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Download full textNeher, William W. – 1985
Part of a project of the small college interest group of the Central States Speech Association investigating problems of speech departments in small colleges, this paper reviews the findings of two workshops conducted by the Association of American Colleges and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education on problems of black students…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, Blacks, College Admission
Fetters, William B. – 1977
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, the National Center for Education Statistics undertook a study of dropouts in higher education. Specifically, the study was designed to discover: (1) to what extent students withdraw from institutions of higher education before completion, and how these rates might…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Bertelsen, C. David – 1977
Youngstown State University is a predominantly commuter campus. A six-page questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 2,000 students in the fall 1976 focusing on attitudes and opinions concerning commuting and associated problems, activities, and student services. Specific areas surveyed include demographic data; general university programs,…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students, Demography, Educational Quality
Stennett, R. G.; Isaacs, Lorna
The number and characteristics of ninth grade students who ran a high risk of not successfully completing their ninth grade program were investigated. With the assistance of the school guidance counselors data were collected with two forms, one which contained information from teachers about students identified as "high risk" in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Failure, Followup Studies
HAMPTON, NELLIE D. – 1962
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE AN ADMINISTRATIVELY PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED PUPILS IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS. THREE GROUPS OF APPROXIMATELY 60 FIFTH-GRADE SUBJECTS EACH WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE STUDY. ONE GROUP (EXPERIMENTAL) WAS TRANSPORTED DAILY TO A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR AN 8-WEEK SUMMER SESSION,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Achievement
HARRIS, E. EDWARD – 1965
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF EFFECTIVE OFFICE EDUCATION AND DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION TEACHER-COORDINATORS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD PROGRAM OPERATION. THE 46 DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION AND 19 OFFICE EDUCATION TEACHER-COORDINATORS AND THEIR SUPERVISING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN ILLINOIS SUPPLIED 523 CRITICAL…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Ryan, Monnie – 1979
Mature women are returning to colleges and universities in ever-increasing numbers. These women have special goals and special needs and it is essential that institutions of higher education respond to these needs. The problems faced by the older woman student are numerous and may be characterized as either institutional or personal. Institutional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Counseling, Females
Sinauer, Ernst M. – 1967
An assessment is made of international training and education in the United States and other countries; the role of oral, written, visual, and other modes of communication in meeting educational needs of students from the developing nations; and financial support for these educational endeavors. Types of participating agencies and individuals are…
Descriptors: Agencies, Audiovisual Communications, Communication (Thought Transfer), Costs
Glatter, Ronald; Subramanian, S. – 1969
This study centered on the extent of adult correspondence study in Great Britain, student objectives, and reasons for success or failure in study for the General Certificate of Education, higher degrees, and other advanced qualifications. Enrollment questionnaires from 13,304 students, and 2,090 responses to a retrospective survey, were used.…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Bibliographies, Comparative Education, Correspondence Study
Nelsen, Edward A. – 1974
This paper describes methodologies and instruments for assessing interpersonal relationships and problems in desegregated schools. Two studies are described in which students entering predominantly black colleges were asked to report retrospectively concerning their (desegregated) high schools' social environments. The studies employed two…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1970
Rapid social change has brought with it conflicts which are manifest in the institutions of the community, particularly the school system, which latter has become a focal point for social, political, and judicial action. Mechanisms for problem solving must be established at all levels throughout the school system. A system of communications must…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Educational Problems, Human Relations Programs, Interschool Communication
James, Edmund, Comp. – 1970
This annotated bibliography includes recent publications and operating programs in the area of student relations. Although it is not intended to be a thorough review of the literature, it is designed to be broad enough to serve as a reference source for several topics. The bibliography was compiled because the area of student relations is one of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Dropouts, Drug Abuse, Human Relations
Richards, Lillian S. – 1976
This study describes the special needs of women returning to school after an interruption for marriage or employment. One hundred-fifty questionnaires were distributed during 1975 at Fresno City College in California; 90 were returned, of which 82 were usable. Eight problems, in order of importance, identified by returning women were: shortage of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Anxiety, Community Colleges
Benjamin, Steve – Performance and Instruction, 1987
Describes learning strategies used to improve education in Rock Point Community School on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Problems affecting educational achievement are identified, low-cost instructional techniques that were adopted are discussed, and improvements in academic achievement and other positive effects are noted. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedBauman, Kay A.; Magill, Michael K. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
Students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine participated in an exercise in community-oriented primary care. They learned basic principles of health risk analysis and community-oriented care and then designed hypothetical, comprehensive health care services for medical students by using knowledge of health risks specific to their…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Health Services, Higher Education, Medical Education
