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Direct linkFrank, Jennifer Vest – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study uses benefit-cost analysis to compare three alternative scenarios for implementing the Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree in Maryland community colleges. The first policy scenario is that community colleges retain their traditional role in K-12 teacher preparation by providing lower-division transfer courses and programs for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Associate Degrees, College Role
Peer reviewedImig, David G.; Harrill-McClellan, Mary – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2003
Reviews accrediting standards, assesses the ability of community colleges to meet these standards, and suggests accreditation models appropriate for community colleges. Contends that community colleges and traditional colleges and universities should seek joint accreditation for community college feeder or transition programs, which would…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges
McKuin, Kathleen – 2001
This is a report on the student success model designed by Modesto Junior College (MJC) (California) in conjunction with the state-established Partnership for Excellence (PFE) program goals. The PFE program addresses goals of the community college's mission along with more direct emphasis on transfer programs, degrees and certificates awarded,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Download full textDowdle, Michael A.; Silverman, Barbara – Insights on the College, 2001
This document contains the 2000-2001 issues of Mt. San Antonio College's (Mt. SAC's) "Insights on the College." The first issue, "Mt. SAC Progress Report on Partnership for Excellence Goals," is a report on the self-assessment of the Partnership for Excellence (PFE) program conducted by Mt. SAC. The PFE program addresses the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, College Role
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1989
This paper traces the development of community colleges, analyzes their curricular functions, and discusses their contributions to the American educational system. First, several hypotheses accounting for the rise of the community college in America are summarized, including those pointing to a conspiracy of the elite, a populist alliance, and a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Lombardi, John – 1980
Despite some initial hesitancy in the first half of the twentieth century to award associate degrees, since the end of World War II, the associate degree has become as widely accepted by two-year colleges as the baccalaureate degree is by four-year colleges. This is evidenced by the steady increase in the number of associate degrees awarded…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges
Cabrillo Coll., Aptos, CA. Office of Institutional Research. – 2002
This document is a report on the self-assessment of the 2000-2001 Partnership for Excellence (PFE) program conducted by Cabrillo College (California). The PFE program addresses the community college's goals, with direct emphasis on transfer programs, degrees and certificates awarded, student course completion, workforce development, and basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, College Role
