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I Know What It's Like...

Author(s):
Casserly, Patricia Lund
Publication Year:
1966
Report Number:
RM-66-11
Source:
ETS Research Memorandum
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
5
Subject/Key Words:
Bronx Community College, City University of New York, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Student Characteristics, Student Motivation, Teacher Influence, Urban Universities

Abstract

This memorandum provides background on a study then underway in 1966 concerning prediction of success at Bronx Community College, and focuses on what may be unique about public community college students. Though no hard statistics were drawn from conversations with members of the faculty and administration, the interviewers were impressed that attrition from the terminal curricula or "career programs" seemed to reflect a rise in student motivation and goals as frequently as it did an educational defeat.

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