Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 345-357). / Microfiche. / xix, 357 leaves, bound ill., map 29 cm

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 1995. / Typescript. Bibliography: leaf 191-216.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1993. / Title from title page screen, viewed March 1, 2006. Dissertation Committee: John McCarthy (chair), Robert Arnold, Lawrence Bates, Patricia Harrington Klass, Rodney Riegle. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-133) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1989. / Title from title page screen, viewed October 7, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Mary Ann Lynn, G. Alan Hickrod (co-chairs), Ronald Arnold, Ramesh Chaudhari, Patricia H. Klass. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-115) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University at Urbana-Champaign, 1990. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-91).

From time to time there ha s been considerable discussion regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the attendance areas as they have developed in Calaveras County. Occasionally a change has been made and a school has been closed for lack of pupils or two or three school districts have been merged in an effort to strengthen the educational program for those districts but no study has ever been made with the purpose of placing schools in the county from the standpoint of building a sound and strong educational program for all children. This is the first study that has been made along these lines.

Colleges and universities are under mounting pressure to meet enrollment goals in the face of declining college attendance. Insight into student-level probability of enrollment, as well as the identification of features relevant in student enrollment decisions, would assist in the allocation of marketing and recruitment resources and the development of future yield programs. A logistic regression model was fit to predict which applicants will ultimately matriculate (enroll) at Concordia College. Demographic, geodemographic and behavioral features were used to build a logistic regression model to assign probability of enrollment to each applicant. Behaviors indicating interest (campus visits, submitting a deposit) and residing in a zip code with high alumni density were found to be strong predictors of matriculation. The model was fit to minimize false negative rate, which was limited to 18.1 percent, compared to 50-60 percent reported by comparable studies. Overall, the model was 80.13 percent accurate.

Magister Educationis - MEd / This research report investigated the impact of the decrease in numbers of learners at a working class high school in Cape Town. The decrease is a consequence of the early school leaving and learner migration. / South Africa

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence of selected historical, fiscal, and organizational factors on enrollment patterns in Oregon Community Colleges during the academic years 1978-79, 1981-82, and 1984-85. Oregon was selected insofar as it is one of the few remaining states which observes the principle of local control and maintains state institutional reimbursement for five categories of enrollment, including adult self-improvement. The 13 Oregon community colleges formed between 1961 and 1971 provided the population for this study. A telephone instrument was developed to gather historical data from the president of each college. Additional information was gathered from state agencies. The data collected were analyzed using stepwise regression and the determination of simple correlation coefficients. The five dependent variables were each of the reimbursable categories of enrollment. It was hypothesized that 19 separate factors, the independent variables, could have influenced the reimbursable categories. Research findings identified the following influences upon FTE by enrollment categories: 1. instructional staffing patterns for increasing transfer and vocational preparatory; 2. presidential ratings of vocational education for increasing vocational preparatory; 3. stability of property taxpayer support for increasing transfer; 4. unsuccessful budget elections for increasing developmental education; and 5. unemployment for decreasing vocational preparatory and increasing transfer. However, none of the factors considered had an impact upon vocational supplemental and self-improvement FTE categories. In addition, the completion of this investigation demonstrated that it is possible to develop a predictive model for enrollments by category. Although a number of the factors considered did not prove to be significant, the findings from this study provided an initial research model that can be used to facilitate the examination of other factors which may influence predictive enrollment modeling by category in various settings. Further studies should include consideration of additional variables, including community characteristics and population migration rates as well as the impact of local control on enrollment trends. The following variables should be subject to continuing reexamination: President's ranking and rating of enrollment categories; the impact of budgetary elections, subject to improved methodology; state funding achievement for years when funding redistributions occur; changes of chief executive officer and changes at the division and/or department level, in comparison to changes of higher level administrators. In addition, those factors which constitute barriers placed between unemployed workers and vocational training should be closely examined. / Graduation date: 1991

The purposes of this study was to investigate the junior high school students¡¦ perceptions of ¡uQuality Senior High School Program¡v and the factors of selecting senior high schools for further study. 1,112 8th and 9th graders of Pingtung County junior high schools were sampled to complete a 37 ¡V items questionnaire. Based on reliability and validity analyses, the 37 ¡V items were divided into 6 dimensions as follows: school and teachers¡¦ performances, recommendation from relatives or friends, school propaganda, personal selection factor, school activity, and the distance between home and school. The descriptive analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Logistic Regression were conducted to come to the following findings: 1. Most of the countries in the world adopt school district, in high school education and their students enroll nearby schools mostly. 2. The main purpose of promoting the Quality Senior High School Program is to make the students who have good achievements remain in local schools, and develop the school characterization. 3. The students in the north district of Pingtung County have highly approval towards Quality Senior High School Program. 4. The top three factors that influenced junior high students selecting which senior high to study are individual factors, the reputation of school and the faculties, and the transportation convenience. 5. The eighth grades and students from remote areas have higher recognition of the Quality Senior High School Program. 6. Students from different background are wide varied while making school choice. 7. Over 50% of junior high students are willing to enroll senior high schools nearby. 8. Individual factors, school activities, and distance between home and school will effectively predict the students¡¦ willingness to select neighboring senior high schools. According to the results stated above, the researcher offers several suggestions for the educational authorities, senior high schools and junior high schools in the north district of Pingtung County, hoping to be of referential value as far as related research and practice are concerned.