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Hardman, Clark – 1974
Due to the energy disturbance during the fall and winter of 1973-74, Lake City Community College experimented with a 4-days-per-week schedule of classes. a student evaluation of the 4-day week was completed by 58 percent of the full-time students. Fifty-one percent of the total student sample preferred the 4-day week, and 30 percent preferred the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Experimental Programs, Postsecondary Education
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Ekane, William – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Graduates (n=42) of an innovative bilingual program were surveyed concerning their language use, social behavior, occupational behavior and expectations, and postsecondary education. Participants rated their language skills favorably and had positive attitudes toward other language groups. Graduates also pursued many career paths because of their…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
Rosella, John D. – 1970
Research was conducted at Bucks County Community College, Newton, Pennsylvania, during the 1969-70 academic year to determine the effects of special reading and study skills instruction combined with counseling on the success rate of "high-risk" students. A course, which involved 2 hours of instruction per week plus 1 additional hour of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Greaves, Fred – 1974
The Salinas Union High School District's Concurrent Enrollment Program, in which credit for college courses successfully completed can be applied toward high school graduation, was evaluated. The evaluation covered the period from September 1972 to January 1974, during which 201 high school students were concurrent-enrollment and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Dual Enrollment
Wong, Paul – 1986
This monograph analyzes an experimental program that ran from 1976 to 1980 to train Pacific/Asian American social work students in community mental health. The students, who were awarded stipends, were recruited from three associate in arts programs in human services and from two universities that offered both bachelor's and master's programs in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Asian Americans, Community Health Services, Ethnic Groups
Hakel, Milton D.; And Others – 1975
The report is a study of the utility of social reinforcement for improving Air Force training. It was conducted through a field evaluation of social incentive instructional systems which would serve to improve student motivation, classroom performance, and attitudes. The participants included a total of 300 trainees from two Air Force bases; 25…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Analysis