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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED165585 AUTHOR: Beausang, Kenneth R.
TITLE: An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Black Hawk
College Policy in Responding to the Needs of Returning
Women
Students.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 60 p.; A practicum presented to Nova University in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Education ; Reproduced from best copy available
ABSTRACT: Black Hawk College policies and programs were
examined to determine their effectiveness in responding to
the needs of returning women students, one of the most
significant groups in the "new student" population.
Literature was reviewed, college documents studied, key
personnel were interviewed, and 225 women students aged 25
or older were surveyed. Findings demonstrated that (1)
women
constituted 52.8 percent of the entire student population
and women 25 years old or older accounted for 25 percent of
this group, (2) Black Hawk College has several significant
programs for women, but very few women have knowledge of
these programs, (3) about 70 percent of returning women
students at Black Hawk College are career or job goal
oriented. Four major recommendations are suggested: (1) a
position of Coordinator for Women's Programs should be
created to help bridge the present communication gap
between
existing programs and the student population; (2) a more
flexible system for the scheduling of classes should be
investigated; (3) there should be increased
individualization of courses; and (4) extension courses and
an innovative library-based program Study Unlimited, should
be expanded. The study concluded that the adoption of these
recommendations would strengthen the effectiveness of Black
Hawk College's Affirmative Action Plan by improving the
opportunities of returning women students. The survey
questionnaire and statistical data are included.
(Author/LBH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrative-Policy; Affirmative-Action;
Equal-Education; Higher-Education; Program-Effectiveness;
Questionnaires-; School-Surveys; Statistical-Data; Student
Needs
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Adult-Students; *Females-;
*Nontraditional
Students; *Reentry-Students; *Student-Personnel-Services;
*Womens-Education
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