ERIC Number: ED148433
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-May
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Student Opinion Survey, 1976. Research Report: BCC 1-77.
Eagle, Norman
A student opinion survey was administered to a sample of 1,100 students at Bronx Community College (BCC) in 1976. Respondent ethnicity distribution was 46.2% black, 29.1% hispanic, 17.0% white, 1.5% Oriental, and 6.3% other. More than half of the respondents were in either liberal arts and music (42.8%) or business curricula (21.8%). Results revealed a decline in the proportion of students satisfied with being at BCC and an increase in the number who felt they were not in the curriculum of their choice. The major problem for students was financial, particularly among blacks and hispanics, females, and night students. More students felt the administration was responsive to their needs than did not, with less polarization in evidence than in 1974. Other findings showed that nearly one in five felt unsafe while on campus; a significant number felt appropriate information regarding course sequencing was unavailable; one in three would use tutorial labs on Saturdays, if open; 10% claimed to have physical or other handicaps; 12% of evening students did not know the location of the library; and 40% did not know that the library was open on Saturday. The thirty survey questions and tabulated results are compared to those of similar previous surveys. (LH)
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Authoring Institution: Bronx Community Coll., NY.
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