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OPINIONS OF CONSUMERS TOWARD SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA (COUNSELING, ADVISEMENT, ATTITUDES)

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1985
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The Problem. This study was designed to determine whether significant differences existed between traditional students (TRS) and nontraditional students (NTRS) in their opinions toward Student Development as an aspect of their educational experience at Miami-Dade Community College's North campus. Both the TRS and NTRS were 132 students who were in attendance at Miami-Dade Community College, North campus during the 1984-85 academic spring term. Summary. Traditional students were those who entered the community college directly from high school and/or were under twenty-three years old. The nontraditional group included those students over the age of twenty-three or who met any three of the following criteria: nonwhite, enrolled part-time; disabled; English was second language; or only attended class at night or on weekend. For this study, the term Student Development, consisted of three specific areas: Academic Advisement, Counseling, and Financial Aid. The opinions of the TRS and NTRS groups were studied in terms of these three selected aspects of student Development. Procedure. Chi-square procedures were utilized to assess whether the opinions of TRS and NTRS differed significantly on each of the items pertaining to each of the sections of the questionnaire. Academic Advisement, the first section encompassed Academic Alert (AA), Advisement Graduation and Information System (AGIS), and Standards of Academic Progress (SOAP). The other two areas of concern were Counseling and Financial Aid. Six questionnaire items were included in each of the five sections. It was not deemed good statistical methodology to regard the thirty Chi-square tests that were computed, as thirty independent tests of null hypotheses. However, the Chi-square tests conducted at the item level provided a basis for forming conclusions about each area. Given that two or more items within a section were significant, interpretations of the individual item results were warranted. The five null hypotheses were not statistically significant and therefore were rejected. Conclusions. (1) An orientation course encompassing all aspects of Student Development should be a part of the educational experience of all students who enroll at M-DCC, North campus; (2) The selection of orientation instructors should be based on criteria such as interest in students, knowledge of Student Development, teaching ability, and rapport with students; (3) TRS and NTRS possessed favorable opinions toward selected aspects of Student Development; (4) TRS status nor NTRS status was a significant predictor of participants' opinions toward Student Development as an important aspect of their educational experience.
Title: OPINIONS OF CONSUMERS TOWARD SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA (COUNSELING, ADVISEMENT, ATTITUDES).
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Name(s): LARKINS, MARGARET W.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1985
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 151 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The Problem. This study was designed to determine whether significant differences existed between traditional students (TRS) and nontraditional students (NTRS) in their opinions toward Student Development as an aspect of their educational experience at Miami-Dade Community College's North campus. Both the TRS and NTRS were 132 students who were in attendance at Miami-Dade Community College, North campus during the 1984-85 academic spring term. Summary. Traditional students were those who entered the community college directly from high school and/or were under twenty-three years old. The nontraditional group included those students over the age of twenty-three or who met any three of the following criteria: nonwhite, enrolled part-time; disabled; English was second language; or only attended class at night or on weekend. For this study, the term Student Development, consisted of three specific areas: Academic Advisement, Counseling, and Financial Aid. The opinions of the TRS and NTRS groups were studied in terms of these three selected aspects of student Development. Procedure. Chi-square procedures were utilized to assess whether the opinions of TRS and NTRS differed significantly on each of the items pertaining to each of the sections of the questionnaire. Academic Advisement, the first section encompassed Academic Alert (AA), Advisement Graduation and Information System (AGIS), and Standards of Academic Progress (SOAP). The other two areas of concern were Counseling and Financial Aid. Six questionnaire items were included in each of the five sections. It was not deemed good statistical methodology to regard the thirty Chi-square tests that were computed, as thirty independent tests of null hypotheses. However, the Chi-square tests conducted at the item level provided a basis for forming conclusions about each area. Given that two or more items within a section were significant, interpretations of the individual item results were warranted. The five null hypotheses were not statistically significant and therefore were rejected. Conclusions. (1) An orientation course encompassing all aspects of Student Development should be a part of the educational experience of all students who enroll at M-DCC, North campus; (2) The selection of orientation instructors should be based on criteria such as interest in students, knowledge of Student Development, teaching ability, and rapport with students; (3) TRS and NTRS possessed favorable opinions toward selected aspects of Student Development; (4) TRS status nor NTRS status was a significant predictor of participants' opinions toward Student Development as an important aspect of their educational experience.
Identifier: 11869 (digitool), FADT11869 (IID), fau:8792 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1985.
College of Education
Subject(s): College students--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Attitudes
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