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Download full textMarriott, Lisa K.; Link, Aaron Raz; Anitori, Roberto; Blackwell, Ernest; Blas, Andrea; Brock, Jennifer; Burke, Tracey; Burrows, Julia A.; Cabrera, Alexis P.; Helsham, Derek; Liban, Lorna B.; Mackiewicz, Marilyn R.; Maruyama, Mika; Milligan-Myhre, Kathryn C. A.; Pangelinan, Perry J. C.; Hattori-Uchima, Margaret; Reed, Russell; Simon, Benjamin E.; Solomon, Beylul; Trinidad, Alma M. O.; Wyatt, Letisha R.; Covarrubia, Alonso Delgado; Zell, Adrienne; Adrienne, Thomas E.; Morris, Cynthia; Crespo, Carlos J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
Research experience provides critical training for new biomedical research scientists. Students from underrepresented populations studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are increasingly recruited into research pathways to diversify STEM fields. However, support structures outside of research settings designed to help…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Medical Research, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education
Direct linkClark, Molly M.; Davis, Ed – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
This chapter describes a "grow-your-own" leader development program that emphasizes cross-disciplinary, multisector programs and activities that reinforce the community-building role of rural community, junior, and technical colleges.
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Rural Areas, Leadership Training, Community Colleges
Spalter, Anne Morgan; van Dam, Andries – Theory Into Practice, 2008
Like other literacies (textual literacy, numeracy), digital visual literacy (DVL) is the ability both to create and to understand certain types of information, in this case visual materials created with a computer. DVL is now essential in many daily life and workplace tasks, from looking critically at newspaper images or TV evening news to using a…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Computer Literacy, Educational Principles
Adams, Barbara; And Others – 1985
Various aspects of the writing across the curriculum program at Somerset County College (SCC) are discussed in these four presentations. Introductory comments by Myrna Smith trace the development of the writing across the curriculum program at SCC. Angela Bodino's presentation, "Writing as Learning Across the Curriculum", explores the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Peer reviewedSbaratta, Philip A. – Community College Review, 1983
Describes the development and offerings of North Shore Community College's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, which uses a variety of organizational and methodological strategies including team-teaching, multi-discipline courses with one instructor, thematic courses, and discipline combinations. Describes the 15 courses in the curriculum and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Interdisciplinary Approach
Fisher, Dexter; Lamdin, Lois – ADE Bulletin, 1974
Describes a program at a community college in Bronx, New York in which English instructors and content area teachers work together to improve the writing of students needing remedial instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English Instruction, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Valencia Community Coll., Orlando, FL. – 1980
Interdisciplinary Studies in General Education (IDS) is Valencia Community College's alternative to the fragmented approach to general education reflected in many schools' unrelated requirements of survey courses and laboratories. A two-year course of study, IDS brings together literature, mathematics, social science, natural science, philosophy,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, General Education
Peer reviewedPacheco, Beth – Community Review, 1982
Describes a thematic interdisciplinary reading course aimed at affective and cognitive development. Includes a rationale for literature in a reading curriculum and suggests an approach for presenting the short story in the context of a thematic interdisciplinary college reading course. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Descriptions, Reading Materials
Peters, Dennis – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1983
Reviews some of the steps taken at Shoreline Community College to develop cooperative programs involving vocational and academic faculty, including the creation of a Humanities Advisory Council. Briefly describes some of the cooperative programs, e.g., symposia on critical issues in higher education, guest lectures, and high school outreach. (AYC)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Harrisburg Area Community Coll., PA. – 1997
In 1996, Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The project's primary goal was to bring English teachers together…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
Los Medanos Coll., Pittsburg, CA. – 1980
At Los Medanos College (LMC), a project was undertaken in 1978 to develop an inter- and intradisciplinary general education program that would: (1) develop among students an awareness of major social issues of the late 20th Century; (2) help them analyze social problems and inquire into the options for resolving them; (3) broaden their world view…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Danville Area Community Coll., IL. – 1997
In 1996, Illinois' Danville Area Community College (DACC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the instruction of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. DACC's action plan involved students in collecting materials from…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Discussion
Hagerstown Junior Coll., MD. – 1997
In 1996, Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The primary goals of the action plan were to create a series of faculty…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
Schonbuch, Stanley S.; And Others – 1971
A Core Program was introduced in the College Discovery Program at Staten Island Community College in fall 1971 to facilitate the breakdown of traditional divisions between academic disciplines, promote greater intimacy in the classroom, and to help students perceive teachers in a more realistic way. Each core was comprised of freshman orientation,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Locus of Control
Golden West Coll., Huntington Beach, CA.
This document describes the planning and implementation of an interdisciplinary humanities program at Golden West College. A planning committee sought input from faculty and students in order to determine what needs were not being met by current general education requirements and to determine how an integrated program could be developed involving…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, General Education, Humanistic Education
