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Blake, Larry J. – 1985
The modern polytechnic college is an outgrowth of changes made in engineering curricula toward more theoretical and less practical applications oriented engineering science. A February 1985 survey revealed that there are currently 68 public, 17 private non-profit, and 7 for profit polytechnics in the U.S. Only 17 of these institutions are…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Engineering Technology, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Albertson, Harold; And Others – Engineering Education, 1985
Describes the work of a curriculum committee established to create a "transfer curriculum" for engineering technology students transferring from two-year to four-year programs. The resulting program (which allows flexibility while providing some guidance for engineering technology programs), transfer problems, issues, and public response…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Engineering
Caldwell, Noel L. – 1988
In 1985-86, a study was conducted to assess the instruction-related development needs of the faculty of South Carolina's two-year technical colleges. The study involved a survey of a sample of master teachers (N=120) in nine major discipline clusters at each of the system's 16 colleges to determine their perceptions of the instruction-related…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Engineering Technology
Pond, Robert J. – 1990
An introductory course for the engineering technologies may be offered for secondary school credit, two-year college credit, or combined secondary and college credit to provide a necessary bridge between high school and college. The course curriculum combines an overview of the different engineering technologies with some actual knowledge and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Career Education, Community Colleges
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Flory, Harriette – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
At Raymond Walters College (RWC), a two-year branch of the University of Cincinnati, the concept of developing linkages with business and industry began in 1983 with the creation of a new administrative office of Educational Services and a new community advisory board, the RWC Work and Learning Council. Though RWC provides noncredit training in a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Engineering Technology
Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College. – 1996
This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the civil technology programs cluster. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies, and section…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Civil Engineering, Community Colleges, Competence
Doty, Charles R. – 1985
This annotated bibliography is intended to provide community college and technical institute personnel with a listing of available curriculum guides dealing with automated technologies. Described in the handbook are a total of 31 curriculum guides that were selected because they met the following criteria: availability in the ERIC system or…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Automation, Community Colleges, Computer Science
Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College. – 1995
This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the following eight programs in the electricity/electronics/related engineering technology cluster: automated manufacturing technology; communications electronics repair technology; computer servicing technology;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Competence