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Parsons, Michael H. – 1982
Market analysis can provide a mechanism for making needs assessment functional and for focusing program development on constituencies in the community that need to be served. The main goals of market analysis are to generate usable information, document needs, assign priorities, locate resources, and respond to identified needs in a systematic…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Educational Needs
Spaid, Robin L.; Parsons, Michael H. – 1984
In August 1983, when the second largest employer in Washington County, Maryland, closed its plant, the local unemployment rate was 13%. The following month, Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) received $50,000 in state funds to initiate a dislocated worker (DLW) program. The program included orientation by a counselor, diagnostic testing, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Program Development
Parsons, Michael H. – 1984
Honors programs are a viable part of the community college response to the challenges of the late 1980's. The growth in the two-year college memberships in Phi Theta Kappa and the National Collegiate Honors Council suggests that greater attention is being given to the academically able students at the two-year college. A rationale for developing…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Planning, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Beman, Richard R.; Parsons, Michael H. – 1978
In fall 1977, Hagerstown Junior College and the Certain-Teed Corporation initiated a business/industry/college instructional program to upgrade the skills of corporate first-line supervisory personnel and to increase the visibility of the college's associate degree Management program among local business and industry. Fourteen supervisors enrolled…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Parsons, Michael H. – 1998
The number of part-time faculty employed in two-year colleges has risen dramatically in recent years, with current data indicating that 64% of two-year college faculty work part time. It is critical, therefore, that colleges ensure that part-time faculty are well integrated into the organizational culture. In assessing initiatives for helping…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Adjustment (to Environment), College Faculty, College Planning