A Profile of Graduates: Virginia Community College System, 1974-75.

Autor/inn/en	Roesler, Elmo; Jackson, Shirley
Institution	Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond.
Titel	A Profile of Graduates: Virginia Community College System, 1974-75.
Quelle	(1975), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Age; Associate Degrees; College Graduates; Community Colleges; Demography; Majors (Students); Minority Groups; Program Length; State Surveys; Student Characteristics; Transfer Students; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Community college; Community College; Demografie; Ethnische Minderheit; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	This report describes the students who graduated from the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) between July 1974 and June 1975 in terms of demographic characteristics, types of awards granted, curricula, credits earned, and length of time to earn awards. Data for the 6,051 graduates were provided by each of the VCCS community colleges. The data indicated: (1) 58% of the graduates were men; (2) 13% were minority group students; (3) nearly half received the Associate of Applied Science degree while one in three graduates earned an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree; (4) occupational-technical graduates accounted for two-thirds and transfer graduates one-third of all awards granted; (5) men and women differed with regard to curricular programs, with men predominantly selecting engineering, public service, and agriculture/natural resources, and women constituting the large majority of graduates in health services, communications/media, and business curricula; (6) a greater proportion of whites than minority graduates selected transfer curricula; (7) overall median age of graduates was 23.5 years; (8) almost half of the graduates fulfilled their program requirements in the traditional two year period while one in four graduates took more than three years to complete their program. Tabular data on graduates' characteristics are appended. (JDS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC