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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1985
An overview is provided, examining the types of associate degrees that are awarded, the number that are awarded, the students who receive them, and the problems related to associate degree curricula. First, a list is provided of the different types of associate degrees awarded, followed by an enumeration of the vocational and non-vocational…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Educational Attainment
Thelin, John R.; Wiseman, Lawrence L. – 1989
The digest is based on a full length report on academics and athletics in higher education. The full report provides a definitive review of the literature and institutional practice on the topic. Three sections consider: (1) business and politics of college sports (e.g. most budgets for athletics programs show signs of precarious fiscal fitness,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletics, Business, Change Strategies
ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1995
This digest offers general information about American community colleges and lists a variety of sources of additional information about these institutions. The digest provides the defining characteristics of community colleges and information on their curricula; statistics on enrollments and student characteristics; information on faculty…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Financial Support
Foote, Elizabeth – 1997
This digest offers general information about American community colleges and lists a variety of sources of additional information about these institutions. The digest provides the defining characteristics of community colleges and information on their curricula; statistics on enrollments and student characteristics; information on faculty…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Financial Support
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Educational accountability is central to the reputation of the nation's community colleges. Some community colleges are adopting mastery learning, competency-based education, curriculum tracking, and/or minimum competency-testing as a means of remaining educationally accountable. Mastery learning programs, under which students are required to…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Ignash, Jan – 1992
While national trends in liberal arts course offerings in community colleges have been charted for many years, trends in non-liberal courses have not been similarly mapped. In an effort to gain a better understanding of the entire community college curriculum, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), in Los Angeles, California,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, College Credits, College Curriculum
