This document is a report on the enrollment of high school graduates from Miami-Dade County (Florida) at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC). The report includes statistics on students from Florida high schools as well as out-of-state high schools. Provided are demographics on the students, including ethnicity, gender, and type of high school…

In an effort to augment the information needed for decisions regarding policy, funding, programs, and services, Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) conducts periodic studies of its foreign student population. This report profiles international students at M-DCC for closing fall term 1990-91, and provides national data comparisons among…

In 1987, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to examine the demographic characteristics and academic performance of the 15,784 non-United States citizens enrolled at MDCC in fall 1987. The study also drew comparisons with national data originating from the Institute of International Education's annual census survey of…

This report discusses the steep increases in second language activity at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) over the past two decades. During this time span, credit language course activity has grown from 28,391 credits in 1980 to 76,608 credits in 2001. This is an increase of 48,217 credits in second language courses. Total credits grew by…

The report from the Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) Institutional Research Office (Florida) updates information on trends in second language (ESL/ENS) credits at MCC. Over the past six years, while total credits decreased by 11.4% to 407,013, second language credits increased 26.9% to 62,500. In 1999 ESL/ENS courses constituted 15.4% of total…

This information capsule presents an overview of the enrollments in the 28 Florida community colleges in comparison to the college-age population in the related counties. The purpose of the report is to determine: (1) the degree of market penetration or percent draw of the "college-age" population; (2) assess the effects of Vocational Technical…

This document from the Miami-Dade Community College Office of Institutional Research (Florida) briefly reports student retention rates at the college for the year 2000. Retention rates for degree-seeking students in 2000 increased from 1998 for all major ethnic categories. The year 2000 total college retention rate was 72.5%. Retention rates by…

This document discusses retention rate based on ethnicity for Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) for December 2002. The study found that the 2001 Fall-Spring retention rates increased among all ethnic groups. The total college retention rate rose by 2.7 percentage points to 75.2%. Among individual groups, the highest retention rate of 76.9% was…

This annual report of direct entry high school graduates presents draw data for Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) from 1994 through 1999. Statistics include reference to: (1) changes in the size of high school graduation classes; (2) changes in the draw to the College of these graduates; and (3) campus of enrollment from individual high…

The report provides a historical perspective of the Standards of Academic Progress (SOAP) performance and compares changes in fall term 1994 and fall term 1998 at Miami-Dade Community College (Florida). The Standards of Academic Progress (SOAP) monitor student academic performance in order to identify students in need of academic intervention. Two…

This report provides an update on the historical tracking of Associates in Science graduates by program. The data cover a 14-year span, and are helpful in looking at program trends and effectiveness. The report includes two types of tables. Tables 1-10 summarize data for A.S programs and comparisons of Florida's Miami-Dade Community College…

This enrollment summary provides collegewide and campus-specific data for Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) for 1981-82 through 1985-86. All data are for unduplicated headcounts by the three major variables of credit/non-credit enrollments, semester credits, and credit load. These major variables are matched against factors of ethnicity,…

This report covers direct entry enrollments of Miami-Dade County high school students for Fall and Spring (Winter) terms of 1995-96 through 1999-2000. Research finds that in 1999-2000, 4,688 high school graduates enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC), 36.6% of the graduating class. An increase was seen from 1996-1997. Ethnic draws from…

This report measures the draw of public, private, and special high school graduates to Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) in Florida. For the public schools, 5 years of enrollment data are presented, spanning 1993-94 through 1997-98. Draw data for Dade County private and public special high schools are for 1997-98. The statistics for the…

The report presents data on the placement status of 1997-98 vocational program graduates of Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) (Florida) one year after graduation. For this report, state-defined criteria for positive placement status include relatedness of employment to program on training, continuing higher education, and serving in the…