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Direct linkFriedel, Janice Nahra – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This article examines national employment and program trends in the nursing profession, the nursing shortage in Iowa, and state policy and community college responses in Iowa. During the seven-year period 2001-2008, two Iowa governors convened special task forces to study the nursing shortage and to make recommendations. The policy responses dealt…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Weekend Programs, Community Colleges
Kline, Lois Twombley – 1984
In 1981, Pikes Peak Community College initiated a new Continuing Education Area, which featured a "weekend college" for communication classes held on Friday evenings and Saturdays. Faculty and administrators have identified several advantages of the weekend college, including the following: (1) since classes are held in existing…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
