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Direct linkTerzian, Aram L. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Describes the Transfer Opportunities Program at Community College of Philadelphia, highlighting efforts to build (1) a coherent general studies curriculum; (2) a supportive academic environment that encourages students to take themselves seriously as learners; and (3) curricular bridges for students. Sees the curriculum as central to improving…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Ruiz, Aida; And Others – 1984
An overview is provided of Hostos Community College's (HCC's) Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program. First, the program's student services activities are described, including the development of a system for the identification and consistent follow-up of the liberal arts transfer population; a computerized Degree Requirement…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Download full textMcGrath, Dennis – 1987
The Transfer Opportunities Program (TOP) at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) has focused primarily on faculty development and curriculum design as the essential elements in improving the transfer prospects of students. Extensive faculty development activities were undertaken to forge collegial agreements about standards of literacy and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Transfer Working Papers, 1990
In 1990, the National Center for Academic Achievement and Transfer awarded partnership grants to 13 pairs of two- and four-year institutions to strengthen transfer education through attention to academic practices. The grant program was open to institutions located in the 50 largest cities in the United States. To be eligible, two-year schools…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, College Transfer Students, Colleges
Brewer, Carolyn – 1990
The Washington State Board for Community College Education and the Washington Center for Undergraduate Education undertook a national review of minority student success programs in 1990. Information was solicited from program directors, deans of instruction and student services, national organizations, state higher education boards, students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
Schaier-Peleg, Barbara, Ed. – 1984
Designed to acquaint educators and administrators with the Ford Foundation's Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program (UCCTOP), this booklet examines the rationale for and activities and outcomes of the program. First, introductory comments indicate that UCCTOP was designed to help urban community colleges with high minority…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1980
The 1978-79 activities of the Human Services/Drug Abuse (HS/DA) Project are summarized in this three-part report. The Project, which is coordinated by Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC), seeks to: (1) form a national HS/DA consortium of two-year colleges, (2) develop two modular and multi-component courses for use in HS/DA programs, and (3)…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges, Consortia
Baltimore Community Coll., MD. – 1984
The Community College of Baltimore's (CCB's) Ford Foundation Bridge Program was designed to improve and extend transfer opportunities in Baltimore by developing a completely articulated Arts and Sciences transfer program extending from five feeder high schools to four receiving baccalaureate institutions, with CCB serving as the "bridge"…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Black Students, College School Cooperation, College Transfer Students
Jones, Enid B., Ed. – 1993
Background papers and recommendations from the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC's) 1992 roundtable on issues facing minority students in mathematics, science, and engineering (MSE) education are presented. The first paper, "Community College Networks," by Wm. Carroll Marsalis and Glenna A. Mosby, describes the Tennessee Valley…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Ancillary School Services, Black Students, Career Counseling
Rodriguez, Max – 1985
In 1984, LaGuardia Community College (LCC) received a 3-year implementation award from the Ford Foundation to increase the number of minority, low-income students who transfer to and succeed in baccalaureate programs. This report describes the 1984-85 accomplishments of LCC under the Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program (UCCTOP).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation
