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St. Petersburg Junior College Educational Program Abstracts, 1990
These two reports examine the passing rates of St. Petersburg Junior College (SPJC) students on the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). The first report focuses on the 549 SPJC students who took the CLAST for the first time in June 1989, while the second report offers information on the 756 SPJC students who took the CLAST in October 1989.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
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Download full textThurston, Alice S., Ed.; Robbins, William A., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1983
This collection of articles focuses on the current status and future of counseling in the community college. The volume contains the following chapters: (1) "Counseling for Today's Community College Students," by William A. Robbins, which focuses on the characteristics of developmental counseling and the crises it faces in community colleges; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Role
American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. – 1986
In November 1985, the American Chemical Society's (ACS's) Committee on Education invited 43 participants, including two- and four-year college chemistry teachers, administrators, and representatives from various agencies and the chemical industry, to identify issues affecting two-year college chemistry education and to make recommendations to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Articulation (Education), Chemistry, College Curriculum
Goodyear, Don; Webb, Elaine – 1989
Designed as a means of communicating information related to students to faculty and staff at the College of the Sequoias (COS), in California, this collection of quarterly newsletters by the college's Office of Institutional Research summarizes recent research projects, highlights data on student demographics from state and local studies, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
Perin, Dolores; Katz, David – 1987
A description is presented of the activities and outcomes of a project designed to provide training that would enhance the efforts of remedial educators to serve learning disabled students on campus. Introductory sections provide background on the increase of learning disabilities at community colleges, review the evidence of the need for the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
Walleri, Dan, Ed.; And Others – 1989
The eight general session, exemplary practice, and roundtable papers contained in this conference proceedings report focus on various aspects of institutional effectiveness and student outcomes. The volume includes: (1) "Effectiveness and Student Success in Community Colleges: Practices, Realities, and Imperatives," by Peter Ewell; (2) "Rhetoric…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Planning, Community Colleges
Tennessee State Board of Regents, Nashville. – 1973
The theme of the third annual University of Tennessee Conference on the Community/Junior College was "the expanding campus." William M. Boast began by identifying some of the changes that had occurred in postsecondary education since 1945 and then recognized three trends in education today toward greater humanization in education, toward a greater…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Community Services
Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed.; Hylander, Joan W., Ed. – 1984
The keynote address before the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) Central Division Conference is presented in this publication along with a series of reports reflecting the activities of the CCHA for 1983-84. In his address entitled "Born Again Humanities or Here Comes the Sun," Landon C. Kirchner discusses the incipient…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Humanities, Professional Associations
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1970
After three brief listings of the status of adult education in Illinois junior colleges, papers were presented on: The Role of Continuing Education in the Community College; The Role of Leadership for Community Services in Illinois Community Colleges; Developing Guidelines--Identification of Problem Areas; Challenges for Adult Continuing Education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Conferences, Continuing Education
Palmer, Jim – 1993
The New York University Symposium on Urban Community Colleges examined the distinctions between urban and non-urban community colleges, the role of urban community colleges in linking high schools and universities and in promoting local economic development, and methods of identifying and developing leaders for these institutions. No definitive…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Baker, George A.; And Others – 1982
Full texts and abstracts of conference presentations are provided in the proceedings of the 1982 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development conference held to celebrate and promote teaching excellence in the community college. After an introduction to the conference and its theme by George A. Baker, K. Patricia Cross, in a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Vaughan, George B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1980
These nine articles question the community college's fulfillment of its educational and social roles. George Vaughan summarizes the writings of prominent critics of the community college and suggests that two-year college educators analyze and profit from their criticisms. Burton Clark reconsiders the community college's "cooling out" function and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Bibliographies, College Role
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1993
The Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) in Los Angeles, California has examined transfer data for students at two-year institutions from 1984 through 1987. In the CSCC studies, transfer rates are calculated by dividing the number of students entering a community college with no prior college experience and completing at least 12…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Levine, Judith R., Ed. – 1987
These conference proceedings contain 17 presentations covering aspects of undergraduate instruction in psychology. Along with an introduction and conference program, the proceedings present: (1) "Paired Psychology and Reading Course at Medgar Evers," by Gloria G. Loewenthal and Thomas O. Edwards; (2) "Thinking through Psychology and Literature: An…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Instructional Innovation, Psychology
Hammons, James O., Ed. – 1975
The papers and other materials contained in this monograph resulted from the events of the "Planning for Community College Staff Development" conference. Keynote addresses include: (1) a survey of the literature which reflects the present state of the art and points out areas in need of research; (2) critical questions and issues faced by any…
Descriptors: Consultants, Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Organizational Development
