ERIC Number: ED307925
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: 113
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-1-55542-863-0
ISSN: ISSN-0194-3081
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Using Student Tracking Systems Effectively. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 66.
Bers, Trudy H., Ed.
New Directions for Community Colleges, n66 Sum 1989
This collection of essays discusses some of the general concerns and issues related to tracking the flow of community college students through higher education. The chapters in the volume include: (1) "Tracking Systems and Student Flow," by Trudy H. Bers; (2) "Beyond the College: State Policy Impact on Student Tracking Systems," by Ann Kieffer Bragg; (3) "Keeping Your Admissions Office on Track: A Community College Perspective," by Alison Rutter Barrett; (4) "A Tracking Scheme for Basic Skills Intake Assessment," by Richard A. Voorhees and Sharon Hart; (5) "Computerized Tracking System for Underprepared Students," by Pat Smittle, Michael R. LaVallee, Jr., and William E. Carman; (6) "Tracking and Monitoring Students in Special Groups," by Melvin L. Gay and Costas S. Boukouvalas; (7) "Tracking Students in Community Colleges: The Unreported Challenges," by Trudy H. Bers and Alan M. Rubin; (8) "Student Intentions, Follow-up Studies, and Student Tracking," by Michael R. Stevenson, R. Dan Walleri, and Saundra M. Japely; (9) "LONESTAR: Texas's Voluntary Tracking and Developmental Education Evaluation System," by Stanley I. Adelman, Peter T. Ewell, and John R. Grable; (10) "Computers and Student Flow/Tracking Systems," by Judith W. Leslie; and (11) "Trends and Issues: Student Tracking Systems at Community Colleges," by Jim Palmer. (ALB)
Descriptors: College Admission, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Management Information Systems, Outcomes of Education, Student Placement, Student Promotion, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 ($14.95).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Reports - Descriptive; ERIC Publications; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA.
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