the development of analytical and synthetic reasoning skills. (PAA)