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Download full textHogan, Thomas P.; Hendrickson, Elizabeth – 1983
The study habits of adult college students over age 25 were compared to a group of younger students at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. The younger students were matched with the older groups on four characteristics: sex, major field of study, semester credit load, and class standing. All 56 participants were undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Groups, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1994
This report summarizes data compiled in a survey of student health conducted among 53,362 7th and 12th grade students in the spring of 1993. In order to compare these results to older students' health, 990 students attending Adult Basic Education centers were also surveyed. The survey instrument, which appears in Appendix A, contains 77 questions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Comparative Analysis, Drinking
Sanford, Timothy R. – 1979
Factors that influenced the withdrawal of academically ineligible black students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were investigated. It is suggested that students who involuntarily withdraw are rarely consulted as to their reasons for leaving and that academic ineligibility may mask many of the same reasons for withdrawing as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Black Students, College Students
Tronvig, Jill Anne; And Others – 1993
In winter 1993, Chaffey College (CC) in California experienced a 44% drop, over the previous quarter, in enrollments of students holding baccalaureate degrees. This decline coincided with the introduction statewide of a $33 per quarter unit differential fee for baccalaureate-holding students. Previously, there had been a $10 per quarter unit fee.…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Sinclair Community Coll., Dayton, OH. Office of Institutional Planning and Research. – 1993
In fall 1992, a study was conducted at Sinclair Community College (SCC) in Dayton, Ohio, to determine factors contributing to former students' decisions not to return to the college. Two groups of former students were included the study: those who had last attended in fall 1990 and had thus been absent for 6 quarters, and those who had last…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Chacon, Maria A.; And Others – 1982
Problem areas for the Mexican American female (Chicana) in higher education were investigated and compared to those of the Mexican American male (Chicano). A specific objective was to document the heterogeneity and complexity of the Chicana population and the corresponding variation in educational experiences. An executive summary and full report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Family Influence, Females
Slark, Julie – 1980
Utilizing the responses of 385 women to a district-wide community needs assessment conducted in March 1980, as well as information gathered from personal interviews with 400 women students, Santa Ana College (SAC) conducted a project to increase the awareness among women of SAC's programs and services and to determine: (1) women's degree of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Community Attitudes
