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Direct linkMiller, Michael; Grover, Kenda S.; Kacirek, Kit – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
One of the key services community colleges provide is community education, meaning those programs and activities that are often offered for leisure or self-improvement and not for credit. Programs of this nature are increasingly challenged to be self-financing, whether through user fees or externally funded grants. The current study explored 75…
Descriptors: Community Education, Content Analysis, Web Sites, Mail Surveys
MORTON, PAUL W. – 1966
THIS STUDY (1) IDENTIFIES MAJOR COLLEGE COMMUNITY SERVICES, (2) DEFINES THE AREA SERVED BY A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND (3) MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INITIATING AND OPERATING THESE SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGES. DATA FROM INTERVIEWS WERE USED TO DESIGN A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO 90 PUBLIC 2-YEAR COLLEGES ACROSS THE NATION. TABLES DISPLAY THE REPLIES,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
Kegel, Paul L. – Community College Frontiers, 1977
Describes the Community Gardens project at Worthington Community College (Minnesota). The college makes unused land available to community residents for garden plots. (JG)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services
Peer reviewedSullins, W. Robert – Community Services Catalyst, 1980
Offers a rationale for interagency cooperation in times of fiscal restraint and enumerates the barriers that have stood in the way of effective community college cooperation with other community agencies providing similar services. Presents suggestions for nullifying these barriers and provides examples of colleges with successful collaborative…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
Pietak, Raymond A.; Spencer, Richard L. – College and University Business, 1973
A collection of services designed to help colleges help the community. (Editor)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Programs
Peer reviewedReichard, Donald L.; Wood, Mary T. – Catalyst, 1999
Outlines the development of a leadership-training center at James Sprunt Community College. A community-based programming (CBP) model was followed to encourage community input, support, and participation in the process. CBP is recommended as a way for other colleges to collaborate with their communities on issue definition and resolution. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Programs
Matson, Jane – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
Continual monitoring of the community is required if community colleges wish to offer meaningful community-based programs. The college must also constantly evaluate the extent to which it achieves its community program objectives. (JDS)
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Community Education, Community Programs
Peer reviewedSchonleber, E. J. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1977
Tells how to plan a successful community forum. (DC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services
Peer reviewedShipley, Kenneth E., Jr. – Community Services Catalyst, 1980
Capsulizes the findings of an exploratory study undertaken to analyze the relationship between state or local control and community services in the community college. Contends that further research is needed to refine definitions of community service and adequately assess the effects of local or state control upon community programs. (CAM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services, Governing Boards
Ottenritter, Nan; Parsons, Michael H. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Describes the 10-year process in which Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) (Maryland) underwent a transition from a passive institution to a proactive agent for community renewal. Indicates that HJC redefined its civic purpose and executed its agenda through community-based programming and the facilitation of community problem solving. Includes 15…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Cooperation
Download full textGribbons, Barry C; Meuschke, Daylene M; Dixon, P. Scott – 2001
The office of Institutional Development and Technology at the Santa Clarita Community College District, California, conducted surveys of Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Residents and Santa Clarita Valley business executives during the Spring 2001 semester to assess the advanced training and degree program needs for the proposed University Center.…
Descriptors: Business, College Programs, Community Colleges, Community Needs
Roche, B. J. – 1985
To address some of the social, health, economic and cultural issues of growing older in America, Greenfield Community College (GCC) in Massachusetts sponsored a Celebration of Growing Older program. The 2-month long series of events was designed to educate the public, both young and old, about the myths of aging and to challenge some assumptions…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
Robinson, Gail; Barnett, Lynn – 1996
To determine the level of involvement in service learning among community colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) conducted a national survey of over 1,100 colleges in spring 1995. The following institutional and program profile, based on responses from 773 institutions, emerged from the survey: (1) four out of five…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education
Barnett, Lynn – 1995
From 1989 to 1995, the American Association of Community Colleges implemented the Beacon College Project to help community colleges develop creative and practical community-building strategies through collaborative initiatives. This report reviews the philosophy behind the project and describes goals and outcomes for the 26 institutions selected…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement
Harlacher, Ervin L. – 1975
The Metropolitan Institute of Community Services (MICS) centralizes and expands all community service programs formerly offered independently by Metropolitan Community College District (Kansas City, Missouri) colleges. MICS, the fourth college in the District, is dedicated to community services and modeled not on existing structures, but on…
Descriptors: Centralization, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
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