This bibliography, compiled by a college librarian with the assistance of 11 college instructors, contains the core of current English-language publications in archaeology, suitable for a small college that may not train professional archaeologists but that supports coursework and supplies general interest reading material on the topic in its…

Presents a sample of documents in the ERIC junior college collection dealing with small urban/rural community colleges. (MB)

Over 100 key resources regarding computer science education at small colleges are collected in this bibliography. A brief review of the collected documents introduces the bibliography, categorizing and relating the materials and noting their emphases. The review concentrates on materials published after 1978, but cites the major works providing…

A bibliography intended to provide resources to those involved in planning on the small college campus is provided. Sources and types of information available include case studies, theoretical models, application and evaluation strategies, research reports, technical guides, and philosophical speculations. (MLW)

A synthesis of critical advancement concerns is presented: leadership-based advancement; clarity of purpose; marketing to advance; selling the small college; comprehensive financial development; the advancement process; and using consultants wisely. Sources for additional information are provided. (MLW)

Cites recent ERIC documents dealing with community services, covering financing, history, and mission; enrollments; a community college small business center; community needs assessment; and artistic and cultural programs in a small/rural community college. (DMM)

A bibliography of private colleges and universities that are, or have been, religiously affiliated is provided. Twenty-eight chapters are: major works on religion and American colleges and universities; government aid to church-affiliated colleges and universities; government regulation of church-affiliated colleges and universities; Baptist…

The need to integrate technology and liberal arts in the undergraduate curriculum is addressed in this collection of two articles and a bibliography. The monograph resulted from a project by the Council of Independent Colleges on the response of the liberal arts college to technology. In "Technology and the Liberal Arts," Allan Pfnister considers…

The changes that small liberal arts colleges have undergone are discussed in this monograph in terms of their past, present, and future roles in society. The first section looks at these colleges in the colonial context and shows how they were altered by specialization, secularization, the rise of science and empirical research, and by an…

In a discussion of the development of higher education in America, its European roots are traced to provide a historical perspective to some current issues. The paper examines the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment in relation to the influence that each of these historical periods had on the first colleges and universities in this…

This brief, divided into seven sections, focuses on community college staff development. The introductory section discusses the necessity of staff development and its purposes, the forms its activities take, and the components of effective programming. As indicated in the literature, effective programs should be holistic, reflect the goals of the…

A study was undertaken to provide an opportunity for faculty from five small, independent colleges in Iowa to become familiar with current developments concerning general education programs to facilitate planning and evaluation of general education in the institutions. The participating colleges were Briar Cliff, Graceland, Marycrest, Simpson, and…