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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED314118 AUTHOR: Moss, Judith
TITLE: S.I.Q. (Student Information Questionnaire): A Survey
of Student Characteristics. Fall 1988 District Summary.
YEAR PUBLISHED: (1989)
NOTE: 50 p.
ABSTRACT: As part of the strategic planning efforts of the
San Francisco Community College District (SFCCD), the
student population of the City College of San Francisco
(CCSF) and day and evening students attending the
district's Community College Centers (CCC) were surveyed.
The survey solicited information on students' major, sex,
age, race, citizenship, veteran status, transportation,
residence, highest degree obtained, college choice,
educational goal, course load, previous CCSF attendance,
educational plans, employment status, intended use of
student services, rating of instruction, and family income.
Of the 59,293 students enrolled in the SFCCD in fall 1988,
25,657 were enrolled in credit programs at CCSF and 33,636
were enrolled in non credit courses and programs at CCC.
Study findings about these students included the following:
(1) for every 100 male students in the SFCCD, there were
about 135 female students; (2) 4.8% of the students
identified themselves as gay or lesbian; (3) the typical
district student was 30 years old, with 57% between the
ages of 21 and 44; (4) 73% of the students were members of
an ethnic minority, including 30.7% Chinese, 16.5%
Hispanic, and 8.2% Black; (5) 12.2% of the students already
had a baccalaureate degree or higher, and an additional
7.1% had a community college degree; (6) 21.1% listed
transferring to a four-year school as an educational goal,
while 17.7 wanted to learn or improve their English
language skills and 20.2% attended out of personal
interest; (7) 36% worked full-time; (8) the median
household income was $13,300, and 25% of all district
students had household incomes of less than $5,000; and (9)
program planning, job placement, and career counseling were
the most desired student services, though one in three CCC
students did not feel that they needed any special student
services. The survey instrument is included. (WJT)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Community-Colleges; Enrollment-; Ethnic
Groups; Multicampus-Districts; Noncredit-Courses;
Questionnaires-; School-Statistics; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Enrollment-Trends; *School-Demography;
*Student-Characteristics; *Student-Educational-Objectives;
*Two-Year-College-Students
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