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Jones, Howard J.; Smolen, Diane L. – 1979
The Reading Progress Scale (RPS) was administered to 4,714 students from 46 courses ranging from accounting to welding at Lansing Community College in two studies conducted from fall 1975 to spring 1976. The scale which assesses reading skills sought to answer two research questions: (1) is the RPS a good indicator of student persistence in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Courses, Grade Prediction
Download full textCentral Piedmont Community Coll., Charlotte, NC. Dept. of Planning and Research. – 1993
A study was undertaken at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC), in North Carolina, to examine student opinions of services and factors influencing student satisfaction with the overall quality of CPCC. Questionnaires were distributed to 4,500 students in randomly selected classes in fall 1992, soliciting information on student…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Educational Facilities, Institutional Research
Hodges, Daniel L. – 1990
At Oregon's Lane Community College (LCC), all full-time students and students enrolled in English Composition (WR121) are required to take a 35-item writing placement test. Students with test scores deemed "marginal" (i.e, those scoring between 20 and 24 points) are advised to take a preparatory course (WR120) before enrolling in WR121,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grades (Scholastic), Institutional Research
Grosset, Jane M.; Hawk, Thomas R. – 1986
A socioeconomic status (SES) variable was developed and tested as a way to help identify high risk college students at the Community College of Philadelphia. Each city zip code was placed into either the lower, middle, or upper category, and students were assigned a SES measure based on their resident zip code. Using city-wide census data, the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment
Peer reviewedDelaney, Anne Marie – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A survey of 243 New England colleges and universities found a strong relationship between institution size and the scope of its institutional research function, reporting relationship, and size and qualifications of the research staff. Size of staff and qualifications of the institutional director were significant predictors of involvement in…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning
Holahan, Carole K.; Kelley, H. Paul – 1976
As part of a longitudinal study of undergraduate transfer students at the University of Texas at Austin, students were surveyed in December 1973 and April 1975 for data on: demography, selected characteristics of the student's high school and previous college, and experience at U.T. Austin. Presented here are analyses of attitudinal data obtained…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling
