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Cornille, Keith T. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Affordable education and retraining are essential to maintain a skilled workforce. Community and technical colleges are positioned to meet these needs. Open access and late enrollment may be linked to student retention and attrition. This study examined the enrollment records of 7317 first time credit-seeking students between 2005 and 2007.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power, Technical Institutes, Grade Point Average
Maalouf, Kathy John – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In response to the increasing challenge for community colleges to uphold their mission of accessibility with an open door policy, while being held accountable for student success, higher education administrators and counselors need to have a better comprehension on the relationship among community college students, institutional enrollment…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Registration, Multicampus Colleges, Academic Persistence
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2014
This handbook outlines procedures for sharing student data between schools and the Ministry of Education, and answers questions pertaining to provincial examinations. It supports the work of both educators and the Ministry, which works with schools to produce transcripts and administer provincial exams. The following are appended: (1) Forms; and…
Descriptors: Student Records, Access to Information, Disclosure, Information Dissemination
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O'Banion, Terry – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
The publication of "A Nation at Risk" in 1983 triggered a series of major reform efforts in education that are still evolving. As part of the reform efforts, leaders began to refer to a Learning Revolution that would "place learning first by overhauling the traditional architecture of education." The old architecture--time-bound, place-bound,…
Descriptors: School Registration, Position Papers, Presidents, Architecture
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Ford, Gary G.; Stahl, Kandy J.; Walker, Michael E.; Ford, Angela M. – College Student Journal, 2008
This study investigated whether students who register for classes earlier perform better. Student registration date and time was recorded for five undergraduate psychology classes from the beginning of pre-registration through the last day to add a course--88 data collection points. The major dependent variable was students' course performance.…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis, Time Factors (Learning)
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West, Kim – College and University, 2008
This article presents an interview with Joe F. Head, Dean of University Admissions and Enrollment Services at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Georgia, who has more than 35 years of experience in admissions and enrollment services. After completing an M.Ed. in higher education at Georgia Southern University, Head immediately landed a position as…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Admissions Counseling, School Registration, Interviews
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Peterson, Lorna M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
Both greater access within institutions of higher education and greater access to those institutions are made possible through joint efforts. The success so many consortia have had over the past decades in providing more for less can and should be employed now to help provide more to more. Consortia have proven their ability to offer…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Consortia, School Registration, Institutional Cooperation
Goodman, Patricia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Although significant research exists on the causes of student attrition, minimal research has examined how combinations of student variables and institutional practices interact to predict student persistence. The purpose of this research was to identify the extent to which course registration time, low-income status, and transfer-oriented goals…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Technical Institutes, School Registration, Student Attrition
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Barker, Brian H.; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
The combination of computer and arena scheduling at Lindbergh High School in Renton (Washington) gives students the best of both systems. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Science, School Registration, Secondary Education
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Gloster, Arthur S. – AEDS Journal, 1976
Describes a dynamic scheduler program that provides for preregistration of students and also gives the university administration options to change class loads prior to the final scheduling. The student is given the various options that he had under a manual system for both priority and substitution. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Higher Education, Scheduling, School Registration
Voyles, L. V. – Coll Univ, 1969
Descriptors: Enrollment, Higher Education, Records (Forms), School Registration
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McGoldrick, KimMarie; Schuhmann, Peter W. – Education Economics, 2002
Examines college students' choices of elective courses. Computes relative contributions to student satisfaction of six course and instructor attributes. Results suggest that choice is largely a function of perceived interest in course topic, applicability of course material to future career opportunities, and time of day course is offered.…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, School Registration, Sex Bias
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Simerly, Robert G. – Adult Learning, 1990
Identifies mistakes--with suggested solutions--often made in promoting adult education programs: discounts for early registration; cancellation penalties; inconvenient registration procedures; inconvenient payment options; failure to list program benefits; lack of advertising of other offerings; insufficient lead time; lack of registration…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advertising, Marketing, Program Effectiveness
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Anderson, Linda M.; Papinchak, John R. – College and University, 2001
In an effort to improve student services and increase student satisfaction, Carnegie Mellon University embarked on a mission to re-engineer its enrollment process. Discusses the steps involved and the lessons learned over the course of this transformation. (EV)
Descriptors: College Attendance, Program Descriptions, Program Improvement, School Registration
Hillman, Kylie – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2008
This "Briefing" presents information about the initial tertiary education experiences, such as satisfaction with aspects of student life and changes to initial enrolments, of two groups of young people, based on two recent Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research reports. One study focused on the first year experiences of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Attitudes, Educational Research, Adult Education
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