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Direct linkJames C. Palmer – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1982
Cites ERIC documents and journal articles dealing with general education planning and programing in the community college. Focuses on the general education agenda, curriculum and course development, general education in vocational programs, guidelines and models, and practices. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Planning, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Download full textKezar, Adrianna J. – 1999
Literature on college curriculum has been declining since the early 1990s, representing under 5 percent of the literature added to the ERIC database in 1996. One reason seems to be the emphasis on instruction; another is that information on curricular movements are often addressed in the literature on instructional change. Trends in 1996 in the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Student)
Farmer, Edgar I., Ed.; Key, Cassy B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Focusing on the role of community colleges in implementing the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994, the 12 essays in this volume describe strategies and practices developed by colleges to address the provisions of the Act and help develop a global workforce. The following articles are provided: "Assessing the Community College Role in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
Conrad, Clifton F. – 1983
The past and current condition of general education in the two-year college is examined in this four-part monograph. Part 1 reviews the history of general education, tracing its roots in the European tradition of liberal education from Greco-Roman antiquity to the end of the 19th century in America. In addition, the 20th century general education…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Colby, Anita Y. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
Reviews ERIC materials on external influences on the community college curriculum, including state-level control, accrediting agencies and the accreditation process, transfer institutions, foundations and other sources of private financial support, and customized job training. (DMM)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Wolf, David B., Ed.; Zoglin, Mary Lou, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
This collection of articles examines the influences of the state and federal government, the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC), universities, accrediting agencies, and other external forces on the community college curriculum. Articles which deal with the role of the government in curriculum development include: "An…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Clowes, Darrel A., Ed.; Hawthorne, Elizabeth M., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
This volume describes characteristics of proprietary schools, or for-profit schools that focus primarily on career and technical education, and explores similarities, differences, and points of linkage between proprietary schools and community colleges. The following articles are included: (1) "Community Colleges and Proprietary Schools: Conflict…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), College Curriculum
