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Download full textAmerican Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. Council for Occupational Education. – 1985
Designed to clarify the function of the Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree, this report lists and explains criteria for the degree as a means of enhancing the potential of the AAS to serve as a national employment credential and as the curricular foundation for the occupational mission of the community, technical, and junior colleges. The…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Asfahl, C. Ray – Technological Horizons in Education, 1984
Discusses why educators should not rush headlong into creating robotics curricula and suggests methods of establishing meaningful courses. Indicates that the solution to the problem of building a robotic curriculum is to incorporate the three major areas of robotics (design, operations, maintenance) into existing curricula where they best fit. (JN)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1994
The Illinois Board of Higher Education has endorsed a four-step plan to accelerate implementation of its policies on transfer and articulation. The plan involved calling for all community colleges to adopt the Illinois Community College Board's (ICCB's) Model Associate in Arts (AA) and Associate in Science (AS) Degree Requirements; developing a…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1985
On November 5, 1985, the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) adopted a uniform set of high school subject requirements for admission to public university baccalaureate degree programs and to public community college associate in arts (AA) and associate in science (AS) degree programs. The specific high school subjects required for admission…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Associate Degrees, College Admission
Rubini, Susan – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the effects of selected personal, work, and educational variables on student attitudes toward the nursing profession and the health care system. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether the variables of age, sex, race, marital status, licensed vocational nurse (LVN) status, the awarding of credit for…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Karp, Melinda Mechur; Jacobs, James; Hughes, Katherine L. – 2002
The question of how to best prepare nurses for practice continues to be debated extensively. The crux of the debate is whether a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) should be required of all registered nurses in the United States or whether an associate degree in nursing (ADN) and diploma programs adequately prepare novice nurses for practice.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Associate Degrees
