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Matthews, Donald R., Jr. – 1979
The values, goals, and organization of general education have been highly controversial subjects in higher education for years. Two different perspectives are provided by B. Lamar Johnson's "General Education in Action" (1952) and Miami-Dade Community College's (MDCC's) "General Education in a Changing Society" (1978). Concerns…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Download full textCohen, Arthur M.; Laanan, Frankie Santos – 1997
This paper examines the impact American community colleges have on the nation's economic development. The profile of the community college offered here indicates that there are 1,236 public and private non-profit community colleges in the United States, with an additional 300 to 400 for-profit institutions sometimes included in the category. The…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Business, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Finlay, Finola – 1997
In fall 1996, the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Skills and Training released a strategic plan calling for the development of block transfer agreements between institutions to eliminate the time-consuming process of course-by-course credit assessment. Currently, institutions conduct independent evaluations of elements of an incoming…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Planning, Community Colleges
Hepner, Freda – 1996
Interdisciplinary learning is most simply defined as the co-teaching of courses by at least two faculty members from different departments in the institution. Interdisciplinary learning in the United States began after World War II with the proposal of a core curriculum covering Western civilization, literary texts, science, and English…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Everett, Jim, Ed. – Tech Prep Newsletter, 1994
This document consists of the 36 issues of a newsletter issued during 1994. Each issue is devoted to a specific topic pertinent to Tech Prep. Tech Prep is a federally funded effort, including mathematics, sciences, and language arts, that aims to prepare students for a lifetime of learning and career advancement. The Northwest Tech Prep Consortium…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Career Planning, College School Cooperation
Hill, Andrew – 1980
Psychology education is examined as revealed by a study of science education that involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative institutions, and a survey of 143 psychology instructors. Each of the four parts of the report reviews pertinent literature, reports study methodology and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges
