Purpose: This conceptual piece applies what we know about student success to introduce a faculty model of success called the Faculty Pathway to Excellence. The model elevates faculty voices in the conversation of student success in community colleges. Method: We collected qualitative data from interviews with faculty at two community colleges and…

Objective/Research Question: Community college graduation rates are typically quite low, and developmental mathematics enrollment and coursetaking patterns may constrain academic outcomes. To identify ways in which community college graduation rates may be improved, decision trees were utilized to examine the STEM coursetaking patterns of N =…

Objective: Excess credits earned by college students, over and above those required to complete their programs of study, have become increasingly a subject of interest and concern. There has been almost no research on the extent of these credits. This study focuses on all of the associate degree programs within one state's community college system…

The emphasis in Norway's new regional colleges is on close student-teacher relationships, on innovation, and on a balance between career training and basic education. This article describes each of the six regional colleges, which exhibit many features of the American community college. (NHM)

Associate in General Studies (AGS) is an individualized degree with no course requirements. Results of a student-characteristic survey show that the AGS student is more like his university counterpart than his community college peers. They also belie the assumption that such a program will attract the irresponsible and incapable student. (DC)

Article examined the problem of deciding what kind of learning experiences could be structured that would tend to increase the student's level of performance in general education courses for students majoring in auto mechanics. (Author/RK)

Explores the impact of the advent of the information society on students' need for general education. Sees community colleges, with their flexibility and adaptability, in a good position to provide an education balancing technology with general education. (DMM)

Article presented proposals for "mosaic programming", a different approach to general education for community colleges and universities. (Author/RK)

Single-skill preparation for employment is simply insufficient to prepare for probable societal change. General education is a necessary ingredient. (Author/GB)

Presents a rationale for a reassessment of general education. Provides and illustrates a General Education Program Schematic which includes eight concerns: student learning objectives, interdisciplinary approaches, team teaching, community involvement, career awareness, basic business education, computer literacy, and independent study. (AYC)

Examines recent trends in general education, discussing its importance, definitions of general education, and its inconsistent status. Provides three examples of successful general education programs, as well as an ideal model for a community college program. (AYC)

James emphasizes the importance of occupational subjects and regards academic subjects as mere tools needed to master one's skill and enrich one's life. Gill regards the point of education as preparation not just for employment, but for living, and recommends that career education be offered on an elective basis only. (NHM)

Urges the North Carolina community colleges to rededicate themselves to total and universal education to teach the state's citizens to reason and to act. (AYC)

Defines issues and options related to general education in two-year college occupational programs. Discusses why students, employers, and society need general education; reviews minimum general education requirements proposed by various organizations and particular competencies to be developed; and discusses ways to achieve general education in…

Considered the role of community colleges and their direction in terms of achieving true comprehensiveness. (RK)