A significant amount of recent research and media coverage has focused on the challenges related to K-12 teacher shortages, particularly in rural regions of the United States. Far less research, however, has been conducted on the challenges faced by rural community colleges related to recruiting and retaining both academic and professional…

Community colleges are the leader in facilitating career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development (WD) programs. However, employers who hire recent graduates of these programs question the quality of the education provided. This qualitative study used a focus group comprised of manufacturing and engineering professionals in Florida…

Adjunct faculty have become the majority workforce of instructional coursework in higher education. Once valued for their skills and knowledge in specialized areas, they are now a common, quick hire, budget fix utilized to instruct a variety of courses. Despite the need for and increased hiring of adjunct faculty, minimal orientation and welcome…

Alumni service resources available to a large Chicago-area community college were studied. A six-year followup study was conducted at Harper College with a population of students who completed 48 or more semester hours during the 1974-1975 academic year. A sample of 543 alumni were asked whether they would be willing to provide a variety of…

Distribution of federal student assistance reveals under-participation in campus-based programs by two-year colleges due to misperceptions of student costs, unavailability of aid to part-time students, and lack of adequate numbers of skilled staff. Failure to correct these faults will have major implications for future community college…

Community college faculty will support one or another national, state, or local association depending on their own interests and association policies on professionalism and collective bargaining. (Editor)

Summarizes the results of a community college personnel survey conducted by the Iowa Department of Education, Iowa State University, community college presidents, and community college trustees. Explains that the survey was designed to assess the short-term impact of pending retirements and other changes to the institution on professional and…

A study was conducted to investigate: the types of telecommunications systems available for the delivery of instructional material at higher education institutions; coordinated and integrated telecommunication systems being used by educational institutions, the military, and industry in the United States and other countries; and the current state…

The results of a search for Spanish surnames in the personnel directories of California Community Colleges for the years 1973-1978 and 1979-1983 indicate that, for the most part, Hispanics have not advanced into managerial positions in California Community Colleges in spite of affirmative action programs, legislation, and litigation. Over the…

This document describes the rationale, development, and implementation of a coordinated college-wide staff development plan at Southeastern Community College. The plan, devised as a result of faculty and staff input, provides for the professional development and evaluation of all college staff: instructional personnel, administrative staff,…

Discusses the following interrelated areas pertinent to establishing a community college writing center: selling the idea to the department and administration; internal and external funding possibilities; locating a facility; staffing needs and difficulties; tutor training; referral and walk-in operational systems; forms; data collection;…

Describes Ventura College's improved English composition program. Reviews the concerns considered in designing the program. Describes the umbrella course required of all first-semester composition students, its testing component, and the instructor's determination of the kind of credit awarded based on student performance. Discusses staffing,…

This study was conducted to determine the perceptions held by public school and community college administrators in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia concerning the types of personnel and the academic degrees held by these individuals in the field of educational media. Administrators were asked to respond to a prepared survey instrument…

Relates the planning and development of Harry S. Truman College in Chicago in terms of the politics of college site selection and staffing, budgeting and academic policy, and setting priorities among competing educational objectives. (MB)