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Peer reviewedCohen, Arthur M.; Brawer, Florence B. – Community College Review, 1987
Traces the current status of the community college academic curriculum through data from several national studies conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges over the past 10 years. Sees the Humanities, Sciences, Fine Arts, Mathematics, and English Composition as the academic disciplinary core of the collegiate curriculum. (CBC)
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Download full textCohen, Arthur M. – 1982
A discussion is presented of the role of educational leaders in determining directions and priorities in the fields of community, compensatory, and collegiate education in the community colleges. The first section addresses the colleges' failure to integrate compensatory education fully within the curriculum and raises 10 agruments as to why this…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Role, College Planning, Community Colleges
Direct linkCohen, Arthur M.; Ignash, Jan M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1994
Presents the findings of a Center for the Study of Community Colleges study of liberal and non-liberal arts curricula in American community colleges. Displays curricula and enrollments in credit courses broken down by discipline or field of study. Discusses the transferability of non-liberal arts courses. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1982
This paper considers data on community college students provided by the California Statewide Longitudinal Study (SLS) and the implications of this study for curriculum and educational planning in areas other than vocational education, with special emphasis on implications for the transfer program. First, a background is provided on the origins and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Attendance Patterns, College Role, College Transfer Students
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1987
A major reason for the paucity of usable data on the contributions and effectiveness of community colleges is that the definitions on which the data are based are imprecise. Colleges' contributions might be better understood if their functions were reconceptualized. The collegiate dimension of community colleges (i.e, that portion of the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
Cohen, Arthur M.; And Others – 1986
This bibliographic guide to the literature that has contributed to the two-year college field over the past 20 years provides annotations to over 650 books, articles, and research reports. The guide is organized into the following chapters: (1) the development of community college literature; (2) general resources on two-year colleges; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Annotated Bibliographies, College Administration
