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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1983
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED238486 |
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- JCCC Students: Characteristics and Perceptions, Spring 1983. College Freshmen Community Colleges Day Students Evening Students Full Time Students Institutional Evaluation Part Time Students Participant Satisfaction Questionnaires School Surveys Student Attitudes Student Characteristics Two Year College Students Two Year Colleges In spring 1983, a study was conducted at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to develop a profile of students' characteristics and perceptions of the college and its programs. A random sample of 1,301 students from 70 on-campus credit classes was surveyed to obtain opinions of JCCC's characteristics and services and various academic, athletic, and facilities proposals; and to gather information on students' use of the college's counseling services, interest in specific workshops, self-assessment of their computer literacy, and personal characteristics and goals. Study findings, based on responses from 469 students, included the following: (1) 76.6% of the full-time students were employed at least part-time, but 57.7% were financially dependent on their parents; (2) 68% of the part-time students taking less than 7 credit hours were employed full-time, and 75.6% contributed to the support of a household; (3) 47.1% of the students were attending JCCC to prepare for transfer and 37.2% to obtain job-related skills; (4) high quality teaching, a wide range of courses, highly qualified faculty, well-maintained facilities, and modern equipment were considered to be the most important characteristics that both should be and were present at JCCC; (5) the college services receiving the most "satisfied" ratings were instructional support services, information desk, library services, the bookstore, and testing services. The study report analyzes findings for full-/part-time students, freshmen/sophomores, and day/evening students, and includes the questionnaire. (HB)