The Piedmont Export Expansion Program (PEEP) was developed to increase the number of businesses in central Virginia entering or expanding export trade; to increase the utilization of the services of Central Virginia Community College's (CVCC's) Cross-Cultural and Foreign Language Resource Center by area export businesses; to increase the number of…

Prior to 1980, instructional support services were scattered in various divisions throughout Denver Auraria Community College (DACC), with little sense of mission and coordination. In 1980, the college developed a model for a coordinated instructional support division, based on the identification of the most important instructional and…

Information is presented reflecting the process of planning at New Mexico Junior College (NMJC). First, the NMJC mission statement highlights the college's goals of providing opportunities for individuals, communities, and business and industry within the framework of a comprehensive community college. Next, NMJC's continuous objectives and…

Specific programs to meet the increasing demands for engineering technicians during the 1970s can be particularly well implemented by community colleges. (Editor)

Considered the financial difficulties of the State Community College of East St. Louis. (RK)

This four-part booklet provides guidance for clergy members interested in establishing or maintaining cooperative relations with local community colleges. Part I presents a metaphorical rationale for these relations; discourages an overemphasis on "presence ministries"; presents ways to initiate short-term exchanges between the college…

This set of chronologies tells the stories of fourteen sites--thirteen public school districts and one community college--that participated in the 1974 field test of the School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS). The collection is intended to provide a resource for teachers, administrators, board members, and university…

IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION ALL STATES EXCEPT SOUTH DAKOTA AND WISCONSIN HAVE PUBLICLY SUPPORTED COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES. THESE COLLEGES ARE INSTITUTIONS WHICH OFFER LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OF POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. JUNIOR COLLEGES GENERALLY OFFER ONLY LIBERAL ARTS COURSES WHILE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ALSO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND…

A project to design a model curriculum development guide for a broadly transferable Associate Degree program in Human Services for drug abuse workers was initiated at Miami-Dade Community College (Florida). The curriculum was intended for implementation through a national consortium of community colleges. Central to the program, which would…

Educational foundations for raising and allocating private funds have a legitimate place in the community college. They allow a college to chart its growth, anticipate emergencies, and meet the needs of all sectors of the institution. Foundations must utilize an active development program for planning and executing a conscious, continuous effort…

This paper reports an overview of Project FOLLOW-UP, whose purpose was to develop, test, and validate a statewide management information system for follow-up of Texas public junior and community college students. The system designed is for use by machine or manual processing and is thus useful to small and large institutions while interfacing with…

This document contains a sourcebook developed as a program planning guide for community colleges and other interested institutions for the planning and implementation of effective educational programs for the elderly. The sourcebook contains the following information: (1) an examination of the changes in the nature of the older adult population…

To serve the various interests and needs of those in the West Valley Community College District, Mission College is planned as a responsive, humane, and open organization offering diverse programs and excellent services. The learning program will be based on postulates that involve: (1) student-faculty interaction; (2) teaching and community…

The unique position of community colleges in the community service structure is described in this guide, and numerous examples of how pioneering colleges are finding their way into the aging field are provided. The chapters of the guide are as follows: 1. Aging as a Priority for Community Colleges; 2. Manpower for the Field of Aging: Status of…

Recommendations related to systematic statewide planning for Oregon community colleges are provided in this position statement. Goals, proposed accomplishments, and projected activities are outlined. Priorities for management by objectives in the community colleges are given as to instruction-related priority needs and management-related priority…