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A Benchmark Review of Postsecondary Technical Students in Pennsylvania.
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Farmer, Edgar I.; O'Lawrence, Henry – 2000
A study was undertaken to determine differences among personal, situational, and outcome characteristics of students in Pennsylvania community colleges and two-year proprietary institutions and the nature of and differences in gender in both types of institutions. Phase 2 of three involved surveying a sample of students currently enrolled in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Colleges, Ethnic Groups, Proprietary Schools
Differences in Characteristics of Postsecondary Technical Students in Pennsylvania Community Colleges and Two-Year Proprietary Institutions.
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Farmer, Edgar I.; O'Lawrence, Henry – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2002
Characteristics of students in 15 Pennsylvania community colleges (n=704) and 16 two-year proprietary colleges (n=317) were compared. In both groups, technical students were overwhelmingly white; the community colleges' population was 69.5% male, 30.5% female; in proprietary schools, 43.2% male, 56.8% female. Females had higher grade point…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Differences, Postsecondary Education, Proprietary Schools