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ERIC Number: ED256389
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1982-Dec
Pages: 67
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Articulation.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Colleges.
Descriptive statistics are presented on those students in Florida's State University System (SUS) who were previously enrolled in one of the state's 28 public community colleges. A series of tables present fall term data for 1979 through 1981, including information on students' sex, age, and race; SUS enrollment rate of community college students; credits transferred; distribution of students by the university at which they were registered and the community college from which they transferred; grade point average (GPA); and students' majors. Highlighted findings included the following: (1) the total number of transfer students attending the SUS increased from 34,344 in 1979, to 36,075 in 1980, to 39,470 in 1981; (2) males outnumbered females by 2% in 1979 and in 1980, but females outnumbered males in 1981 by less than 1%; (3) proportionately, black student representation declined from 7.5% in 1979 to 6.7% in 1981, while white student representation has declined from 81.4% to 79.1%; (4) Hispanic representation increased from 7.3% to 9.4% during this period; (5) the mean age of students decreased from 25 in 1979 to 24 in 1981; (6) students tended to complete their university work or otherwise leave after approximately 3 years; (7) 76.6% of the transfer students in 1981 transferred 60 semester hours or more upon entering the SUS; and (8) 82.8% of the transfer students earned a GPA of 2.0 or higher while enrolled at the SUS. (LAL)
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Colleges.
Identifiers - Location: Florida
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