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DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE USEFULNESS OF STUDENT SERVICESAT THE COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGE

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1975
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The purpose of this study was to determine certain perceptions held by disadvantaged students about the usefulness of selected student services at eight MOTEC-JC related Community junior colleges in America. In order to accomplish this purpose, a survey questionnaire was sent to eight community junior colleges participating in the MOTEC-JC Program (Moving On To Enrollment and Completion of Junior College), a Federally funded institute operated at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. Some of the MOTEC-JC participants were teachers and administrators employed at the following community junior colleges which partieipated in this study: Central Florida Community College, Ocala, Florida; Sanford D. Bishop State Junior College, Mobile, Alabama; Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida; Cumberland County College, Vineland, New Jersey; Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida; Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Jefferson State Junior College, Birmingham, Alabama. A participant from each of these eight community junior colleges identified disadvantaged students enrolled in their respective institutions and administered the survey instrument to these students. One hundred and forty-two questionnaires responded to by disadvantaged students were returned and utilized in percentage, ratio, and statistical analyses. Percentages were obtained to determine disadvantaged students' utilization of selected student services at their respective community junior colleges. Ratios were computed to isolate important relationships among the answers given by disadvantaged students to the questions comprising each of the ten sections of the questionnaire. Moreover, findings were analyzed and tested by x^2 to identify significant differences in the responses made by disadvantaged students when classified as Freshmen and Sophomores. A comparison of the responses of these two groups was made to determine if being freshmen or sophomores at the community junior colleges made a significant difference in whether these students utilized the selected student services. Disadvantaged students were utilizing selected student services at their community junior colleges. Furthermore, being freshmen or sophomores made no significant difference as to whether these students utilized the selected services. Nevertheless, there were those disadvantaged students who never used the selected student services at their community junior colleges. Consequently, future research is needed to obtain information from disadvantaged students not utilizing selected student services at their community junior colleges.
Title: DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE USEFULNESS OF STUDENT SERVICESAT THE COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGE.
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Name(s): BLAKE, ROSALYN MOORE, author
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Smith, Lawrence E., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 236 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to determine certain perceptions held by disadvantaged students about the usefulness of selected student services at eight MOTEC-JC related Community junior colleges in America. In order to accomplish this purpose, a survey questionnaire was sent to eight community junior colleges participating in the MOTEC-JC Program (Moving On To Enrollment and Completion of Junior College), a Federally funded institute operated at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. Some of the MOTEC-JC participants were teachers and administrators employed at the following community junior colleges which partieipated in this study: Central Florida Community College, Ocala, Florida; Sanford D. Bishop State Junior College, Mobile, Alabama; Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida; Cumberland County College, Vineland, New Jersey; Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida; Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Jefferson State Junior College, Birmingham, Alabama. A participant from each of these eight community junior colleges identified disadvantaged students enrolled in their respective institutions and administered the survey instrument to these students. One hundred and forty-two questionnaires responded to by disadvantaged students were returned and utilized in percentage, ratio, and statistical analyses. Percentages were obtained to determine disadvantaged students' utilization of selected student services at their respective community junior colleges. Ratios were computed to isolate important relationships among the answers given by disadvantaged students to the questions comprising each of the ten sections of the questionnaire. Moreover, findings were analyzed and tested by x^2 to identify significant differences in the responses made by disadvantaged students when classified as Freshmen and Sophomores. A comparison of the responses of these two groups was made to determine if being freshmen or sophomores at the community junior colleges made a significant difference in whether these students utilized the selected student services. Disadvantaged students were utilizing selected student services at their community junior colleges. Furthermore, being freshmen or sophomores made no significant difference as to whether these students utilized the selected services. Nevertheless, there were those disadvantaged students who never used the selected student services at their community junior colleges. Consequently, future research is needed to obtain information from disadvantaged students not utilizing selected student services at their community junior colleges.
Identifier: 11651 (digitool), FADT11651 (IID), fau:8588 (fedora)
Degree granted: Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Education
Subject(s): Community colleges
Counseling in higher education
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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