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Rhoades, Jeffrey T. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The community college baccalaureate and the university-center baccalaureate models are gaining traction in the state of California as alternatives to addressing the need for greater access to baccalaureate degree programs and to increase the baccalaureate-educated workforce. Little is known about the characteristics and factors associated with the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Case Studies, Undergraduate Study
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Githens, Rod Patrick; Sauer, Timothy M.; Crawford, Fashaad L.; Wilson, Kristin B. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2012
This study examined the current state of online occupational programs in community colleges and explored issues related to institutional, economic, and social indicators that influence (a) the offering of online programs and (b) the programmatic connection to workforce development needs. The study is based on a random sample of 321 institutions in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Electronic Learning, College Programs, Online Courses
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Harder, Natalie J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
With community colleges educating up to one-half of all U.S. undergraduates, more focus on internationalization is warranted in order to ensure student competitiveness in today's global labor pool. This ex post facto study of 2006 survey data from the American Council on Education (ACE) found a low level of internationalization occurring at most…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Community Colleges, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, 2010
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) supports the concept that periodic evaluation entered into voluntarily by institutions and their peers enhances the quality of the educational process and demonstrates that self regulation of a profession is superior to outside regulation. The federal government, for purposes of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Private Colleges, Eligibility, Classification