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Forsythe, Sylvia – Community and Junior College Journal, 1978
Cites examples of programs provided by community colleges to meet the educational demands of increasing numbers of displaced homemakers, single mothers, and older women who need to improve their marketable skills. Services include counseling, vocational testing, career exploration, resume writing, job interview techniques, referral services,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers, Females

Wright, Frank W.; And Others – Community and Junior College Journal, 1984
Discusses Delgado Community College's new approach to student services, which has aligned the college's fundamental academic testing and placement functions with expanded career advisement and job placement services to create a logical progression of services. Highlights the roles of the Developmental Studies and Human Development Department and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs

Hankin, Joseph N. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1973
Considered the adult student in community and junior colleges. (RK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Community Services

Blanco, Virgil H.; Channing, Rose M. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1985
Describes Middlesex Community College's involvement in education and training programs aimed at encouraging local business involvement in international trade and the activities of its National Resource for International Trade Education (e.g., information dissemination; consulting services; seminars and workshops; a speakers bank; research; staff…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Information Services, International Trade

Bell, Anne Ryan – Community and Junior College Journal, 1981
Presents achievements of the Community College of Denver's Center for the Physically Disadvantaged, which provides blind, deaf, brain-damaged, and wheelchair students with vocational evaluations, health services, instructional support, counseling, and job placement. Emphasizes special attitudes, resourcefulness, and commitment instead of…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Physical Disabilities

Speegle, Philip T. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1977
Describes Odessa College's adult basic education program which served over 2,500 adults in 17 Texas cities during 1975-76. Essential ingredients contributing to the success of the program are described. (JDS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Community Services

Wiener, Sydney P. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1985
Reviews the policies of the Grossmont Community College District regarding basic skills testing and improvement and the programs that have been proposed or implemented in response to the policies (e.g., assessment/placement, student information, program referral, research follow-up, and learning assessment centers). (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Diagnosis, Program Descriptions

Sharon, Jared – Community and Junior College Journal, 1977
Describes a program developed by College of Marin (California) called College for Kids. The program serves gifted children in the district through special courses designed to supplement the efforts of the elementary and middle school districts. It reflects a partnership of the college, the county board of education, and the 16 participating county…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education

Counihan, Harold J.; Steele, Stephen F. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1985
Describes Anne Arundel Community College's Center for the Study of Local Issues, which provides applied social science research expertise to local government officials and offices, civic associations, nonprofit groups, and small businesses. Reviews the advantages for student interns, clients, faculty, the community, and the college. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Community Surveys, Program Descriptions

Flynn, William J. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1983
Recounts problems facing community college arts programs. Considers college reputation and image essential to student recruitment. Focuses on Mercer County Community College's approach to arts programing, which stresses high-quality productions emphasizing community involvement, integrated services to campus constituencies, aggressive marketing,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Community Colleges, Community Services

McMahon, John J. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1981
Describes "Operation What Now," a project initiated by Orange County Community College (OCCC) in Middleton, NY, in response to the closing of the community's Ford Motor Company assembly plant. Explains the steps taken by OCCC to assist the unemployed workers: organizing public meetings, strengthening communication, and providing career counseling.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, Community Colleges, Community Services

Community and Junior College Journal, 1981
Presents the newly adopted mission statement of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC). Describes how the programs initiated during 1980, AACJC's interaction with the federal government, and its public relations efforts served to advance this mission. Delineates AACJC's structure and the roles of various units. (DML)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Services

Moore, Dan W. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1983
Describes Southeastern Community College's efforts to focus on the arts, which included a campus visit by the artist Kenneth Larson and events centered on his Heroic Individual prints; a performing arts series supported by local corporations; an Associate in Fine Arts degree; regular art exhibits; and an artist-in-residence program. (DMM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Community Colleges, Community Services, Fine Arts

Brown-Turner, Angie; And Others – Community and Junior College Journal, 1981
Describes Kirkwood Community College's (Iowa) activities and support services designed to help mainstream women into non-traditional educational programs and careers, focusing on the college's Opportunity Center, workshops, ongoing support services, sex-fair counseling, curricular changes, promotional activities, and efforts to eliminate sex-role…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Females

Keyser, John S. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1981
Summarizes results of a community college consortium formed to strengthen vocational and educational guidance and programs for the high-risk student. Consortial activities included information-disseminating conferences for faculty and managers and the creation of college task forces to utilize the information. Outlines factors key to consortial…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Consortia, High Risk Students
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