The Columbus Promise, a place-based tuition-free college program for graduates of Columbus City Schools, was created in 2021 and began granting scholarships to the high school graduating class of 2022. The initial phase of the Columbus Promise is a three-year pilot covering the high school graduating classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024. The overriding…

The General Equivalency Diploma (GED) is a credential created to help individuals that did not or could not complete a high school education and receive a high school diploma. Individuals can obtain their GED by returning to school with enrollment in Adult Education Programs and GED classes; however, many individuals without a high school diploma…

Foresees a period of adversity for higher education, characterized by declining enrollments and financial resources. Urges colleges to look for ways to improve the quality of and expand their services, especially with regard to an increasingly part-time, adult student population. (AYC)

The applicability of benefit segmentation, a market research technique which groups people according to benefits expected from a program offering, was tested at the College of DuPage. Preferences and demographic characteristics were analyzed and program improvements adopted, increasing enrollment by 20 percent. (Author/SK)

Reviews changes that have occurred since 1970 in federal- and state-funded vocational agriculture programs in the U.S. and makes enrollment projections for the 1980s. The author suggests that four concerns warrant attention in planning for the 1980s: nature of programs, clientele, source and competence of teachers, and program quality. (LRA)

With the wide range of students community colleges must provide services for, there is an increasing need for colleges to analyze and segment their marketing efforts. As part of an effort to focus on specific market segments and take into account internal and external environments, an analysis was conducted at Illinois' Carl Sandburg College (CSC)…

The handbook's purpose is to improve recruiting methods for adult basic education (ABE) programs and is the outcome of an Iowa project that solicited responses from ABE coordinators in two questionnaires. The information is organized around major topics. Each topic is followed by possible solutions, implications, and a summary. Various recruiting…

This article focuses on the transfer of students from California community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. Following a brief introduction to laws and procedures specified upon the inception of community colleges in California in 1910, and a recognition of the difficulty in student transfer throughout the history of higher…

A case study investigated three specific concerns related to the shortage of nurses and the decline in enrollment in nursing programs: (1) identification of reasons for the nursing shortage and enrollment decline; (2) identification of weaknesses in nursing that have contributed to the shortage of nurses and enrollment decline; and (3)…

National research suggests that 36% of full-time students enrolled in community and technical colleges and planning to stay in college for 2 or more years leave by the end of their first year and do not return to college over a 3-year period. While students' reasons for leaving are often unrelated to the college, the literature suggests that…

Four surveys of attitudes toward vocational education were conducted in three school districts in Nevada in 1988 to derive information for use in strengthening vocational education programs. The surveys were completed by 331 parents, 1,454 students, 154 vocational teachers, and 29 administrators. More than 85 percent of students and a smaller…

A DISCUSSION OF THE SITUATION AND PROBLEMS OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGE BEGINS WITH A CHAPTER ON THE JUNIOR COLLEGE AS A UNIQUE INSTITUTION AT A CRITICAL POINT IN ITS HISTORY AND EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR AN ENGLISH FACULTY WITH A FIRM PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY. A CHAPTER ON THE SEARCH FOR A VIABLE DISCIPLINE DISCUSSES WHAT CONSTITUTES A…

Although school counselors can be key figures in the advancement of Career and Technical Education (CTE), in some cases school counselors are not advocates for CTE. Research has shown that some school counselors and parents have negative images of CTE and push for academic education instead of the CTE that could be a viable choice for all…

A study was conducted to identify the factors that secondary and postsecondary vocational education administrators use as the basis for their decisions to add, terminate, or modify their programs. Data were collected through a telephone survey of 115 secondary and postsecondary administrators and by face-to-face interviews with an additional 25…

"Research results indicate that the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) has been effective in reaching seriously disadvantaged youth and in improving the community and work adjustments of these youths. At the same time, these achievements appear to fall far short of the full potential of the NYC Programs." Among the problems of program and…