College student characteristics and attitudes about university summer school programs

Eighty-four students at a regional southeastern university completed an anonymous 24-item questionnaire which was developed and designed to assess attitudes and general reasons that students enrolled in summer school at the university. The data showed where students learned about summer school, why they enrolled, if they would enroll in the future and other general summer school related attributes. The data also revealed student attitude about summer school. Demographic data is also included. The results could aid higher education summer school programs achieve goals in regard to enrollment and other university objectives. Implications and further study of the data are suggested.