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Direct linkAdams, Frank – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1983
Offers a model for hiring, developing, and promoting staff which endeavors to synthesize numerous concepts used by business and industry in their human resources development programs. Presents a 23-item checklist for the model and proposes that it be used by community colleges to reach affirmative action goals. (DMM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Business, Community Colleges, Models
Moe, Jackie – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
Presents the results of a national survey on staff development for part-time instructors, the program established on the basis of the survey findings at Eastfield College (Texas), and a model for establishing part-time faculty programs in other colleges. (RT)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedSmith, Albert B. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
Cites the need for professional development specialists to evaluate and report on the quality of their programs to assure continued funding. Discusses how to choose an evaluation model, organize for evaluation, and gives steps for implementation. (RT)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Wallace, Terry H. Smith – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
Describes the rationale and operations of the Professional Growth and Instructional Development Committee at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania), and discusses the advantages of utilizing a committee of faculty members to provide leadership in instructional change. (JDS)
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Faculty, Committees, Community Colleges
Weston, Portia K. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1993
Reviews components of effective advisor training in community colleges. Describes the necessary informational and conceptual content of training programs, and the skills needed by advisors to advise students effectively. Reviews types of training programs and techniques. Outlines Greenville Technical College's model program for training advisors.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Training
Download full textO'Banion, Terry, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
The staff of a college is its single greatest resource, and its most significant capital investment. It is the collective manager of the college mission and purpose. As the purpose changes, so must the staff have opportunities to change and develop. This sourcebook presents selected approaches to staff development in community colleges. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Bibliographies, College Faculty, Community Colleges
