ERIC Number: ED184640
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr-10
Pages: 23
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Impact of Female Enrollment on an Urban Institution.
Hunt, W. Kevin; And Others
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, Engineering/Industrial Technology, Public Service Technology, and Science); (3) trends in female enrollments in non-traditional curricular areas; and (4) whether male/female enrollment shifts were caused by increasing numbers of new female students or by returning female students. Major findings indicated that while college-wide male enrollments rose 204% from 1972 to 1978, female enrollments rose 492% in the same period. The enrollment rate of females classified as returning students increased even more (688%), and the proportion of returning students who were females rose from 25% in 1972 to 45% in 1978. Curriculum data showed that only Business Technology did not have a significant change in female enrollments, and that the proportion of females in non-traditional curriculum areas remained constant. The proportion of full- and part-time female students to their respective male counterparts increased significantly from 1972 to 1978, except for Business Technology students, and part-time Engineering/Industrial female students. Data tables are provided throughout the document. (JP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Engineering Technology, Enrollment Trends, Females, Full Time Students, Industrial Education, Liberal Arts, Majors (Students), Males, Multicampus Colleges, Nontraditional Occupations, Part Time Students, Public Service Occupations, Science Education, Technical Education, Trend Analysis, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Urban Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Boston, MA, April 7-11, 1980)