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Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1987
This document reports on higher education student financial aid in Virginia describing its current structure, proposing a new philosophy for its organization, and recommending steps for reform. The opening chapter proposes a new philosophy for student aid which assumes shared responsibility for cost between the student and society, consideration…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Southwestern Coll., Chula Vista, CA. – 1990
Intended to inform the governing board, administration, faculty and staff about the general characteristics of students served by Southwestern College (SWC), this annual student profile examines a number of demographic and educational characteristics of fall 1990 students. First, introductory sections provide an overview of demographic and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Day Students, Enrollment Trends, Evening Students
Sedlak, Michael W.; And Others – 1986
High school educators and students appear to have struck an implicit "bargain" that results in a deemphassis on academic learning. This book analyzes current proposals to enhance educational standards in light of the influence of this bargaining in classrooms. In so doing, it explores recent scholarship bearing on personal relations and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textIllinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The amounts, types, and sources of financial aid received by Illinois college students are reported, based on the 1985 Illinois Student Financial Aid Survey. Data are provided for 332,868 Illinois students attending 168 public and private colleges and universities. Included are a narrative discussion of the findings, including the growth and…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid
Billson, Janet Mancini; Terry, Margaret Brooks – 1982
The influence of family background, including parental education, on college student attrition was evaluated with first- and second-generation American students. A total of 701 enrolled students and those who left before graduation were surveyed at a primarily residential private liberal arts college and at a primarily commuter state-supported…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Commuter Colleges, Cultural Background
Bartels, Joern – 1982
Student attrition at the Distance University in the Federal Republic of Germany was studied. The Distance University, which was founded in December 1974, offers the following departments: mathematics and computer sciences, electrical engineering, economics and law, and education and the social sciences. The university is directed toward people…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Dropout Attitudes
Bower, Cathleen P. – 1977
Students previously attending Arapahoe Community College (ACC), Littleton, Colorado, who had not returned for at lest one quarter during the 1974-75 year were sent the Student Outcomes Questionnaire to elicit their reasons for not returning, satisfaction with their experiences at ACC, present and future plans, and background and demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Dropout Attitudes
Lewin-Epstein, Noah – 1981
The data and analyses presented in this report are from the first (1980) wave of a longitudinal study of U.S. high school seniors and sophomores. A total of 58,728 students from 1,016 high schools participated in the survey. Special emphasis was placed on Hispanic students, Catholic schools with high proportions of black students, non-Catholic…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Programs, Ethnic Groups, Family Income
Fadil, Virginia Ann; Minter, W. John – 1980
A national study of student aid recipients during the 1978-79 academic year was undertaken to prepare for policy discussions on federal aid programs for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The report focuses on the characteristics of students receiving aid and the typical patterns of packaging financial aid for students in independent…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Students, Family Income, Higher Education
ZEMAN, SANFORD J. – 1960
THE SUBJECTS FOR THIS STUDY WERE THE 257 EVENING COLLEGE GRADUATES (THOSE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED AT LEAST HALF OF THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM THROUGH THE EVENING DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY) WHO RECEIVED THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE, THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, OR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM THE…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees, College Administration, College Graduates
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Kapiolani Community Coll. – 1980
A survey of 2,338 students entering Kapiolani Community College (KCC), Hawaii, in Fall 1980 was conducted during registration to determine students' educational cbjectives and to assess the financial, employment, and academic factors that may affect college success. The survey instrument asked students to indicate their: (1) reasons for attending…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Career Choice, College Choice
Kolstad, Andrew – 1977
Some findings about attrition from two- and four-year colleges and universities are presented based on NCES's National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Attrition is generally defined as withdrawal from college without completing a degree; in this report, students who had attended courses in the first two years after high school…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), College Students, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Lindquist, Victor R.; Cooke, Helen S. – 1978
Three bi-annual surveys of college placement officials conducted since 1974 have revealed a number of positive trends in the profession. Trends in salaries, educational and work experience backgrounds, and concerns of placement officials are discussed briefly. Summary data collected in each of the three surveys are presented for each of the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgets, Career Guidance, College Students
PDF pending restorationGell, Robert L.; And Others – 1977
This document contains a descriptive analysis of the 13,984 students enrolled at Montgomery College for fall 1976, including full- and part-time, credit and non-credit, and day and evening students. Selected biographic and demographic variables were used to describe the student population. Analysis showed: (1) the mean age for all students was…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Community Services, Demography
Gold, Ben K. – 1977
This paper summarizes the results of a 35 item survey administered to 2,346 Los Angeles City College (LACC) day and evening students, 48% of whom responded. Among the findings were: (1) transfer to a four-year college was ranked as the most important reason for attending LACC by a plurality (42%) of the day students, while acquiring or improving…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Choice, Community Colleges, Day Students
