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Friedlander, Jack – 1981
Community college students are dropping courses at increasing rates at substantial costs to their institutions and themselves. Subsequently, numerous studies have been conducted to investigate this trend, the factors that influence it, and ways of reversing it. A recent study revealed that the most frequently cited reason for course withdrawal was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Courses, Financial Problems, School Holding Power
Patton, Patricia L. – 1977
A training model for the use of rational behavior therapy (RBT) with emotionally disturbed adolescents in a school setting is presented, including a structured, didactic format consisting of five basic RBT training techniques. The training sessions, lasting 10 weeks each, are described. Also presented is the organization for the actual classroom…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Daily Living Skills
Shea, Brent; Stannard, Carl – 1977
This final report on the Joint Degree Program (JDP) describes a cooperative venture between Harpur College of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Broome Community College (BCC) under which Harpur students work simultaneously toward both a liberal arts bachelor's degree and a vocationally oriented associate in applied science degree.…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment
Previdi, Caesar; Weiss, Mark – 1976
Strategies, materials, techniques, and practices actually utilized to alleviate crisis conditions and to promote constructive school atmosphere in integrated schools in New York City are described in this report. The activities detailed here were developed as part of New York City's Easing Student Adjustment Program, but they are suitable for…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Relations
Eagle, Norman – 1977
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…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Ethnic Distribution, Institutional Research
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1970
Extensive interviews of students were conducted by Commission staff from mid-1968 through early 1969 with the purpose of examining the attitudes and perceptions of students concerning the education they were receiving. Among the issues addressed by the students were the following: how the schools can respond constructively to the needs and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Field Interviews, High School Students, Metropolitan Areas
Arko, Dorothy N. – 1975
Project Success, a program of modified interdisciplinary instruction coordinated with special services, is considered to be consistent with the theory of individual differences and individualized instruction which is inherent in the philosophy of Bloomington Public School's educational goals and objectives. The project, which began as an…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, High School Students, High Schools, Individualized Instruction
National School Public Relations Association, Arlington, VA. – 1975
This booklet presents a comprehensive set of guidelines intended to assist local school boards, administrators, and teachers in establishing their own policies governing the rights and responsibilities of students. The primary objectives of the model are to insure policies that facilitate consistent treatment of all students, the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Board of Education Policy, Discipline Policy
Jacobson, Rovena Furnivall – 1969
This study focused on present and recommended practices in organizing and administering special counseling programs for mature women. Questionnaire responses were received from 192 university and college administrators. Findings included the following: (1) 63 administrators reported special counseling programs, most of them established within the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bibliographies, Counseling Services, Counselors
Fitch, Robert J. – 1969
This research paper investigates whether or not students placed on academic probation react appropriately to Burton R. Clark's "cooling out" process--a process designed to encourage students to match their levels of aspiration with their abilities and interests--by changing to an alternate major. Using a sample of 1000 Cerritos College…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Counseling Effectiveness, Institutional Research, Majors (Students)
Tempel, Norman F. – 1967
This study, conducted in 12 institutions in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona, investigated the form and function of student government in college and university family housing areas; examined pertinent literature, legislative action, and litigation; sought problems common to students in family housing that could be…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Housing, College Students, Doctoral Dissertations
Hillelsohn, Michael J. – 1974
Operational analysis is defined as a part of formative evaluation, taking place while a course is in progress. Student-perceived problems, as reflected by student-initiated reports, are the source of data for this phase of formative evaluation. The self-reporting techniques can reveal individual differences in student/learning-environment…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computers, Formative Evaluation
Linton, Thomas E. – 1974
This paper discusses the American educational system as a quiet and nondeliberate destroyer of the adolescent's spirit in terms of stifling the development of cognitive, social, cultural, and intellectual growth. This phenomenon has been produced by the content, structure, and teaching methodology used in schools, beginning with fourth grade and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict, Creative Development, Curriculum Problems
Uhl, Norman P. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of a procedure (a modification of the Delphi technique) for identifying racially-related problems and achieving some consensus on solutions to these problems among students, parents, and the school staff. The students who participated attended six classes which were selected to provide a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Desegregation Effects, Educational Problems, High Schools
Thornburg, Hershel D.; Gillespie, Millford E. – 1971
Incoming high school freshmen with a history of low achievement, discipline problems, and hostility towards school and society are characterized by poor self-image, frustration from encountering the regular academic program, an almost total inability to communicate, and no expectation that high school will bring educational success. The resulting…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Students, Discipline Problems, Dropout Prevention