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Ignash, Jan M. – 1992
Recent trends in immigration and foreign student enrollments are placing a growing demand on community colleges for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. A 1991 study of course sections at 164 two-year colleges nationwide revealed that ESL had grown from 30% of all foreign language courses offered in 1983 to 51% in 1991, and that the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Enrollment Trends, Foreign Students
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Johnson, B. Lamar, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1982
Issues in defining and conceptualizing general education in the two-year college are examined in this collection of essays. After introductory remarks, B. Lamar Johnson reviews the findings of the 1952 California Study of General Education and discusses their current applicability. Next, K. Patricia Cross reviews trends in general education from…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
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Greenfield, Richard K., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Designed to assist community colleges in moving from a rhetorical and general interest in international education to a practical and effective international education program, this monograph contains 11 essays which discuss ways of developing reasonably effective programs. This book contains the following articles: (1) "Lessons from the Past in…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Consortia