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Download full textFAUNCE, R.W.; MURTON, BONNIE J. – 1966
IN A STUDY OF FACTORS RELATED TO HIGH AND LOW GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY, SIXTH-GRADE CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS WERE COMPARED WITH CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES OF ABOVE AVERAGE INCOME LIVING IN OUTLYING AREAS. LARGE DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND BETWEEN THESE GROUPS IN--FAMILY INCOME, NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS PER FAMILY, RACE,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advantaged, Attendance, Bibliographies
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Occupational Education Research. – 1966
The purpose of the study was to increase the educational mobility of the secondary occupational program graduate by disseminating current statewide information on the high school academic course units required for admissions consideration to associate degree college programs preparing for occupational entry. To obtain data on specific admissions…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Associate Degrees, College Admission, College Curriculum
Schell, Robert E. – 1978
A survey involving 125 students who voluntarily withdrew from the State University College at Oswego, was conducted to determine student characteristics and their reasons for withdrawing, as well as to examine suggestions for reducing attrition. Examination of the data suggests that seniors withdrew less frequently than did members of other…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Attrition (Research Studies), Career Choice, Counseling Services
Curry, Denis; Johnson, Jackie – 1978
This report reviews trends in Washington State community college system enrollments from fall 1973 through fall 1977. The first section presents changes in total enrollments by full-time equivalent (FTE) students and by headcount in academic, occupational, and community service areas. The second section deals with enrollment changes for the years…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Goodwin, Judith – 1975
This report is a non-technical summary of six major evaluation reports on the Follow Through Program in Philadelphia, 1973-74. Positive findings are presented in the areas of pupil achievement, teacher and pupil continuance and pupil absence, and supportive services and parent involvement. The Follow Through Program in Philadelphia is comprised of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Ancillary Services, Attendance
Lee, Alfred M. – 1976
New Jersey aids private institutions but is deficit in low-priced open access to public colleges. Discussed is higher education in New Jersey in light of this historical condition; pricing policy; social equity; decisions, especially regarding institutional support, student aid, and public tuition; and the "free market." While the…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Equal Education, Family Income, Financial Needs
Litwin, James; And Others – 1976
In the Fall Quarter, 1975, the University Division of General Studies introduced a University Seminar Program whose aim was to provide new students, freshmen and transfers, with a more humanistic introduction to Bowling Green State University. The results and conclusions of the evaluation study regarding the first year of the program's operation…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences
Pittman, Eric A. – 1975
The effects of a migratory existence on a child are sometimes deep and difficult to overcome. To overcome these problems in our district, we have used orientation by the principal, guidance persons, assistant principal, and/or teacher in an attempt to make the pupil feel wanted and worthwhile. We have also used meetings between the child's parents…
Descriptors: Adjustment Counselors, Elementary Secondary Education, Migrant Children, Migrant Welfare Services
Konrad, Abram G., Ed. – 1974
The first yearbook of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges brings together essays focusing on the community college student from four different viewpoints. The social context is provided in a discussion of the historical and philosphical background of the community college. The clientele of the community college is considered in terms of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Philosophy
Stuhr, Christian A. – 1967
The aim of the study was to discover a satisfactory predictor of residential mobility among inner city families in light of the effect which the high rate of student transfer has upon curriculum development, staff morale, and student scholastic achievement. The sample of 358 families was administered a questionnaire dealing with demography,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Family Mobility
Martinko, Agnes – 1976
This document reports the results of an annual study of Pennsylvania community college transfer students and compares the results to those of previous studies. Data for the present study were obtained from those four-year institutions which received transfer students during the summer and fall of 1975. Results indicated that transfers totalled…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Jaschik, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Although efforts to keep talented students within the state, primarily by offering merit scholarships, are politically popular, state officials are not sure they will be effective. (MSE)
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Students
Silvernail, David L.; Woodard, Brianne L. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2006
In the knowledge-based economy of today, training and retaining a college educated workforce is crucial to the vitality of Maine. Approximately one-half of Maine's high school graduates who go on to college leave the State to do so. A previous study, "Maine's College Graduates: Where They Go and Why" (2003), looked at the factors that…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Graduates, Cultural Pluralism, Employment Opportunities
Rumberger, Russell W. – 2002
Student mobility (students moving from one school to another for reasons other than being promoted to the next school level) is widespread in the United States. This Spanish-language Digest examines the research on the academic consequences of mobility for elementary school students and discusses what schools and parents can do to mitigate the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Lawrance, Jill – 2003
The British Columbia (B.C.) Council on Admissions and Transfer commissioned this report to investigate the admissions and transfer-related experiences of former students who had attended a B.C. college, institute, university college, or the Open Learning Agency. The analysis presented here is based on data collected through the 2002 B.C. College…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Mobility
