This study was conducted primarily to determine the educational and employment activities of all of the graduates of Bucks County Community College since its founding. A secondary purpose was to elicit evaluative reactions from the graduates regarding the services available at the college. Of the 2,070 graduates who received a mailed questionnaire, 1,307 (63%) responded. Over two-thirds of the graduates entered the college directly from high school. While attending college, 76% of the graduates...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Characteristics
An overwhelming response to the model Extended Learning Programs in the greater Cleveland area and in southeastern Ohio, under the leadership of Ohio University, has indicated that there is a sizeable group of adults with interrupted college programs and unfulfilled career plans whose unique needs were not or could not be met by existing programs of higher education. The program has placed much emphasis on individualized counseling and has recognized the uniqueness of circumstances and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Special Degree Programs, Student Characteristics
This series of tables analyzes the enrollment of males, females, and totals of both day and evening classes of two colleges for two semesters. These eleven student characteristics are measured: (1) total students enrolled, (2) age: 21 and under, over 21 years; (3) high school: graduate, non-graduate; (4) goal: transfer, terminal; (5) other college experience: yes, no; (6) unit load: up to 11.5, 12 and over, non-credit; (7) student declared major: agriculture, business, language and literature,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Enrollment, Student Characteristics, Two Year Colleges
Based on the assumption that Britain is moving toward mass higher education while the U.S. is on the verge of universal access, the three papers in this volume summarize prospective changes in some of the major characteristics of students in the two countries. Forms of British expansion are discussed. One of these is the new 2-year Dipolma of Higher Education that, according to the government's recent White House paper on education, may be designed as a terminal qualification in its own right,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Characteristics, McConnell, T. R., And Others
The purpose of the conference was to define the role of the School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG) in the preparation of programs and materials for gifted students. The background papers presented at the beginning of the conference and the recommendations made at the conference are presented in this report. Topics covered in the papers include a history of studies attempting to define gifted people, summaries of studies concerned with acceleration and enrichment for gifted students, activities...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ability, Acceleration, Conference Reports, Curriculum, Enrichment, Gifted,...
The digest focuses on the nature of dyslexia and its characteristics. An initial section notes the variations in definitions as a function of the discipline. Diagnosis of dyslexia is said to isolate the specific difficulties associated with the problem and to suggest appropriate educational intervention. Typical characteristics of dyslexia are noted, including a family history of reading problems, predominant occurrence in males, an average or above average IQ and possibly a proficiency in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Dyslexia, Etiology, Reading Difficulties, Student Characteristics
THIS INFORMATION BLANK WAS DESIGNED TO COLLECT DATA FROM STUDENTS WHO TAKE THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TEST BATTERY (VT 004 455) RELATIVE TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, BACKGROUND, SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS, AND INTEREST IN VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS. RELATED DOCUMENTS ARE VT 004 454 THROUGH VT 004 471. (EM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Background, Questionnaires, Student Characteristics, Student Interests
This study explored findings from a three-year administration of the Graduating Student Questionnaire (GSQ) among member schools of the Association of Theological Schools. The GSQ is one of two instruments in the association's Student Information Project (the second is the Entering Student Questionnaire). Findings included: (1) nearly one-third of students cite work as one of their three most important sources of income; (2) four-fifths were working in their final year of study; (3) while...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Surveys,...
About 4,000 new freshmen entered the College Park Campus of the University of Maryland in fall 1973. They had average SAT scores of approximately 493 verbal and 531 math and more than half ranked in the top 25% of their high school graduating classes. About 15% were black, 2% oriental, 2% spanish surnamed, and 1% native American. As part of the freshmen orientation program, more than half of the new students (2407) completed the University Student Census (USC) administered by the Counseling...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Students, Surveys,...
The junior college is examined from three aspects: institutional characteristics, student characteristics, and prediction of student academic success. Each of these topics is documented by several research articles. Measures of 36 college characteristics were intercorrelated for 581 junior colleges, and the geographical distribution of characteristics is discussed. The experiences and achievements of junior college graduates from 29 colleges showed that the majority planned to transfer to a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, Predictive Validity, Student Characteristics, Testing, Two Year...
Learning disabilities (LD) in adults, which can include problems in visual perception, auditory perception, intersensory development, motor skills, or directional abilities produce such academic problems as difficulty in thinking in an orderly and logical way and in dealing with time concepts. Accommodations for LD college students may include using taperecording and notetaking services and role playing social situations. Counseling techniques should emphasize information, positive...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Counseling Techniques, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities,...
TO EVALUATE STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD SUMMER TRIMESTER SCHEDULING, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 206 ENTERING FRESHMEN. FINDINGS INDICATED THAT 37 PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS DID NOT PREFER JUNE ENTRANCE AND THAT THE COURSE OFFERINGS UNIQUE TO FARMINGDALE HAD A BALANCING EFFECT ON ATTITUDES IN A NUMBER OF CASES. CHOICE OF COLLEGE WAS MADE IN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL IN 56 PERCENT OF THE RESPONSES. PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON THE DECISION TO ATTEND COLLEGE WAS SIGNIFICANT IN...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Parent Background, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Trimester System, Two...
THE POST-HIGH SCHOOL TRAINEE SHOULD BE A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OR THE EQUIVALENT. A FAIR DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE IS REQUIRED. IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THE COMPLETION OF 2 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS AND 1 YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE. SOME BACKGROUND IN DRAFTING AND SHOP IS DESIRABLE. THE STUDENT SHOULD BE AVERAGE OR ABOVE IN INTELLIGENCE. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE AND LENGTH OF THE TECHNICAL CURRICULUM, THE STUDENT MUST BE WILLING AND ABLE TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO IT...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Admission Criteria, Dropout Characteristics, Speeches, Student Characteristics,...
This report compares the grades of transfer students at Appalachian State University with the grades of native students. It also shows the choice of academic major of the transfers and compares their cumulative grade point averages with the native students' averages in these major fields. A random sample of the records of 82 transfers and 82 natives was examined. It was noted that the native students' grades were generally higher than the transfer students'. None of the transfer students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Transfer Students, Student Characteristics, Transfer Students, Two Year...
To evaluate the effectiveness of its cosmetology program, the College of San Mateo sent a questionnaire to beauty salons in the college's service area. Of the 70 questionnaires sent, over half were returned. Eleven courses in the curriculum were ranked by the employer in order of importance to him, the first four being the 1,600 hours of cosmetology, elements of color and design, psychology and human behavior, and common health problems. Most shop managers felt that the training program was...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cosmetology, Occupations, Questionnaires, Service Occupations, Student...
The accomplishments and activities of Project Follow-Through, a system designed to gather data from college students, are reported for the first six months of its development (July 1 through December 31, 1968). The system will gather data from students at three distinct points during their junior college careers: (1) at their initial application for admission; (2) each semester during registration; and (3) during the semester while the student is attending class. The project will also gather...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Data Collection, Followup Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Student Characteristics, Two...
To give them effective personal and vocational counseling, student personnel workers must consider certain facts about junior college students. Although they usually have lower academic ability, they have other attributes worth enhancing. Testing and other selection tools generally apply only to academic aptitude, not to other qualities, and have a negative effect on the expectations of minority students. If they are expected to move upward from a low socioeconomic status, they step into...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Counseling Effectiveness, Student Characteristics, Student Personnel Services, Two...
The primary purpose of this study is to provide an up-to-date report on certain social and economic characteristics of credit students enrolled in a newly established comprehensive community college system. A socioeconomic data sheet was constructed by the writer and completed by 11,184 students enrolled in 42 North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes. Comparisons were made between North Carolina students and those in other states, in addition to comparisons among the program...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Questionnaires, Socioeconomic Background, Student Characteristics, Two Year Colleges,...
This review covers five views of junior college students. Dorothy Knoell reminds the college of its growing community service function. It must be ready for several student clienteles with changing needs, interests, activities, and values; for the under-educated of all ages; and for those special populations not served by other schools, all without neglecting its current students. Barbara Thomas discusses problems (and possible solutions) in student assessment. Late-enrolling students,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Characteristics, Two Year Colleges, Knoell, Dorothy M., And Others
This report is a statistical summary and analysis of the operations of independent colleges and universities in California. It includes data on: enrollment, degrees granted, income, expenditures, assets, capacity for additional enrollment, student characteristics, and faculty salaries and degrees for the period 1964-1969. In analyzing the data, member institutions were grouped with other institutions possessing similar characteristics. (AF)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Degrees (Academic), Educational Finance, Enrollment, Higher Education, Private...
Presented in this document are national normative data on characteristics of students entering college as first-time, full-time freshmen early in the 1972-73 academic year. The Student Information Form was used to elicit a wide range of biographic and demographic data, as well as data on the student's high school background, career plans, educational aspirations, financial arrangements, high school activities and behaviors, and current attitudes. (HS)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, College Students, Higher Education, Statistical Data, Student...
The document presents, in table form, data on the pre-center characteristics of 46 student families in the Mountain-Plains program in September and October 1974. The characteristics include: family demography, racial origin, educational level, previous training, average number and length of jobs, employment status, salaries and income, welfare and other assistance, insurance, debts, savings, community organization and volunteer activities, housing status and housing and utility expenses, voting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Demography, Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics, Statistical Data, Student...
Twelve disadvantaged behavior problem youth were interviewed, observed, and evaluated in a case study approach to determine whether their abilities could be termed gifted and talented. Among measures used were the Renzulli Rating Scale, school records, teacher evaluations, parent interviews, peer evaluation, and observations of psychomotor and arts abilities. Among findings were that the Renzulli Scale is a good indicator of characteristics for gifted and talented youth, and that parent...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Research,...
In order to study the characteristics of learning disabled (LD) college students and the coping strategies developed to deal with college demands, 57 LD students--enrolled at a selective university that offered no special program for LD students--were identified through questionnaires, self referral, and teacher referral. Analysis of a variety of tests and structured interviews revealed that the LD Ss performed differently from nondisabled Ss on 9 of 14 variables in the psychoeducational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Coping, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning...
Data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) are used to provide information about recipients of Stafford loans (formerly named Regular Guaranteed Student Loans). Both the in-school component and out-of-school component of the NPSAS contributed data to the report. Twenty-seven tables present data on: (1) patterns of Stafford borrowing during the 1986-87 school year, distribution of aid recipients, and average amounts of aid awarded, by level of study, control and level of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Loan Repayment, Postsecondary Education, Student Characteristics,...
The monograph is intended to help administrators clarify issues regarding mainstreaming in preschool education. Four chapters are presented as outgrowths of a workshop on preschool mainstreaming. The first, "Fundamental Issues in Preschool Mainstreaming," by M. Guralnick, focuses on four issues: (1) understanding the purposes of mainstreaming; (2) evaluating its feasibility for a preschool program; (3) determining an appropriate mainstream setting for a child; and (4) finding and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Parent Role, Preschool Education, Student...
This brief article uses a question and answer format to review basic information about medical management of children with attention deficit disorders (ADD). Questions address: characteristics of ADD; how parents and teachers can tell if a child might have ADD; types of services and programs which help these children and their families; medications prescribed for ADD children; how psychostimulants appear to help ADD children; common side effects of psychostimulant medications; the use of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, Medical Services,...
As schools in highly industrialized America intensify their efforts to be competitive in the global economy, students are experiencing intensifying pressures on their time. This analysis looks at the words of four highly successful boys in New York City juxtaposed with national reports, web sites, magazine and newspaper articles to trouble the idea of the temporal discipline of the successful "adolescent." The author hopes to open up a space for alternative thought and action by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Student Characteristics, Time Factors (Learning),...
This report identifies the entering undergraduate classes from 1963 through 1968 at the University of Virginia in relation to the number who graduated within 5 years or less and those who withdrew for specific reasons. Data are included for the College of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Architecture. (MJM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Graduates, College Students, Higher Education, Research Projects, Student...
Compared were the characteristics of 60 learning disabled (LD) and 60 normal children (all between 8- and 11-years-old) participating in the Georgia Reading Research Program. The target group consisted of LD children who showed deficits in the psychological process of ordering/sequencing; while the LD reference group were average or above average in ordering/sequencing abilities. Instruments used to assess these deficits were the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Sequencing Triad and the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Learning Disabilities, Reading Ability,...
Preliminary data from a survey of 666 teachers of emotionally disturbed, behavior disordered (ED/BD) students in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska are reported. Research on characteristics of the ED/BD student is reviewed along with survey respondents' views on the usefulness and availability of 15 types of information for placement and reintegration. Also reported are rankings of teacher factors in selectinq a site for student integration (attitude toward behavioral problems and behavioral...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances,...
This report on the handicapped population in postsecondary education is based on the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study and provides data based on the students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in the fall of 1986. At that time, over 12.5 million postsecondary students were enrolled, and of these, 1.3 million reported that they had a handicap. The most prevalent handicap reported was a visual handicap, reported by more than one-half million students. The data also indicate that a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Disabilities, Incidence, Minority Groups, Postsecondary Education,...
The list of resources printed in this guide were taken from the EdSource report, "High Schools in the Hot Seat," an overview of the challenges facing California's high schools. The information is divided into three sections: students, standards, and high-school reform. The topics covered include peer culture, disengagement, and motivation; the effects of student poverty and mobility; strategies for working with immigrant youth; resources on skill and academic-standards projects;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Environment, High Schools,...
This study was part of an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of offering three options--lecture, lecture with discussions, and independent reading--to students in a large lecture course and was concerned with identifying any significant student variables related to choice of an option. The subjects were 185 students in an experimental psychology course on socialization. The instruments used include a test anxiety questionnaire, an omnibus personality inventory, and a general information...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, Independent Study, Lecture...
The headcount of students enrolled at Minnesota post-secondary institutions at the beginning of the fall term appears in the tables of the document. Enrollments are grouped by individual institution, institution type, and whether the institution is located inside or outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area. For each institution, the preliminary fall 2004 enrollment is compared with previously reported preliminary enrollments from fall 2000 to fall 2003. In some cases, data from prior years may...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Enrollment, Databases, Metropolitan Areas, Student Characteristics, Higher Education,...
This follow-up study of the 1963-64 philosophy students at San Bernardino Valley College (California) sought to answer these questions: (1) What kind of student enrolls in philosophy? (2) Is he usually capable of transfer? (3) If he transfers, will he take additional philosophy courses? (4) Is he likely to finish his bachelor's degree? and (5) Why do some of his peers fail to transfer? The data, though incomplete on some points, showed that: (1) He is a capable student who benefits in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Followup Studies, Humanities, Philosophy, Student Characteristics, Transfer Students,...
In the fall of 1971, a survey instrument calling for respondents to give basic data about themselves (race, sex, age), to indicate their educational status (class in college), to indicate their educational plans, and to give other related information was administered to entering students in selected private colleges and universities throughout Florida. A copy of a printout of the survey results for each of the participating private colleges and universities was forwarded to the institutions in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Institutional Research,...
Intended for parents and teachers of gifted and talented children, the book discusses identification criteria and educational strategies for developing their potential. Case studies of gifted and talented children are cited and a checklist of common characteristics is provided. Suggestions are given for fostering creativity in the home; and special problems of the gifted are explained to include underachievement, cultural differences, and learning difficulties. Answers are presented to parents'...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Creative Development, Gifted, Parent Associations, Parent Role, Resource Materials,...
A national sample of 118 teachers of learning disabled (LD) students described their school districts' criteria for identifying LD students and indicated their agreement or disagreement with the criteria. Four basic categories of definitions were reflected in the categories provided by the 118 teachers: ability-achievement discrepancy, achievement deficit, test scatter, and processing disorder. Reported criteria were characterized by variability, even within states, as were the teachers' stated...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Criteria, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification,...
The extent to which computer simulated classification decisions within special education were differentially affected by information presented at the time of the referral was investigated. Decisions about 16 different cases were evaluated and found to be a function of referral information rather than child performance data. The outcomes are discussed with regard to implications for the practice of psychoeducational assessment. (Author)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bias, Classification, Decision Making, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research,...
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When personal computer (PC) user used WBT (Web Based Training) as supplementary teaching materials of the exercises, this research clarified the difference of the person who did not use the person who positively used the WBT teaching materials and the WBT teaching materials so much by the experiments compared with some individual characteristics concerning the PC operation. We chose the feelings of operating PC uncomfortably, state/action orientation, the risk orientation, and technostress...
Topics: Web Based Training, E-Learning, Student Characteristics, Study Method, Evaluation of Instruction
The booklet discusses research on characteristics and remediation approaches for children with learning disabilities (LD). Initial sections consider definitions, prevalence and causes of LD, while a fourth chapter reviews such LD characteristics as attention disorders, visual-perceptual difficulties, and memory disorders. Also considered are academic skill deficits in reading, expressive language, and arithmetic. Medicine-related treatments (including sensory integrative therapy and diet) are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Incidence, Learning...
Following the enactment of the New York State standardized admissions testing law, students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in New York acquired the right to request a copy of test questions used in calculating their scores, a copy of their answer sheet, and various interpretive materials. This study examined (1) the differences between examinees who requested these disclosure materials and those who did not, and (2) the differences between different examinee sub-populations in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advantaged, College Entrance Examinations, Compliance (Legal), High Schools,...
The study examined differences between 57 learning disabled (LD) and 24 non-LD college students on measures of psychoeducational assessment. In addition, differences between LD students with good and poor academic performance were studied, and coping strategies were identified for both sub-groups. A variety of standardized tests were administered and information was gathered about coping strategies and barriers to learning through an individually administered interview, informal assessment of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Students, Coping, Higher Education,...
STUDENTS WHO HAD COMPLETED THE RETAILING PROGRAM IN 1959-61 AND OTHER GROUPS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GENERAL COLLEGE WERE COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE PATTERNS. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT IN HIGH SCHOOL RANK, A COLLEGE APTITUDE TEST, AND AN ENGLISH TEST. IN THE GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY-GENERAL, THE RETAILING GROUP HAD SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER SCORES. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BY THE RETAILING GROUP WAS BETTER THAN...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Distributive Education, Employment Patterns, Sales Occupations, Student...
To figure out better ways to serve their English language learner (ELL) students, the state departments of education in the West Region states of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, who are members of the English Learner Alliance, asked REL West to help them put together a more detailed picture of two particular groups of K-12 ELL students who seem to stall out in their progress toward English language proficiency and/ or academic achievement. To learn more about this study, the "REL West Research...
Topics: ERIC Archive, English Language Learners, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students,...
The study examines the factors that impact the students who attained a bachelor's degree in four-years in a public four-year college. The study focuses on students' pre-college preparation, financial aids, academic performance, work-study time arrangement, and intention of completing a bachelor degree at the entering institution. The sample subjects are the 1996 and 1997 first-time full-time cohort members who also participated CIRP Freshmen Survey. The study found that gender, number of credit...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Time to Degree, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges, Student Financial Aid,...
This paper surveys and analyzes biographic data from the first SURVEY OF EDUCATIONAL PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL (Bureau of Testing, University of Washington) administered in 1966-67 to more than 7500 high school seniors in the state. The characteristics of students planning to attend 2-year colleges, state or private colleges, and state universities, subdivided by sex, are compared through a series of charts. Biographic variables such as parents' education, father's occupation, area of residence,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Secondary School Students, Student Characteristics, Beanblossom,...
As part of the selection process of the 1966 National Achievement Scholarship Program, a program for able Negro high school students interested in attending college, 1,029 Finalists completed a 94-item questionnaire. The percentage of Finalists responding to each alternative of each item was obtained, and a matrix of intercorrelations of 50 selected items was calculated. In terms of their item responses, the Finalists appeared to be high aspiring, high grade achievers, academically oriented,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement, Black Students, College Bound Students, Higher Education, Student...
Selected aspects of the Adult Basic Education Program of the State of New York are evaluated, and the program's effectiveness in providing basic education that is suited to the capabilities, problems, interests, and needs of the adult participants is assessed. The evaluation and assessment are presented in three parts: Part I provides the setting for the study; establishes the parameters; describes the research design; and highlights the findings, conclusions, and recommendations; Part II...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Objectives, Program...
This report presents summary data on school enrollment for October 1985 and on some of the important changes in enrollment that have occurred in the past 20 years. Presented in six tables, the data are from the October school enrollment supplement to the Current Population Survey. Highlights of the report include the following findings: (1) in October 1985 there were 59.7 million persons aged 3 years old or over enrolled in school; (2) elementary, secondary, and college enrollment did not...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Birth Rate, Demography, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, National Surveys, School...
In the fall of 1971, a survey instrument calling for respondents to give basic data about themselves (race, sex, age), to indicate their educational status (class in college), to report their long-range educational plans, and to give other related information was administered to entering students throughout the Florida State University System. A copy of a printout of the survey results for each of the 7 state universities was forwarded to the universities in early 1972. Following the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Institutional Research,...
This report presents Arizona's Paradise Valley Community College's (PVCC's) 1998-1999 fact book. This report begins with a college profile and describes student characteristics by age, gender, ethnicity, financial aid, special needs, and continuing education. This report also looks at student enrollment according to headcount/full-time student equivalent (FTSE), full-time/part-time, enrollment status, and average credit hours taken. It measures student success by comparison of distribution and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Institutional...
Research in higher education attributes significant differences to the learning experiences of commuter and resident students. The literature indicates that the nature of the on-campus experience, the characteristics of the student, and the motivation for learning for the commuter student may have significant implications for educational planning. The actual number of commuter students in American higher education is in dispute. It is clear, though, that commuter students compose a larger...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Commuting Students, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Models, Student...
The task of administrative decision makers at diverse and complex institutions has been made more difficult with student confrontations, and there is an expressed need for improved tools to assess student attitudes and characteristics. The Campus Environment Scale (CES), a data-gathering tool, contains 150 statements that deal comprehensively with college life to which students' reactions may range from strong agreement to strong disagreement. The CES was used in a pilot study to assess campus...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Problems, Decision Making, Information Retrieval, Institutional...
Although supervisors report important commonalities among beginning and more advanced psychotherapy trainees, individual differences in supervisees' background, personality, and ability are influential factors affecting the nature of the supervision process. For students who are just beginning to do psychotherapy, the overriding task is to manage their anxiety in the room. Beginners may be so anxious about what to say or do they fail to listen to the client. Beginners' work tends to entail more...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Counselor Training, Developmental Stages, Psychotherapy, Student Characteristics,...
A statistical description of the students enrolled in the program is presented, including data on race, sex, marital status, age, legal residence, high school attended, citizenship, major, units attempted and completed, grade point average, and probationary status. On the basis of these data, several conclusions and recommendations are made. (MC)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Preparation, Minority Groups, Remedial Instruction, Student Characteristics,...
The digest addresses issues related to preschool gifted and talented children. Such a child is defined as one who functions significantly above average age level in language development, thinking skills, creative thinking skills, physical adaptability, social skills, and/or leadership. Early identification is viewed as important, and the use of teacher and parent checklists is considered. Teachers are urged to note behaviors, such as the use of advanced vocabulary, spontaneous elaboration on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Patterns, Early Identification, Gifted, Preschool Education, Student...
To isolate and focus on the learning characteristics of the highly gifted, 101 gifted students were identified and interviewed over a 2-year period. Four dimensions of learning characteristics were analyzed: instructional style, peer context, independence, and variety. Among findings from interviews were that an opporuntity for discovery learning or problem solving was most important to these students; that highly gifted students at all levels wanted to choose the peer context in which they...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted, Interviews,...
This report is comprised of a series of tables and charts that examine the characteristics of people aged 14 to 34 who attend 2- and 4-year colleges. Breakdowns are given on such factors as the type of colleges attended, the age and sex of the students, and various socio-economic considerations. The report covers the years 1966 through October 1971. (CS)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Higher Education, Statistical Data, Student Characteristics, Tables...
The paper examines the uniqueness of gifted children and the problems facing them and their families as a result of the giftedness. Annotations from the literature are preceded by selected quotations from gifted children designed to reflect the research and expert opinions which follow. The first section considers the complex nature of giftedness and discusses the lack of agreement concerning definitions and identification. Section two reviews the special attitudes, behaviors, and needs...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Coping, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional...
The report describes Louisiana's effort to survey local education agencies and special schools for information on sensory impaired students (preschool through secondary levels) within the state. Information on demographic factors, educational program descriptions, hearing and vision status, and other educationally significant handicaps was obtained through analysis of individual student profiles. Further, performance of hearing impaired students on the Stanford Achievement Test for Hearing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Tests, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments,...
Speech communication instructors must think through the consequences of adopting a pedagogy of empowerment before they leap into the classroom with a handy packet of reading and pre-packaged activities. Schools are contested spheres and the struggle over what forms of authority and types of knowledge should be legitimated and transmitted to students can be seen in the demands of right-wing religious groups, feminists, ecologists, minorities, and other interest groups. Teaching with empowering...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Public Speaking, Student Characteristics, Student Development,...
This statistical document from the University of Alaska Anchorage provides charts and graphs regarding students and student activities at the six-campus institution, including Prince William Sound Community College, for summer 2000. Included is information on student headcount and student characteristics as well as credit hours at each campus. Overall, the university system enrollment headcount and credit hours were down from summer 1999 by 9%. Only the Kenai campus recorded an increase in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attendance, College Students, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Enrollment, Higher...
An approach (the "orientation seminar") is described to help gifted students understand their abilities and learn to act effectively in future social and academic situations. The seminar consists of nine sessions to be used in sequence with the following topics: (1) pre-measures of self-concept, attitudes, myths and realities, (2) orientation to the seminar, (3) characteristics of gifted and talented students, (4) relationship of intelligence to giftedness, (5) ways to free creative...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Orientation, Seminars, Student...
This article explores the school context of tracking, with a mention of the societal contexts of tracking. A brief review of tracking practices, assumptions, and evidence of effects is included in the beginning of the paper. Several relationships within the schooling context of tracking are discussed: (1) student characteristics and track placement; (2) track systems and track placements; (3) track systems, student placements, and learning opportunities; and (4) responses, outcomes, and future...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Development, School Activities, Secondary Education, Student Characteristics,...
This digest defines the term "communication disorders," states prevalence rates for the condition, describes characteristics of children with communication disorders, and outlines educational implications. Thirteen publications on communication disorders and six organizational resources are listed. (JDD)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication Disorders, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education,...
School identified learning disabled (LD) fourth graders (N=50) were compared with 49 fourth graders who were underachieving in school (non-LD) but were not identified as LD. Both groups were administered a battery of psychoeducational tests and their performances were compared on all measures. Results indicated considerable similarities between groups. An average of 96% of the scores were within a common range, and the performance of LD and underachieving Ss on many subtests was identical....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Labeling (of Persons), Learning...
Approximately 1,250 entering freshmen at the State University of New York, Buffalo completed a self-report form called the Inventory of Opinions and Expectations. It was found that 88% of the sample were public high school graduates, that they felt their high school courses had been interesting, that their parents strongly encouraged them to attend college, and while in high school, they worked largely on written exercises on which they spent 5 to 10 hours a week. Outcomes of a college...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics,...
This study reports the characteristics of the graduated science student population as well as of science faculty and post doctoral appointees, and examines trends of certain key factors over a three-year period. Information was analyzed from 2,990 doctoral science departments reporting for 1971 and was machine matched with similar data reported for 1969 and 1970 by the same departments. Results indicated: (1) graduate science enrollments in doctoral departments applying for National Science...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Research...
This document presents statistical data for Mississippi's 15 public community and junior college districts. Under the Enrollment section, detail is given with regard to: headcount enrollment, headcount enrollment by district and campus, credit headcount enrollment by district and campus, non-credit headcount enrollment by district and campus, credit headcount enrollment by county, and non-credit headcount enrollment by county. The Finance section discusses comparison of revenue by source and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Institutional Characteristics, Public Colleges,...
The purpose of this report is to describe characteristics of students enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) campuses and centers during the fall term 1999, and to highlight enrollment changes. Campus and center enrollment includes any student taking a course at that location, while college-wide data give an unduplicated count of students for the term. Highlights include: (1) the fall term 1999 credit enrollment was 46,888, a 1.2% decrease from fall 1998 (this represents 576 fewer...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, School...
Data from high school transcripts of about 12,000 students who graduated in 1982 were examined, relevant to a number of popular beliefs about vocational education. Compared to students in private high schools, students in public high schools were more likely to be enrolled in vocational courses. The average number of total credits earned in vocational education was greatest among graduates of schools that are located in the North Central region of the country; located in rural, as opposed to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Institutional Characteristics, Private Schools, Public Schools, Secondary Education,...
An end-of-the-year report for the 1987-88 Pell Grant program is presented. The Pell Grant program, administered by the Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance, receives more federal funds than any of the other five student financial aid programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and its amendments. It offered grants ranging from $200 to $2,100 in the 1987-88 academic year to eligible students furthering their postsecondary education. During...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Grants, Higher Education, Student Characteristics, Student...
Florida colleges' own follow-up studies have been valuable to themselves, but statewide research has been needed to assess the system's success--hence this 1969 study of fall 1966 first-time freshmen. From 28,396 students of 26 colleges, a random-stratified sample of 499 was drawn according to each college's enrollment and by sex ratio, with provision for alternates. Usable responses to the 9-item questionnaire came from 277 men and 211 women. As all did not answer all items, they were analyzed...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Followup Studies, Institutional Research, Questionnaires, State Surveys, Student...
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