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Mayo, Teresa – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Community colleges educate a diverse group of students. Effective first-year programs should focus on a variety of interventions that improve learning and retention. Students have academic, intellectual, and social challenges during their community college experience. First-year orientation programs should help students adapt. This article…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Degree Requirements, College Freshmen, College Programs
Scates, Alice Yeomans – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955
Interest has been expressed by many educators in the programs of higher education which are below the level of the bachelor's degree and which provide some form of official recognition for the students who complete them. This publication describes the general characteristics of such programs and the extent to which they are offered by institutions…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Regions, College Programs, Associate Degrees