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Claster, Daniel – 1982
A random digit dialing procedure was used to administer a telephone survey to 335 adult residents of Community School District 22 in Brooklyn, New York. An interview schedule was developed to measure respondents' awareness of substance abuse in their neighborhoods and of local facilities for dealing with such problems. Respondents (N=125) whose…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior
Download full textMcCann, Thomas M. – 1983
The School Program Addressing Non-attendance (SPAN) is an alternative program in Morton, Illinois, East High School addressing the needs of students removed from their regular classes for excessive absenteeism. Materials and activities used in the SPAN English program are both highly motivating and general enough to benefit students when they…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Objectives, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Daubman, Kimberly; Johnson, Deborah Hazel – 1982
Withdrawing, continuing, and nonreturning undergraduates at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) were compared. Nonreturning students were nongraduating students who completed course requirements but did not return the following semester (25 spring nonreturning students and 47 fall nonreturning students). Data were also collected…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Choice, Comparative Analysis
Alvarez, Ana Isabel; And Others – 1984
Prompted by concern over the low transfer rates of Black and Latino two-year college students in California, a study was conducted at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) to examine the influence that student and institutional characteristics have on the access of CCSF's Black and Latino students to four-year colleges. Questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
Kerschner, Lee R.; Lindahl, Charles W. – 1989
Focusing on the role of the California State University (CSU) in renewing and strengthening the transfer function, this report includes information on the history and importance of transfer, low transfer rates and other problems, CSU and cooperative efforts to improve transfer, and joint plans of the CSU and the state's community colleges to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, General Education
San Diego Community Coll. District, CA. Research and Planning. – 1988
In fall 1988, the Board of Trustees of the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) requested a study of the district's enrollment process to determine sources of increasing student enrollment, reasons for delays in the registration process at Mesa College, and practices regarding the redirection of students to other campuses. Study findings,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Selection (Students), Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate
Workman, John F.; Kester, Donald L. – 1982
Los Angeles Valley College's mental health program provided services at no cost to enrolled students in the areas of crisis counseling, short- and long-term individual treatment, group therapy, consultation, and referral. The program was funded through the college and the associated student body at a cost of $7,500 per year. After several…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Mental Health Programs
Stacks, Don W.; And Others – 1983
A study provided the initial test of a multidimensional instrument based on the idea that syntactic language choice might predict writing apprehension. The test measured six factors: (1) blank page paralysis, (2) general affect toward writing, (3) positive/negative business affect, (4) alternative modes, (5) attitude toward writing competence, and…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Students, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
McIntosh, Naomi E.; And Others – 1977
The present study is the first part of a longitudinal study following the progress of the first generation of Open University students through the university. It concentrates on the initial cohort of students, those entering in 1971. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect data, and covered in some detail the students' educational and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Norfolk Public Schools, VA. – 1976
This report describes the ESEA, Title I Elementary School Guidance Program instituted in 22 Norfolk elementary schools. The primary purpose of the program is to provide an organized developmental service that promotes positive child growth and development. This is to be accomplished through zealous efforts to achieve the following objectives: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Birney, David – 1981
This paper describes a program that links a community mental health center and a rural education cooperative for the provision of psychological services to children experiencing emotional/behavioral problems. The program description provides background information and lists reasons for selecting a flexible problem-solving consultee-centered format…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Phillips, Maggie – 1980
This manual is designed for teachers and counselors to train high school students as peer counselors. Developed as part of a secondary guidance project designed to maintain enrollment of potential dropouts, this training manual focuses on basic peer counseling skills, such as active listening, effective message sending, self-awareness, helping…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Dropout Prevention, Helping Relationship, High School Students
Loring, Rosalind K. – 1978
The degree, type, and dimensions of institutional adaptation to adult students are the bases of concern. Higher education institutions are challenged to provide concepts and systems to meet adult learner's needs. In 1975, 27 million adults participated in structured learning experiences. The adult's demand for degrees and access to intellectual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Administrative Change, Administrative Policy
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board, St. Paul. – 1979
A sample of 2,486 full-time, non-freshmen students enrolled in Minnesota's public post-secondary institutions were surveyed during fall 1978 by the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board to determine their experiences with and attitudes toward the college transfer process. Survey results, based on a 75% response rate, indicated that: (1)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, College Students, Community Colleges
SANDGREN, DUANE
FOUR MAJOR STUDIES OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HARTNELL COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE MADE DURING THE 1965-66 YEAR. (1) SCORES WERE REPORTED FOR A VARIETY OF ENTRANCE TESTS (AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING PROGRAM, SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST, SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TESTS, COOPERATIVE ENGLISH TEST, AND DAVIS READING TEST), AND A PROFILE OF THE TYPICAL ENTERING…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cheating, Codes of Ethics, College Entrance Examinations
