The results of a survey conducted during the 1976-77 academic year of a sample of 9,500 City University of New York (CUNY) students selected from among all 1976 enrollees are reported. A summary of 17 major findings is provided. Fifteen of these apply to the general student population and two apply more specifically to ethnic students. Results…

The Honors College at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County has an interdisciplinary curriculum rich in the liberal arts, serves a diverse student population, and frequently takes advantage of the cultural resources of the Baltimore metropolitan area. The college attempts to make intellectual exercise for its own sake available to as wide…

This study looked at the current and future role of a University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) women's center through surveys of university administrators at several institutions and of current students at UMKC. Sixteen urban, public universities were surveyed by telephone regarding the existence of women's centers, types of programs and…

Political scientists have long been concerned with public opinion towards politics and political participation. Despite the plethora of studies concerning opinion and behavior, there have been few systematic efforts undertaken to examine how political science courses affect students' opinions and political behavior. In this paper, some personal…

A market segmentation analysis was conducted on students at a large midwestern urban university using two forms of hierarchical cluster analysis on student characteristics: an agglomerative procedure using a matching-type association measure and a divisive chi-square based automatic interaction detection (CHAID) procedure. Data were extracted from…

The impact of an academic progress policy implemented at Cleveland State University is reviewed and evaluated with a focus on: the methodology used in identifying students affected by the academic progress policy; student characteristics; possible misuse of Title IV funds; and benefits and future of the policy. (MLW)

Today, the urban university is becoming the principal force in higher education. Although new to the American scene, it is educating thousands of students while also answering some of the community's basic needs. The growth of the urban university has been and will continue to be rapid and tremendous. For the purpose of this study, a simple…

A view of events at City College of New York during the 1970s when an open admissions policy was initiated is discussed by the eighth president of the college. At CUNY, the objective was to provide remediation, counseling, and tutoring in order to maximize the possibility of success. (MLW)

A 1981 survey was conducted to gather information on income, employment, educational background and aspirations, and demographic characteristics of adult students attending credit evening courses and recent high school graduates admitted provisionally to a day developmental studies program at Canisius College. The survey was undertaken to provide…

This monograph analyzes the effects of recent trends in immigration from foreign countries and migration from Puerto Rico on the makeup of the City University of New York (CUNY) student body and provides preliminary assessments of related educational needs. An introduction describes the research for the study which included census data, other…

Describes the origins, design, and students of the honors program at the University of California at Irvine. Over half the honors program students are foreign born and over half use English as a second language. The program encourages development of leadership skills and provides a supportive academic community within a growing research university…

Characteristics of the 1980 graduating student population of the College of Staten Island and student satisfaction with their college experiences were studied. A modified version of the student attrition questionnaire of the National Center for Higher Education Management Services, which is appended, was administered to the 770 graduates and the…

It is assumed that a greater understanding of the complex interrelationship between the individual student and his environment will result in more intelligent and effective use of institutional resources in total educational programing. The first of four articles calls for increased research on students because it is felt that the adequacy of…

A study of 420 multiple-transfer students enrolled at a large, public, urban university found that students moved along 4 transfer paths before enrolling at the university, where they comprised one-fifth of undergraduates. Paths differed on demographic, institutional, and interaction variables. Overall, they were academic achievers with high…

An institutional model to measure effect of student financial aid on matriculation and persistence was found to be both workable and potentially useful for college planning. It examines first-time attendance, within-year persistence, and year-to-year persistence of the entering class at an urban, public university, factoring in student background,…