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Castillo, Max – 1984
Community colleges serve more than half of all entering freshmen, half of all the women seeking higher education, and more minorities than all of the 4-year colleges and universities combined. Serving this population, the leaders and policy makers of community colleges must recognize the reasons for the underrepresentation of minorities in college…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Black Students, Change Strategies
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 1980
This pamphlet was developed to facilitate responding to common inquiries about the California community colleges. In single-paragraph answers, it deals with 19 frequently asked questions: (1) What are the California community colleges? (2) How do I know if I am eligible to attend? (3) As a resident of another state, am I still eligible? (4) If I…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Admission, College Housing, College Programs
Sanborn, D. H. – 1979
Although the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) are rooted in the tradition of providing transfer education to Chicago's working class youth, the current administrative acceptance of a market-oriented, vocational philosophy has resulted in a decline in general education courses and has jeopardized equal access to higher education. This vocational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Role, Community Colleges
Download full textJACKSON, ERVIN, JR. – 1967
PROJECT ASPIRATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO INSURE HEALTHY INTERGROUP RELATIONS IN A SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS PART OF THE PROJECT, ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS CLOSED AND ITS STUDENTS TRANSFERRED TO FOUR RECEIVING SCHOOLS. BEFORE THE SCHOOLS OPENED IN THE FALL, STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PRINCIPALS PARTICIPATED IN ORIENTATION…
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, Elementary Schools, Home Visits, Inservice Teacher Education
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 2002
This report describes policy cooperation in the Education and Training Area in the European Union (EU) in response to the Lisbon strategy and provides a comprehensive plan to respond to the challenges of the knowledge society, globalization, and the enlargement of the EU. It focuses on these three objectives: (1) improving the quality and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Armstrong, William B. – 1993
A study was performed to test the association between the proportion of liberal arts course offerings and institutional transfer rate by merging the data on liberal arts offerings in the community colleges included in the 1991 National Community College Curriculum Study with the transfer rate data for these same colleges obtained from their…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, College Outcomes Assessment, College Transfer Students
Andrews, Michael B.; Hall, Donald E. – 1991
In fall 1988, Arctic College (AC--Northwest Territories, Canada) in collaboration with Athabasca University (AU--Alberta, Canada) initiated the University Transfer Program (UTP) to provide first-year university education for full- and part-time students at the Yellowknife campus of AC. Program content, standards, and instruction were maintained by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1980
Community colleges account for over half of the ethnic minority enrollments in America, and a controversy has developed over how well these students are being served. On one hand, community colleges are praised for providing open access to higher education. Critics, however, claim that community colleges track minority students into low level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Ancillary Services, Basic Skills
Lombardi, John – 1979
As enrollment in transfer programs and the relative number of students who transfer to four-year institutions decrease, transfer education is losing its preeminence as the principal function of the community college. From 1907 to 1940, transfer education comprised 60-70% of enrollment and maintained its preeminence through the mid 1960's. By 1973,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, College Role, Community Colleges
Leist, Jay; Murray, John – 2003
This document provides a list of dissertations, ERIC documents, and journal articles on contemporary issues of interest to community college leaders. The topics addressed include adjunct faculty, dual/concurrent credit, economic and workforce development, technology and distance education, development/fund raising, student retention, strategic…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Articulation (Education), College Credits, College School Cooperation
Hankin, Joseph N., Ed. – 1996
Focusing on community colleges' role in enrolling students for their first year of postsecondary education, this monograph provides 17 essays on characteristics, programs, and outcomes related to students' freshman year. The following essays are included: (1) "The Freshman Year Experience: A Philosophy for Higher Education in the New Millennium,"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education)
Peer reviewedFindlen, George L. – ATEA Journal; v25 n2 p4-7 Dec 1997-Jan 1998, 1997
Despite common beliefs that technical college students do not wish to, and cannot, transfer to four-year institutions, many studies have found the opposite to be true. Research shows that 26% of students enrolled in vocational programs intend to transfer to a baccalaureate institution, and occupational course credits from technical colleges are…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Credits
Turner, Peter M.; And Others – 1980
Long-range planning assumptions and goals are presented for Muskegon Community College (MCC) as they were submitted by a committee of area citizens. After introductory material summarizing the committee's mandate and activities, the report discusses the fiscal, demographic, curricular, and administrative changes likely to affect MCC during the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Planning, College School Cooperation
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
In an attempt to stimulate discussion on directions and priorities for the California community colleges (CCC), this monograph examines six issues likely to affect the colleges during the 1980's. The monograph first reviews recent literature pointing to an erosion of the colleges' transfer, vocational, and general education functions and then…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, College Role
Clark, Brenda S.; Woloszyk, Carl A. – 2002
Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan, has partnered with Michigan community colleges to develop an occupational education studies (OES) program to prepare future career and technical education (CTE) instructors by allowing students to transfer their technical degree from the community college as their teaching major at the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Credits
