Report on 1986 Survey of New Jersey County Community College Students [microform]
In fall 1986, the Center for Public Interest Polling at the Eagleton Institute of Politics conducted a study of the educational objectives, attitudes, characteristics, and plans of students enrolled in New Jersey's 19 community and county colleges. Interviews were conducted with 2,100 randomly...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In fall 1986, the Center for Public Interest Polling at the Eagleton Institute of Politics conducted a study of the educational objectives, attitudes, characteristics, and plans of students enrolled in New Jersey's 19 community and county colleges. Interviews were conducted with 2,100 randomly selected students. Study findings included the following: (1) 60% of the students were women, 80% were white, 50% were over 23 years of age, 91% were working at least part-time, and 60% were single; (2) 66% mentioned the desire to get an education and/or job, and career or financial considerations as the most important reasons for being in college; (3) the two most important reasons given for attending a community college were its nearby location and convenience; (4) 80% planned to get a college degree in the future, including 57% who wanted at least a four-year degree; (5) 58% were "very satisfied" with the overall quality of the education they had received so far at the community college; (6) 73% used their own money to pay college expenses, though 31% of those also received funds from their parents or other relatives; and (7) non-whites were more likely than whites to be enrolled full time, to have taken more than one basic skills course, and to express intentions to return to the community college the following fall. The interview schedule and a statistical profile of responses to all questions broken down by various demographic groups are appended. (EJV) |
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| Item Description: | Sponsoring Agency: New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. Office of Community Coll. Programs. ERIC Document Number: ED296754. |
| Physical Description: | 276 pages. |
| Audience: | Practitioners. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |