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ERIC Number: ED388357
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Nov
Pages: 5
Abstractor: N/A
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A Research Note on a Deviant Case: The Majority Enrollment of Full-Time Students at HCCC. Data Report No. 95.03.
Oromaner, Mark
Since the fall of 1979, over 50% of the student population at Hudson County Community College (HCCC), in New Jersey, has attended on a full-time basis, with 62% of fall 1994 students attending full-time. This characteristic makes HCCC a deviant case among community colleges where the nationwide average of full-time enrollment status is only 36%. A comparison of characteristics for HCCC's part- and full-time students for fall 1994 indicated that there were no significant differences in gender, that Hispanic students were more likely than white students to enroll full-time, and that as student age increased the percentage of full-time students decreased. The fact that 70% of the Hispanic students were attending full-time suggests that enrollment in English as a Second Language (ESL) and bilingual courses may play a role in the college's high full-time percentages. Hispanic students accounted for 47% of HCCC's total fall 1994 enrollment and represented 80% of students enrolled in ESL/bilingual courses. An analysis of fall 1994 matriculated students in three groups (i.e., ESL, basic skills, and fully program-ready) indicated that 56% of the program-ready students were enrolled full-time, while 78% of the basic skills and 89% of the ESL students were. Large full-time enrollments in these two groups may also account for the full-time enrollment percentages at the college. (TGI)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Hudson County Community Coll., Jersey City, NJ. Office of Planning and Institutional Research.
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