Discusses articulation problems and the factors that makes for improvement in school-college relations. (Author/RK)

Provides a brief overview and critique of the Brookings Institute study, "Financing Community Colleges: An Economic Perspective," by David Breneman and Susan Nelson. Refutes the study's conclusion that most students would have a better chance of earning a bachelor's degree if they started at a four-year college. (CRB)

Declining public fiscal support and declining student enrollment require community colleges to re-examine their multiple roles and consider specializing in an area of strength, such as career, transfer, pre-professional, or middle college programs. A pluralistic approach by each college preserves the optimum opportunity for survival of the…

Describes the development and operation of several two-plus-two technical-preparation programs at Williamsport Area Community College, whereby the last two years of a high school student's education are joined to the first two years of his/her college study in a well-organized, uninterrupted track of study. (DMM)

Considers the problems associated with selective admissions into transfer curriculums and the development of broad-scale remedial programs. Urges the teaching of functional literacy in transfer programs, and examines areas where research is needed in order to achieve this goal. (AYC)

Discusses the creation of upper level colleges and universities in answer to the problems students have in transferring from junior to senior colleges. (RK)

Concludes that the outlook for students transferring from two-year to four-year colleges is improving, due to declining enrollments in four-year colleges, recognition of the academic ability of transfer students, and increased efforts toward transfer student recruitment, cooperation with two-year colleges, and transfer orientation. (JM)

Addresses five issues in community college education: continuity in learning, high school/college articulation, transfer of credits, lifespan learning, and human resource development. (DMM)

Describes efforts undertaken in Texas to promote articulation between two- and four-year colleges and facilitate the transfer process. Focuses on the production and distribution of accurate transferability information, curriculum revisions, the activities of the North Texas Articulation Council, and the use of computers to aid in the transferral…

Report is an attempt to present several conclusions of the authors and their colleagues in studying the problems of transfer students and to identify five major unresolved issues which would serve as the basis for a conference discussion. (Author/RK)

Subscribes to a "right-to-succeed" policy. Recommends eliminating time-frame descriptions in community college program catalogs, prohibiting full-time enrollment by working students, preassessing entering students' entry-level skills, and using assessment data for proper placement in college-level courses. (DMM)