This dissertation examines the history, funding, structure, efficacy, and challenges of dual enrollment programs in English (and more specifically in First-Year Composition, FYC, courses) that provide access to higher education for high school students prior to graduation, as these programs have developed and currently operate in the United…

Washington's community and technical colleges (CTCs) play an important role in producing baccalaureate degree graduates in the state through the applied baccalaureate (AB) degree. The key policy goals of the AB degree in Washington state are to increase educational attainment for students and meet employer demand. Compared to the traditional…

Although many community colleges need to increase their enrollments from new student populations, an inadequate job is being done to recruit women students. These community colleges must make a special effort to offer women students more than traditional options and to meet their educational needs. (JG)

Jackson State Community College (JSCC) is a state supported institution in rural West Tennessee under federal mandate to increase the proportion of black enrollments to reflect the proportion of blacks in the college's service area. In response to the mandate and to declining enrollments in general, a project was undertaken to develop a…

Suggests that general education programs should recognize the demographics and goals of community college students, rather than strictly targeting degree-seeking students. Underscores the need to move away from the mere learning of information toward the development of analytical and synthetic reasoning skills. (PAA)

Following a 1984 study revealing the limited preparation of its entering college freshmen, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) intervened dramatically on behalf of underprepared students, providing enhanced funding for remedial courses and requiring that students complete remediation before enrolling in any degree program. Based on their…

Since the late 1960's, German studies, like foreign language studies in general, have been on the decline. Part of the decline in foreign language enrollments can be attributed to higher education's declining rate of enrollment growth, part to elimination of language requirements for degree recipients, and part to shifting program emphases. A…

This report summarizes the results of the six-year-long Registered Nurse Shortage Project, a study of 27 community college nursing program models that were designed to attract more students. The study was conducted by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in collaboration with the Metropolitan Life Foundation, in response to…

When will community college humanists recognize that their classrooms are diminished, their courses ignored, and their teaching fields assaulted by advocates of other curriculums, not because the humanities are less worthy, but because the advocates of career and medical education, to name but two, have stepped out of the classroom to take…

A survey was conducted of the number and location of two-year institutional changes that occurred in 77 two-year colleges between the academic years 1962-63 and 1971-72. The extension of 77 junior colleges into four year colleges over the past ten years is discussed. Over 40% of the institutions were church-related, and almost 75% were…

Although it has traditionally been resisted, institutions of higher education are being forced to utilize marketing as a means to increasing enrollments, reducing attrition, and making services responsive to student needs. The purposes of this study were to identify marketing problems and techniques and suggest strategies for successful…

With the decline of enrollment at a number of community colleges there is a demand for accurate enrollment projections, yet enrollment is increasingly difficult to forecast. Student body composition has changed markedly from the traditional 18 year old group as the percentage of women and part-time students and students' ages have increased. Also,…

The geographic distribution of college-level technical programs is one of the major elements which has distinguished the development of the system of "colleges d'enseignement general et professionel" (CEGEP's) in Quebec. Spring 1992 efforts to identify inactive or scarcely viable programs afforded the Commission on Professional Education…

There are several signs that a college can use to determine if a program needs evaluation from a consumer point of view. Answers to the following questions can be very revealing: How many students start the program per year? How many graduate per year? What do they do when they graduate? How much money do they make? How long do they remain in the…

One of a series of discussion papers on the history, governance, operation, and development of the State University of New York (SUNY) community college system, this paper examines trends in the characteristics of students, faculty, and programs and the nature of academic planning and evaluation. The first section of the paper highlights the…