Provides citations and abstracts of ERIC documents about societal, academic, and personal factors that influence student motivation. Includes research studies, teacher guides, program descriptions, and a research manual. (DMM)

Suggests that community colleges have always offered programs designed to encourage the enrollment of high ability students, including formal honors programs, honors courses or societies, tuition incentives, and opportunities for independent study. Cites ERIC documents and journal articles reflecting the current literature on honors programs…

Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents and journal articles on community college efforts to enhance minority participation and success, focusing on access, recruitment, retention, transfer, leadership, and revitalization efforts. (DMM)

A total of 39 references to both published and unpublished materials drawn from a variety of sources are presented in this annotated bibliography. The materials included represent the most significant current literature on the diverse nature and characteristics of two-year college students, their special needs, and the programs developed to meet…

This document presents abstracts describing 25 needs assessment projects appropriate for a variety of educational levels. The abstracts provide an overview of each model as well as information on the developer, source, cost, copyright, procedures for use, implementation needs, and special features. (IRT)

Presents abstracts of three documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with two-year college remedial/developmental education. (DR)

This bibliography was compiled in response to a growing need for the systematic study and implementation of the community service function of the community college. It is designed to provide coverage of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject. Most of the items were gathered from a review of the recent literature listed in…

Provides an annotated bibliography of materials from the ERIC system highlighting the role of community colleges in school-to-work (STW) initiatives. Focuses on general information on STW, STW program descriptions, tech prep programs, and program effectiveness. (AJL)

Provides references related to the most common learning goals mentioned in the eight general education programs described in this volume: civic education, communication, critical thinking, ethics, and international/intercultural education, along with mathematics, science, and technology. Includes a brief discussion of journals dealing with general…

Provides an annotated bibliography of current ERIC literature on faculty development in community colleges. Indicates that faculty development programs allow college professors to improve instructional material, keep abreast of new technology and methods, and network with professional colleagues. Suggests that development activities range from…

Provides an annotated bibliography of nine recent ERIC documents related to multiculturalism in the community college. Presents documents related to multicultural instructional and program strategies in place at colleges and the role of multicultural education. (AJL)

Highlights ERIC reports and references pertinent to the trends, legislative mandates, programs, and specific institutional challenges that community colleges face as they initiate or expand services to older adults, the disabled, and women. (AYC)

Based on information from professional organizations and individual colleges, this report examines strategies for strengthening the humanities within occupational curricula. The first part of the paper examines the fallacy in the belief that a philosophical antithesis exists between the humanities and other disciplines and discusses the decline of…

In order to determine the numbers and kinds of prisoner education programs offered by postsecondary institutions nationwide, letters were sent to 347 colleges and universities known or believed to be operating such programs. Of these, 99 reported that they had no such program in operation, 237 described their programs, and 11 did not respond. An…

Designed to provide information to administrators at Housatonic Community College, Connecticut (HCC) on the status of writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs, this report presents an overview of WAC, strategies for its implementation, and examples of WAC programs currently in existence. Introductory sections present a brief history of and a…