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Peer reviewedWright, Bobby – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1987
Traces the development of tribally controlled community colleges on American Indian reservations. Describes the problems of perennially inadequate funding. Discusses culturally appropriate curricula and programs offered at tribal colleges, and their success reflected in the increasing numbers of graduates who pursue higher degrees. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Colleges, Cultural Education, Developing Institutions
Alphonse, S. Xavier – 1996
This book provides information on the concept and practice of community colleges in both the United States and India. It is intended to serve as a guideline for the development in India of institutions and programs modeled after American community colleges. The foreword discusses the findings of a survey of colleges in India on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Education, Developing Institutions, Educational Change
Download full textPavel, D. Michael – 1992
Two recent studies clarify the growing importance of tribal college libraries in the overall tribal effort to educate Indian people. Cheryl Duran (1991) applied Flamholtz's organizational development model to the role of libraries in the development of tribal colleges. During the new venture, expansion, professional, and consolidation stages,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Ellison, Nolen; And Others – 1982
In October 1981, a five-person panel of experts was appointed to study the postsecondary programs in the Caddo-Bossier area of Louisiana and to develop recommendations relative to allegations made by the United States and denied by the state, that Louisiana was continuing to operate a racially dual system of higher education and had failed to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Segregation, Community Colleges, Desegregation Plans
St. John, Edward P. – 1977
As part of a study of selected developing colleges and universities funded under the Advanced Institutional Development Program, this report reviews Valencia Community College (VCC) in Orlando, Florida, according to its state-of-development, structural history, administrative structure, and management system and effectiveness. Within this…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges
Gruson, Edward S. – 1978
Background information and policy issues regarding programs for the support of the historically black colleges are presented. The unique characteristics, qualities, and contributions of these black institutions are reviewed, and the implications of the Adams v. Califano case are discussed. Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 established…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College Desegregation, Community Colleges
Katsinas, Stephen G.; Opp, Ronald D. – 2001
Title III, the Strengthening Institutions Program, is one of the most important federal programs for rural community colleges. Created by the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title III provides institutional aid to qualified colleges and universities that serve large numbers of first-generation, low-income students and students from groups…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Developing Institutions, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 focus on Title III or institutional aid. Title III is the largest nonstudent assistance program and was established to strengthen the academic quality of developing colleges by financing special projects and programs at individual colleges and by increasing the use of consortia and…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Community Colleges, Developing Institutions, Eligibility
St. John, Edward P. – 1977
As part of a study of selected developing colleges and universities funded in the Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP), this report focuses on St. Mary's Junior College (SMJC), a Roman Catholic, two-year college specializing exclusively in health, health-related and human service fields. The report considers SMJC's state of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Church Related Colleges, College Administration, Community Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
The text of federal oversight hearings on Title III of the Institutional Aid Program is presented. Statements by various college administrators, higher education association representatives, and state legislators are included. The proposed regulations were issued pursuant to Title III of the Education Amendments of 1980. In addition to clarifying…
Descriptors: Accountability, Black Colleges, Community Colleges, Developing Institutions
McKinney, Floyd L., Comp. – 1984
Three papers present examples of strategies used by developing institutions and historically black colleges to strengthen computer technology programs. "Promoting Industry Support in Developing a Computer Technology Program" (Albert D. Robinson) describes how the Washtenaw Community College (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Electrical/Electronics…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Science
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
United States Senate hearings on S. 1839, a bill to extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, are presented. Testimony concerning the proposed Higher Education Amendments of 1979 is presented by college administrators, financial aid officers, students, teachers, researchers, and representatives of the federal and state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Community Services
