Students 22 years of age and older clearly have counseling needs and instructional preferences that differ from those of college-age students. These conclusions were reached after a survey of 6,500 students in 27 diverse junior/community colleges. Among the major findings of the study were: (1) older students were less likely to experience…

In Fall 1979, a survey was conducted to determine the attitudes and goals of a selected sample of students who had enrolled in academic transfer programs at 13 British Columbia community colleges, but who had not transferred to a four-year institution. The 24-item questionnaire asked students to provide information on: (1) full/part-time status…

This document discusses a study completed in 2002 about the graduates of the Westchester Community College. The study addresses the effectiveness of WCC in helping achieve goals of the graduates in employment goals, transfer goals, academic goals, and personal goals. Of the 1,802 students that graduated from WCC in the Class of 2002, 317 returned…

The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD), California, conducted a student satisfaction survey at three colleges during fall 2002. The survey instrument includes the following three parts: (1) Service Areas: students were asked to rate the levels of importance and satisfaction for 22 services; (2) Survey Themes: seventy-six statements were…

Since 1995, Johnson County Community College (JCCC) (Kansas) has been surveying new students each fall to determine their educational objectives and the factors that influence their decisions to attend the college. This report reviews the data obtained between 1995 and 2000 to determine if any trends are evident. The survey samples ranged from…

In April 1989, a 3-year follow-up study was conducted of students who completed a career program at Johnson County Community College (JCCC),in Kansas, during the 1985-86 academic year to obtain information on their career and educational experiences over an extended period of time. The 385 former students surveyed included career program…

A survey of the 2,005 Fall, 1979, entering students at Kapiolani Community College (KCC) was conducted to determine: (1) reasons for attending college, (2) educational and vocational goals, (3) work experience, (4) factors which might affect student success, and (5) student perceptions of their academic preparation. The survey, administered via a…

In spring 1995, Illinois' Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) conducted a two-part survey of a random sample of 800 new students to determine their activities, satisfaction with college services, problems at the college, and sources of help. In addition, variables associated with the student retention and attrition through 1995-96 were…

The Missouri Commission on Higher Education initiated a comprehensive study of existing and developing state junior colleges in order that a master plan for the orderly development of a state system of comprehensive junior colleges might be developed. Among the areas examined by the study were: (1) the status of public junior colleges; (2) the…

In 1985, College of the Sequoias (COS) was asked by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (conducted jointly by the American Council on Education and the University of California, Los Angeles) to participate in a survey of incoming freshmen for the fall 1985 semester. During the summer counseling session, 259 new COS freshmen were…

In 1988, a study was conducted at Howard Community College (HCC) to determine the educational goals, viewing patterns, and level of satisfaction of telecourse students. Questionnaires were administered during the last on-campus class meeting, requesting information on students' reasons for attending college, their sources of information about the…

The College Discovery Prefreshman Summer Program (CDPSP) at New York's Bronx Community College is a 6-week summer bridge program providing minority and low-income students with career counseling, study skills, and intensive instruction in English, reading, and mathematics. To determine the effects of the program on participants' academic,…

In fall 1990, a study was conducted of new freshmen at the regional campuses (RC's) of Kent State University to gather information on the characteristics and goals of the new students and to determine their reasons for enrolling and their perceptions of the academic and student services provided. Surveys were mailed to all 2,390 new freshmen…

This document contains two reports on students in electronics courses at Kalamazoo Valley Community College; the first provides student characteristics data as well as students' perceptions of the courses, and the second presents secondary data gathered from various internal college sources. In the first study, 96 students (46.4% of those…

In 1991, the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) initiated a study of factors affecting student persistence, finding that high employment rates in particular sectors were related to higher rates of student attrition. In 1994, a follow-up study was conducted of the career/educational paths of 1,498 respondents from the…