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ABSTRACT
The "Institutional Research Bulletin" is a collection of
research summaries relating to Kapi'olani Community College (KCC) in Hawaii.
(1) the number
Highlights from the 1993 volume (September-December) include:
of students in art classes and programs increased from 1988-1992;
(2) the
results of a survey about how health students find out about KCC programs;
(3) a fall 1993 enrollment summary for record enrollment of 7,452;
(4) half
of KCC students prefer image learning to word learning based on a study;
(5)
focus groups were a useful research method for obtaining student opinion in
(6) English 22 was found to be an effective preparation for
health programs;
(7) students were satisfied with hands-on tutorials, based on
English 100;
(8) distance education
Problem-Based Learning colloquium in health education;
courses have been effective, despite lack of interaction and technological
(9) the Pre-Education Advisement Program, founded in 1988, has been
problems;
successful in increasing number of transfer students to the College of
(10) study of enrollment patterns revealed that new students often
Education;
(11) results of a comparative
enroll in courses without prerequisites;
analysis of University of Hawaii (UH) community colleges based on centrality,
efficiency and effectiveness; and (12) a study indicated sufficient interest
in the pre-engineering program.
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Institutional Research Bulletin
Kaprolani Community College
Office of Institutional Research
r
Vol.1, No.1, September 1993
The Art Program At KCC:
Editor's Forward
A Student Follow-Up
Noreen Naughton
The Institutional Research Bulletin is a new
monthly publication initiated by the Office of
For the past four years, the Art Program has
is intended to
Institutional Research.
It
been surveying students who take Art
constitute an arena for the publication and
courses at KCC and collecting data on them
dissemination of studies and a forum for the
after they leave. The results indicate that:
exchange of information related to various
Faculty,
aspects College.
the
of
Between 1988 and 1992, the number of
administration, staff, and students are invited
students who are or contemplate becoming
to submit articles for review.
Art majors, or who are taking Art classes for
has increased
enrichment,
personal
Articles should be about one-half to one
steadily from 84 to
Students
119.
single-space page in length, and should
transferring from other colleges have
preferably be based on a structured study.
increased from 15% to 26% of the total
'Priority will be given to articles of general
Students remain
student population.
interest to the college community as well as
longer at KCC because of parking, cost,
articles dealing with current issues such as
and good advising.
research,
classroom
program review,
Initially, four articles will
accreditation, etc.
On average, 30% of these students have
be published in each issue.
decided to become Art majors, 34% will
possibly become Art majors, and 27% are
Articles should be written in non-technical
attending KCC to take Art courses for
One graph or illustration per
language.
professional improvement or enjoyment.
Articles will be
is encouraged.
'article
published in the order in which they have
been received, with consideration for topic
Taking for
Others
Please allow two weeks for
Enjoyment
timeliness.
9%
27%
review.
Possible
Majors
34%
Frank Abou-Sayf
Decided
Majors
30%
Since Fall 1990, the number of students
who leave the Art program has been
"Figures won't
decreasing from 68 students to 35 students
Those who transfer to
lie, but liars
per semester.
Manoa do so mostly during the Fall
will figure."
semesters: an average of 17 students per
C. Grosvenor
Fall semester compared to 5.5 per Spring
semester.
The number of students who have met their
goal have been 57% in the Fall 1990, 31%
in the Spring 1991, 53% in the Fall 1991,
and 46% in the Fall 1992.
3
Fall 1993 Enrollment
Allied Health Entry Survey
At A Glance
Steve Wehrman
Ralph Ohara
Knowledge of how students find out about
KCC programs and how they choose among
The number of applicants has continued to
optimize the
limited
them could
help
increase despite a shorter application period
recruitment resources available to KCC. A
for Fall 1993. As of the end of the registration
survey was designed for this purpose and was
period (August 27), the total headcount was a
administered to 169 entering students who
record 7,452, an increase of 3.3% over Fall
were accepted in 8 different health career
1992, and 5.0% over Spring 1993.
Students
programs over a two-year period.
were asked to indicate the importance of 6
The number of new, transfer, and returning
common methods for finding out about health
students continues to drop, and is now 39% of
careers and 5 common methods for deciding
the current student population. Prior to 1992,
which career to enter.
about half of the continuing students who were
enrolled during the previous Spring semester
The data were analyzed for the combined
did not return in the Fall. The higher Spring-
Health Science Programs and for each
to-Fall retention rate leaves less opportunity
individual discipline. The results indicate that
for new students to register: only 49% of the
the most highly rated method for finding out
new accepted applicants enrolled this Fall.
about health programs is personal/family
experience in a health care setting. The most
Student Count
commonly utilized methods for deciding which
Percent
career to choose were program orientation
DIff. from
Fall
sessions and income potential.
Fall 1992
1993
Major
6.6
4,997
Liberal Arts
Income potential
N.A.
681
Business Educ.
449 N.A.
Food & Hospitality Educ.
Progr orientation
N.A.
527
Health Educ.
Friend outside KCC
3.5
149
Legal Assisting
28.5
649
Unclassified
Counselor
Career choice
=MP
Friend at KCC
Gender
1.7
4,544
Females
MI=
6.1
2,908
Males
Personal experience
Friend outside KCC
Attendance
2,904
N.A.
Full time
unselor
Co1
4,548
N.A.
Career info
Part time
Friend at KCC
Tuition
Career Fair
3.0
6,907
Resident
Career Kolas
7.9
545
Non-resident
350
300
250
200
15
50
0
10Q
Ethnicity
Weighted Responses
3.6
5,152
Asian-Pac. Islander
-5.3
1,365
Caucasian
The study indicates that program brochures,
10.9
720
Mixed
career counselors, and peer recruiting
49.3
215
Others
programs are effective approaches to optimize
It also indicates that
the recruiting process.
The number of applicants who declare Liberal
career fairs are of little value, and should thus
Arts as their major is continuing to increase.
be conducted with institutional rather than
These applicants include those interested in
program resources.
entering the Health Education programs.
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Bulletin
Institutional Research
ODD
Office of Institutional Research
Kaprolani Community College
Vol. 1, No. 2, October 1993
05816
4303 Diamond Head Rd, Honolulu, 1-2
Source of
Focus Groups: A
and
Imagery: Concepts
Reviews
Data For Program
Applications
Sanae Moikeha
Charles I. Daniels
Allied Health
Anatomy and Physiology
result
the right
With small programs, mail-out surveys
According to research biologists,
lead to
in responses that are too few to
hemisphere of the human brain processes
As an alternative,
meaningful inferences.
mainly pictures while the left one processes
basis with
focus groups were held on a trial
Left-brain activities have
mainly language.
the Allied Health
students enrolled
where
in
traditionally dominated the classroom
disciplines during Spring 1993.
become filled with words.
even blackboards
Computers and high-tech graphics are now
in each of
Small groups of students (5 to 12)
right brain,
revealing the potential of the
with a neutral
seven disciplines met
mental
suggesting the importance that
during
moderator for one-hour sessions
imaging can play in the learning process.
opportunity to
which students had the
freely on: why they
express their opinion
Numerous tests have attempted to measure
is helping
brain and its
enrolled in the program, how it
the imaging power of the
and their
indicators of
them toward their career goals,
relationship with various
Following the
satisfaction with the program.
the ability
academic performance. At KCC,
students
topic,
to predict
each
on
discussion
of some "visualization" tests
short
summarized their opinion on a very
The
student grades is being investigated.
comments.
information about
questionnaire and added written
tests used provide
with
verbally or
Summary data on each program along
students' preferences to learn
disseminated
typewritten comments were
control of
pictorially and about the clarity and
director.
only to the respective program
the imagery that they possess.
effective
Focus groups appear to be an
that:
Results of these investigations indicate
The
student opinion.
means of obtaining
fewer than
picture
ideal group size seems to be no
Hall of KCC students prefer
and no more
5, to allow adequate sampling,
learning to word learning; and
allow each student the
to
than
10,
Moderators
of
opportunity to voice opinions.
Image control is a strong predictor
(12),
reported that, with the largest group
Anatomy
academic success in first-year
the mix of
which also included graduates,
and Physiology courses.
the larger
former and present students and
inhibit participation by
Consequently, advising students to use
group size seemed to
profile"
some of the members.
study skills that match their "imagery
performance.
could improve their academic
in opinion
In general, wide differences
proceeded.
seemed to shrink as interaction
In general, imaging was found to be a strong
This convergence leads to a smaller
As a result, plans
learning tool in the lab.
in more
variance in responses, resulting
imagery studies
are in place for future
expect from
reliable results than one might
performance
powerful
more
utilizing
instruments instead of the self-report tests
questionnaires.
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used so far.
On the Effectiveness of
PBL Interdisciplinary
English 22
Colloquium
Kathleen J. Macdonald *
Aaron Koseki
English
Respiratory Care
How well does English 22 prepare students
to
During Fall 1992,
seven faculty members from
take English 100.? To answer this question,
a
Nursing, Counseling, and Allied
Health
four-semester EIF-funded project involving
worked with 51 health educatiqp,students
from
2,457 English 100 students, of whom 775 had
various disciplines in
a 20-Wir, zero-credit
taken English 22, was conducted systemwide.
problem-based learning (PBC:):. colloquium.
To avoid relying too heavily
on course grades
Each faculty tutor
was assigned a small
alone as indicators of ability, the assessment
student group at random to work
on a paper-
model included the following
measures:
case exercise, "A Family FaceS. HIV/AIDS."
These tutorials
were supPlerilented by a
a writing sample to measure writing
series
of
UH
Psychiatry!;Pepartment-
performance at the beginning of English100;
sponsored
workshops 7;0
develop
interprofessional
training
verify
and
a survey to determine students' perception of
information shared in the tutorial
groups.
their writing abilities and writing background;
"Independent" PBL was created -through
the
and
preparation of an annotated list of
resources,
establishing contacts with
community-based
grades in both English 22 and English
100.
agencies and the use of faculty "experts."
The results
indicate
that,
all
three
by
A questionnaire
was used to obtain student
measures, English 22 does provide
an
feedback on the effectiveness
of the PBL
effective preparation for English
100 at all six
approach as compared mithtraditionat:-
participating campuses.
Here at KCC, for
methods.
"-
example, English 22 students
had a 70-
Proportion Agree
percent success rate ("C"
or better) in English
Paper case too
100, compared with 62
percent for students
--
comoleddernanding
who entered English 100 directly
as a retsutt- of
the placement test,
More related to clinical
a statistically significant
situations
difference.
In addition, student perception
I
I
through the survey revealed that
;AI-kV
No concern with Warning in
,
English 22
small groups
students felt better prepared than
those who
1
entered English 100 directly.
1
Applicable to career plans
addition to the research
In
information
More enjoyable
obtained, the study allowed the
participants to
recommend enhancements and
1
fine-tuning of
Helps more with
the program, to learn
more about the writing
understanding
r-
programs across the system, and to borrow
1
el
0.2
--
0.3
from the best aspects of
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.9
programs at other
1
campuses.
Analysis of the results, shown aboveTindicates
that the vast majority of the
studerith were
satisfied with the learning
process WhiCh was
likened to real clinical situations:
leifejaction
with "experts" increased masteryof
the
material.
* Consortium Coordinator.
Other members are Kayleen Sato
(Hawai'i), Joan Gagnon (Honolulu),
Louise Pagotto
C'5
Faculty reported
an enjoyable
interactivL
(Kapi'olani), Marilyn Bauer (Leeward
), Peter Starbuck (Maui),
Jean Shibayu and Frank Mattos
process with students as a result of students
(Windward), and Kenneth
Meehan (Chancellor's Office).
assuming greater responsibility.
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Institutional Research Bulletin
Office of Institutional Research
Kaprolani Community College
Vol. 1, No. 3, November 1993
4303 Diamond Head Rd, Honolulu, HI 96816
The Pre-Education
Distance Education: Users'
Program
Impressions
Jane Fukunaga
Joe Y F Chun
Political Science
Educational Media Center
During the past year, KCC broadcast 557
In Fall 1986, ten KCC students transferred to
the College of Education at Manoa. In Fall
hours of distance education programming,
1987 only five students transferred.
280 for credit courses and 277 for other non-
Yet,
during this period, more students were
Participating students and
credit activities.
saying that they wanted to be teachers.
faculty feel that distance education has been
In
an effective way to learn as it provides
1988, KCC responded to this demand and
for peer interaction and
opportunities
the Pre-Education Advisement Program was
additional
communication
Formal advising began in Fall
without
initiated.
transportation cost.
1989.
The most frequently mentioned advantages
12
and disadvantages, as reported by student
10
evaluation forms, are presented below.
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exponentially smoothed
ry
6
No interference with
learning
4
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Would take another ITV
2
course
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0
CO
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CO
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CA CA CA
CA
Didn't know it was an
RV course
The fruits of this effort are finally being
Remote site teetmology
realized, as shown in the graph above by the
problems
increasing number of new KCC students at
the College of Education. In Fall 1992, there
0.2 0.8
0.4
0.6
0
were overall 64 former KCC students
enrolled in the College of Education at
Comments from faculty surveyed show that:
Manoa, 35 of them transferring directly from
of them want to teach distance
KCC. Also, 10 more former KCC students
all
were classified as general pre-education at
education courses;
Manoa.
KCC courses are not otherwise available
addition to specialized advising, the Pre-
to other community college students;
In
Education Program has been active in
establishing articulation agreements with
students at receiving sites sometimes did
UH-Hilo and Chaminade University. News
not receive their class materials; and
of the advisement has spread as evidenced
they felt uncomfortable with copyright
by inquiries received from students enrolled
in other community colleges.
restrictions.
7
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Implications of Varying
Institutional
KCC
Course Enrollment Patterns
Effectiveness
B Michael K Tagawa
Kenneth A Meehan
Geography
Office of the Chancellor
During the 1992-93 academic year, the UH.
Examination of course enrollment patterns
community colleges conducted a comparative
throughout the registration period reveals
analysis of their performance on three criteria
considerable differences in student course
that were selected by the Board of Regents:
demand. The graph below shows enrollment
centrality, efficiency, and effectiveness.
patterns for four Social Science courses that
were scheduled to be offered this Fall.
Centrality. Demand for KCC is at an all-time
high. Over the last six years, enrollment has
100
increased by 37%, with a shift from a majority
FamR 230
90
vocational education to a significant
in
80
majority in liberal arts.
70
CA
Psy 230
60
CL
3
Efficiency.
All measures of efficiency were
50
C)
Econ 131
high, including average class size (21),
0
CA
40
percent of small classes (12.5%), and cost per
30
Anth 235
student semester hour, (SSH, $60.53).
20
10
Effectiveness.
More females, older
o
I
I
students,
part-time
students,
7/19/93
8/17/93
and
8/13/93
6/10/9'3
underrepresented groups now attend KCC. In
response to a survey of all 1991-92 former
Both FamR 230 and Psy 230 show 100%
KCC leavers and graduates,
students
occupancy on August 17. However, at the end
indicated that they were satisfied with their
of the continuing-student registration period
preparation for transfer and for work.
(August 13), Psy 230 was about 80% full,
meaning that up to 20% of the students are
Resources. KCC devotes 68% of its resources
new students, and have probably not taken
instruction compared to 63% for the
to
the-Psy 100 prerequisite. The same pattern
community college system and 51% for peer
can be observed with Econ 131, with almost
Compared to peer institutions,
institutions.
40% new students.
KCC allocates a smaller portion to student
services (5% vs. 9%), and to institutional
Anth 235, an elective, shows low levels of
support (14% vs. 29%).
continutng-student demand, being about 20%
by the end of continuing-student
filled
7 5 94.
Anticipating a wave of new
registration.
5 8 96
it was
student enrollment past that period,
decided that this course was not appropriate
ICTS
3 5 %
for new students. The decision was made to
C.,
cancel it and replace it with a lower-level core
2 3 94.
Zit
25%
i
Anthropology course.
0.10
SS-1
Ave raga
per
Class S za
Unless arrangements are made for students to
Course
Sr
rollment
SS11-1
Taught
R *Ng I atr
be systematically screened for prerequisites,
courses that fill slowly will likely contain more
- 20%
-22
-2 5 96
students who are less prepared to take them.
Under these
decisions
circumstances,
Some of the indicators that have been
concerning course cancellation may need to
changing steadily during the last ten years
be based on enrollment pattern analysis such
(1983-1992) are shown in the graph above.
as the one illustrated in this study.
Institutional Research Bulletin
Office of Institutional Research
Kapi`olani Community College
Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1993
4303 Diamond Head Rd, Honolulu, HI 96816
The Pre-Engineering
A Profile of LAC Users
Program: Demand
Assessment
Louise Yamamoto
Learning Assistance Center
Alfred J Seita
At the end of every semester, LAC services
Business Education
are evaluated by faculty and student users.
The recently established Pre-Engineering
This evaluation, along with the check-in and
Program currently advises 55 students.
In
tutor log-in system, provides valuable
the process of assessing further demand, a
information for ongoing activities.
survey was adminstered to students who are
likely to major in engineering-related fields.
In Spring 1993, 14 Math tutors assisted
During Fall 1993, 69 students in Math 205
2,652 students over 1,813.92 hours. Math
Physics 170 and
and 206,
Electrical
25 and Math 27 students were the largest
Engineering 150 were asked to express their
consumers, as shown in the graph below.
interest in the program.
600
The results indicate the following:
400
N
L-
ea
=
Over half the students surveyed planned
0
0
200
to major in Engineering.
0
Civil Eng 21.7%
Other 23.2%
Math
4.3%
*Excludes volunteer and ED101 tutors
Eng 18.8%
El
ICS 18.8%
During the same period, a total of 988.25
Mech Eng
Physics
Other Eng
hours were provided to 1,554 students by 15
8.7%
1. aio
2.9%
Consumption was
LAC writing tutors.
heaviest by ENG 100 and ENG 22 students
77 percent were interested in enrolling in
As shown in the SPRING 1993 end-of-
Math 231 within 2 semesters at KCC, and
semester evaluation, instructors have an
74 percent were interested in enrolling in
influence in getting their students to use the
Math 232 within 3 semesters.
LAC. The distribution of the requirements by
these instructors is shown below.
These results suggest that there appears to
be sufficient interest to offer Math 231 and
Math 232 for Pre-Engineering and other
No Mention
Suggested
Required
Course
LAC Use
LAC Use
Science majors at KCC. So far, five KCC
46%
0%
92%
Math
Pre-Engineering students have chosen to
45%
0%
82%
_ENG
enroll concurrently at UH-Manoa and HCC
100% 0%
17%
HIST
Further
to take Math 231 for Spring 1994.
22%
33%
67%
research into the demand for these and
NURS
other related courses is needed.
9
Using Focus Groups To
1993 Former Student
Develop a UH Marketing
Survey Response
Plan
Comparisons
Darlene Forsythe
Kenneth A Meehan
Provost's Office
Office of the Chancellor
A total of 1,287 former students
of all UH
In July 1993, the Office of the VP for University
250 from
community
colleges,
KCC,
Relations published the results of a study of
responded to a survey. The survey was
the image of the UH system.
mailed out to Fall 1993 graduates and leavers
from all campuses.
Extensive focus group sessions were used to
identify strengths and weaknesses of each
The primary differences between former KCC
campus and of the system. The results of the
student responses and those from other
KCC focus group are summarized below.
community colleges were in the significantly
higher importance placed by former KCC
System
KCC
students upon obtaining an A.S. degree,
completing courses for transfer, and preparing
Strengths
Physical
Community
for a job career.
facilities
colleges
Diversity
Programs /
Two major differences emerged.
In each
projects
Astronomy
case, a statistically
higher
significantly
Friendly
Asia-Pacific
former KCC students
percentage
of
atmosphere
studies
responded compared to former students from
Close link with Ease in
other campuses:
community
obtaining
Flexible
transcript
More former KCC students cited the reason
schedule
information
for not returning to their community college
Accessibility
Transfer
as being the transfer to another college or
process for
'Value (cost)
university (32% versus 19%)
CBA-bound
students
Weaknesses No student ID
State
Expensive
bureaucracy
UH
Summer
Session tuition
bureaucracy
Nlo financial
Disregard for
aid for
community
colleges
Summer
School
No year-round
school
Others
The focus groups judged the community
colleges highly, naming them as one of the
strengths of the system. They recommended
concentrated efforts on academic programs,
Former KCC
higher
students
had
leadership, students, athletics, and facilities.
About 77%
educational aspirations.
indicated that the highest degree they plan
These results are to be used to develop a
to earn was a Bachelor's degree or higher,
marketing plan to strengthen the UH's image
compared to 63.5% from other campuses.
in order to secure appropriate resources.
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