U.S. rural community colleges serve approximately 3.4 million students, yet there is very little research on these institutions. We conducted a mulitple case study to develop a typology of rural community college locations. We gathered and analyzed publicly available data (n = 25) and private institutional data (n = 6) and conducted in-person…

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda seeking to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher education…

The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) recognizes the importance of educational centers as a cost-effective means for meeting increased student demand. Educational centers are an economical way of serving a region's educational needs because they often involve collaboration and shared facility use with high schools, university…

Reports on the outreach program developed at Cerro Coso Community College, which has a service area of 5,000 square miles. This college opened in 1973 and now has a main campus and seven outreach centers. Long-range plans call for connecting all outreach centers by microwave television relay. (DC)

This paper examines national trends in student characteristics and enrollment patterns, and presents data collected from a survey of 349 evening, off-campus students, to determine the effectiveness of the community college in meeting students' motivational and academic needs.

In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Palo Verde Community College District to convert the Needles outreach operation to a state-approved off-campus educational center of Palo Verde Community College. The proposal responds to the district's need to enhance educational services in the extremely remote community of Needles and…

Discusses a successful program for older adults at the Community College of Baltimore which provides free seminars on campus and at locations throughout the city, and such services as counseling, recreational facilities, cultural events, and transportation. In addition, the college has recently begun to offer a two-year curriculum in gerontology.…

A project entitled "Investigating the Human Experience," which was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, enables the College of DuPage to conduct a series of free films in various off-campus facilities. Documentaries and recent TV specials are shown, followed by a group discussion moderated by an instructor from the…

A consumer education outreach project used a community, off-campus laboratory approach with fifty-seven girls and ten boys from high schools in the Santa Barbara area in the development of a program to better prepare students to meet the challenges of everyday living. The assumption made was that motivation to learn would increase in…

Describes Lake-Sumter Community College's (FL) solution to cost and location barriers to enrollment in noncredit continuing education courses. Discusses the development of courses in seven subject areas; the recruitment, training, and support of volunteer teachers; the location of places to hold free courses countywide, and the program's…

This guide presents state policies and procedures for all types of off-campus instruction delivered by Colorado institutions. Instruction may be offered at off-campus locations, at other institutions' campuses, or delivered to students via the mails or electronic media. Part A provides an introduction, while Part B considers general policies…

This report describes the 1975-76 operations of the Downtown Study Centre, a demonstration project offering service in adult basic education and advisement. The center offered "start anytime" open-entry, open-exit courses in English and mathematics at all levels, from basic literacy and numeracy through grade 12 equivalency. During 1975-76, 189…

Describes Nebraska's Central Technical Community College Area (CTCCA), which serves 25 urban and rural counties. Discusses cooperative arrangements with community agencies and the development of instructional delivery systems for remote populations. Reviews course offerings, the advantages of individualized instruction, the CTCCA's Permanent…

A study was conducted at St. Louis Community College (SLCC) to obtain students' opinions of the Clarkson Education Center (CEC), a new off-campus educational center opened in summer, 1984. The study sought information on the students enrolled at CEC and how they differed from the SLCC student body as a whole; students' views of the quality of…

To assess the needs of residents in proximity to the Downtown Center of Bakersfield College (California), a stratified random sampling of addresses was chosen and adults at each address were interviewed. A total of 422 interviews were conducted by sociology students from the college and by paid student interviewers. Thirty-five percent of the…