As the price of a public college education has risen at well above the rate of inflation for decades, college affordability has become a key concern in public policy discussions. At the same time, recent high school graduates from lower-income and middle-income families are nearly 20 percentage points less likely to enroll in college the following…

In 1990 Helon Howell Raines published "Is There a Writing Program in This College? Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Two-Year Schools Respond," in which she reported on her study, via survey and eight follow-up telephone interviews, of two-year college writing programs across the country. Raines asked questions about departmental and institutional…

Describes a journalism program at Pasadena City College which uses a strong public relations campaign to attract promising high school students. (RB)

Provides information on the training programs offered by the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) by tracing the training and educational experiences of a young woman from her initial enlistment through her graduation from CCAF with an associate in applied science degree. (DMM)

Brief descriptions are provided of 54 community college programs identified as outstanding by the National Council of Instructional Administrators. Organized alphabetically by program title, the descriptions include the name of the college president, the name of a contact person, and the name, address, and telephone number of the college. The…

This report synthesizes and summarizes the presentations and discussion at the 1970 Conference on Training of Marine Technicians in the Junior Colleges. These issues relating to marine technology education are considered: how valid manpower predictions can be translated into meaningful program development; how involvement between potential…

"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the three issues of volume II contain the following major articles:…

Delineates the scope and range of energy programing at ten community colleges. Presents the results of surveys and conferences designed to analyze the need for and availability of energy-related community college programing. (CAM)

This annual address by the Chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) focuses on the financial crisis affecting the district and on the district's innovative activities and programs. Opening remarks review the recent actions of the governor and legislature which resulted in the maintenance of the community colleges'…

A detailed financial and administrative services cost analysis indicates trends at John Tyler Community College (JTCC) as well as offering a comparison between JTCC expenditures and the Virginia Community College System Average. Rising costs per FTE are attributed to enrollment declines coupled with a decline in credit hours taken per student.…

"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the two issues of volume V present the following articles: (1)…

Practitioners at all levels of education have begun to recognize that addressing the complex social and environmental problems of the future will require individuals capable of reflective and critical thought. Critical thinking has been defined as utilizing a number of cognitive processes and attitudes that undergird intelligent action in diverse…

A collection of essays, book reviews, conference reports, poetry, and prose is presented. The collection first provides excerpts from articles and poetry presented at the Rural American Women (RAW) conference. Among other topics, these articles consider a vocational training program for economically disadvantaged women in eastern Tennessee; a…

This monograph is intended to provide English teachers, department heads, and administrators in two-year colleges with program descriptions and guidelines indicating the variety of materials and methods currently in use. The contents of this monograph include "English at Forest Park Community College,""English at Hinds Junior…