This document is a listing of various Pensacola Junior College (PJC) 1997 institutional accountability measures. Highlights include: (1) 33.4% of 1993-95 first-time students were Florida public high-school graduates the previous year; (2) 51% of 1993 Associate in Arts (AA) students had graduated or were still enrolled; (3) 67% of 1993 Associate in…

Describes a study conducted to investigate the impact of faculty collaboration upon the transfer shock commonly experienced by students transferring from two- to four-year colleges. Suggests that faculty collaboration reduced transfer shock to a nonsignificant level, with grade point average increases experienced by half of the subjects. (19…

Recently the state legislatures in Texas and Arkansas have passed initiatives to maximize transfer effectiveness from two- to four-year institutions. These initiatives, and others being undertaken on a national level, were stimulated by the rising cost of higher education, a decline in transfer rates and low achievement among students who do…

This voluntary school integration project uses the open enrollment plan of the Boston School Department in transporting Negro children from predominantly Negro schools in the black district to more racially balanced schools in other parts of Boston. It has involved private financing, intra-city bussing, and the initiative and participation of…

The Fort Worth Independent School District continued its court-ordered desegregation plan implemented in 1971-72. The evaluated design utilized in 1971-72 was extended to include bused black students in grade 3 as well as those in grades 4 and 5, and to ascertain any effects on the achievement of white third, fourth, and fifth grade students in…

Thomas Pettigrew and his associates have missed the essential point of my study. The essential requirement for sound reasoning on this matter is observance of the distinction among the findings of science, the results of policy, and the dictates of law or morality. I studied the results of existing policies of induced school integration (all of…

This interim report is the first of three expected evaluation reports for the Urban-Suburban Pupil Transfer Program under current Title III Elementary Secondary Education Act funding. Based upon data collected during the 1971-72 school year, it considers pupil achievement and attitudes as well as the attitudes and perceptions of parents, the…

The purpose of this study was to compare the academic performance of three student groups within the University of Missouri-Columbia's (MU) undergraduate teacher education program for two cohorts of students. The first cohort totaled 132 students who graduated in 2002. One hundred eight of these students were native/first-time freshmen, 5 were…

This study assesses the academic performance of Capital Community-Technical College (CCTC) students who transferred to senior institutions in Connecticut and neighboring states between the academic years of 1993-94 and 1996-97. It was designed to address the students' experience at CCTC as compared to the students' experiences at their senior…

Discusses the economic, demographic, and curricular trends likely to have an impact on the transfer rate. Indicates that the transfer rate should increase because of lower numbers of first-year students accepted by universities, funding cuts for avocational courses for adults, and an increase in the number of 18-year olds. (MAB)

In 1989, a study was conducted at the University of West Florida (UWF) to explore the success rate of Associate of Science (AS) and Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree recipients at the college. Although the AS and AAS degrees were originally designed as terminal degrees leading to immediate employment, recipients today are discovering that…

Between 1979 and 1987, there was a 73% increase in the number of students transferring from two-year colleges to universities in Alberta (Canada). Three recent studies investigated this rapid growth. The first study, conducted over a three-year period, explored whether a group of 50 transfer students were sufficiently prepared to succeed…

In response to charges that the transfer programs of California's community colleges are not functioning well, this report examines the role and operation of baccalaureate-level courses at Bakersfield College (BC). Introductory material outlines the multiple purposes served by baccalaureate-level courses in California's community colleges and…

Drawing from a variety of sources, this paper reviews information on transfer education in the California community colleges. Section I provides a historical review of events surrounding the transfer function and identifies some of the questions about transfer education that have arisen since 1960. Section II presents and analyzes data concerning…

THIS BRIEF REVIEW OF PROJECT CONCERN, AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT IN WHICH INNER CITY MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN ARE BEING BUSED TO SUBURBAN MIDDLE CLASS SCHOOLS, SUMMARIZES THE PROJECT'S SUCCESSFUL FEATURES. CONTRARY TO POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS, AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF RANDOMLY SELECTED MINORITY GROUP PARENTS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSFER…