Explores challenges and potential solutions for implementing a mentoring program at community colleges. (EV)

People do not want to know the history, minutiae of policy, or operations, or even the political intrigues of a virtual consortium. People want to know if the consortium has value, whether it can help them, and if it is a threat. In this article, the author focuses on the operating principles and policies that have proven successful in the…

Researchers asked 17 participants in a job-training program to describe their personal struggles following an economic restructuring. Examined through a critical theoretical lens, findings indicate that the learners enrolled in the program to reclaim security, dignity, meaningful work, and caring relationships. Program planners at community…

Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) is an innovative program and strategy developed by the Washington (WA) State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) in conjunction with the state's 29 community colleges and five technical colleges. Its goal is to increase the rate at which adult basic education and…

High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…

Article surveyed Hawaii's community colleges on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii in their efforts to develop imaginative workable curricula for the disadvantaged student. (RK)

Guidelines are presented for planning and financing European study tours at the community college level. First, a rationale for incorporating study tours of Europe within the community college curriculum is presented and the benefits of such tours in providing students with experiences they could not normally have are outlined. Next, the paper…

Discusses six principal elements that are strategic for program and service development: institutional mission and goals, student needs and characteristics, community priorities, the values and involvement of internal college constituencies, technology and its impact on educational curricula and methodology, and financial constraints and political…

This chapter recounts Oregon community colleges' challenges and successes in developing a statewide distance learning consortium.

The research's purpose was to examine how exemplary community college study abroad programs assisted student participants in acquiring global competence. Three research questions were explored: (1) What issues need to be anticipated when planning a study abroad program for community college students in order to effectively incorporate…

This paper considers noncredit instruction in the California Community College System. It identifies three related concepts: a state need for increased levels of education that noncredit instruction is well placed to supply, several changes that begin to facilitate that response, and additional changes that are needed to ensure success. The…

As community college enrollments continue to rise, the role of the college in the community expands to keep pace. Yet, academic programs designed to meet the needs of an ever more diverse population often lag behind. Traditionally, college has been a place for students to open doors to diverse ideas; here, students bring diversity with them, along…

The California Postsecondary Education Commission's annual review of California public higher education discusses three major topics: program planning; approval of new programs; and the review of existing programs. The section on planning covers planning procedures of the segments, a 1991 list of projected programs, trends in subject areas and…

Discussed a program of group discussion, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, a New York-based, non-partisan organization for world affairs education, that may have all the features needed to enhance its community service involvement with a minimum of staff and expense. (Author/RK)

The focus of the Fifth Community College Conference was on community college planning. The papers in these proceedings are: "Community College Planning and the Omnibus Higher Education Bill" by Dr. Joe B. Rushing, and "Community College Planning: The Changing Scene" by Dr. Leland L. Medsker. In addition, discussion summaries of six summary…