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Friedlander, Jack – Community College Frontiers, 1980
Describes a nationwide study to identify: (1) the representation of different areas within the social sciences (i.e. anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, social/ethnic studies, sociology, and interdisciplinary social sciences) in the two-year college curriculum, and (2) which courses were offered for transfer,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Courses
Peer reviewedFriedlander, Jack – Community College Review, 1979
Reviews of a study of curriculum and instruction in the sciences and social sciences in two-year colleges. Considers curriculum planning problems, the method of conducting the study, the percentage of colleges offering courses, and the availability of appropriate courses for transfer, occupational, and developmental students, and for nonscience…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, National Surveys
Friedlander, Jack – 1980
The transcripts of 8,873 students, representing 7% of the enrollments in the Los Angeles Community College District, were examined to determine course participation and completion rates in science. Six curricular areas were investigated: (1) agriculture; (2) biological sciences; (3) engineering; (4) mathematics and computer science; (5) physical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Biological Sciences, College Mathematics
Friedlander, Jack – 1979
A primary objective of this study was to identify the extent to which different areas within the social sciences (i.e., anthropology, economics, history, interdisciplinary social sciences, political science, psychology, social/ethnic studies, and sociology) are presented in the two-year college curriculum. Information on course offerings in each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
Friedlander, Jack; Sillman, Donna – 1981
The 1979-1980 class schedules for the nine institutions within the Los Angeles Community College District were examined to document the number and variety of courses offered by the colleges in six areas of science: agriculture, biological sciences, engineering sciences and technology, mathematics and computer science, physical sciences, and social…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, College Curriculum, College Science
PDF pending restorationBrawer, Florence B.; Friedlander, Jack – 1979
The findings and conclusions of a study of curriculum and instruction in two-year college social science, science, and science-related technology programs are summarized in three sections. The first selects from 1977-1978 curriculum data which were gathered from catalogs and class schedules of a representative national sample of 175 two-year…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
Friedlander, Jack – 1981
A study was conducted at a large, multi-campus, urban community college district to determine: (1) which science courses were being completed by women and minority students; (2) the completion rates of women and minority students in different areas of science, i.e., social science, mathematics, physical science, biological science, engineering,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Agriculture, American Indians
