An Analysis of Declining Enrollment.

Institution	San Diego Community Coll. District, CA. Research and Planning.
Titel	An Analysis of Declining Enrollment.
Quelle	(1986), (63 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Education; Black Students; Community Colleges; Declining Enrollment; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Enrollment Influences; Enrollment Trends; Questionnaires; School Holding Power; School Surveys; Student Attrition; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Fragebogen; Schülerbeurlaubung
Abstract	The San Diego Community College District's (SDCCD's) spring 1985 enrollment report indicated that enrollment was down nearly 22% from the previous spring, and that the decline in the number of black students was noticeably higher than the overall decline (28%). To determine possible reasons for the decline, a sample of 1,500 of the 16,000 students who enrolled in fall 1984, but did not return in spring 1985 were surveyed. In addition, a more in-depth survey of non-returning black students (N=1,600) was conducted by mail and telephone. Study findings, based on response rates of 21.4% to the general survey and of 26% to the black student survey, included the following: (1) employment-related issues and financial concerns were the strongest factors contributing to the decline of the black student population; (2) while employment and finances were also of concern to the non-returning population as a whole, family commitments and transfer were of greater significance; (3) although tuition was not a primary factor, it did have significantly greater effects on Blacks, Hispanics, and students taking more than six units; and (4) nearly 50% of the non-returning students dropped out before the end of the fall semester. The survey instruments are appended. (LAL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01