A survey of a systematically selected sample of former community college students who had.withdrawn prior to obtaining a degree showed that 86 percent were satisfied with the programs and services of the community college, 46 percent had completed their objectives before withdrawing, 44 percent had both completed their objectives and were satisfied with the community college, and that 81 percent intended to continue their education at either the community college or some other college.
The study was conducted because of an increasing volume of criticisms of the community college due to the low proportion of students that complete requirements for degrees in that institution. This criticism appears unwarranted inasmuch as Frank Newman and others have reported that the majority of persons enrolling in community colleges do not abide by the conventional academic format that results in a degree. K. Patricia Cross and others have observed that "drop-out, drop-in, drop-out" students realize their educational objectives without ever receiving a "degree" from the community college. This study supports their observations.
Since the institution that participated in the study is probably typical of many community colleges, this study indicates that community colleges are doing a reasonably good job of meeting students' expectations. / Ed. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/109929 |
| Date | January 1977 |
| Creators | McKeithan, Eric B. |
| Contributors | Community College Education |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | ix, 191 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 40244798 |
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