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North Carolina State Dept. of Community Colleges, Raleigh. – 1993
An evaluation was conducted of tech prep, a focused, sequential 6-year course of study for high school and technical college students in North Carolina, using 19 criteria that were identified as being necessary to qualify for tech prep funding. Evaluation activities carried out by the North Carolina Departments of Public Instruction and Community…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, High Schools
Higginbottom, George; Romano, Richard M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Provides references related to the most common learning goals mentioned in the eight general education programs described in this volume: civic education, communication, critical thinking, ethics, and international/intercultural education, along with mathematics, science, and technology. Includes a brief discussion of journals dealing with general…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, General Education
Lewis and Clark Community Coll., Godfrey, IL. – 1992
The River Bend Tech Prep project was undertaken to develop a tech prep curriculum in high schools in the Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) district in Illinois to improve students' academic skills and eventual employment opportunities and contribute to the region's economic growth and stability. The following activities were completed…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, High Schools
North Carolina State Dept. of Community Colleges, Raleigh. – 1992
Tech prep final project reports for the 1991-92 school year submitted by participating consortia members in North Carolina were analyzed to compile a data summary. (Tech prep is a focused, sequential 6-year course of study for high school and technical college students in North Carolina.) Data for the summary were gathered from an instrument…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, High Schools
Dolezal, Pamala; Franks, Megan – 1996
In concurrent enrollment (CE) classes, academic and continuing education students enroll in courses that are held simultaneously, using the same classroom and instructors and having the same requirements and learning expectations. At North Harris College (NHC), in Texas, the introduction of CE was aided by a new strategic plan developed for the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Planning, Community Colleges, Continuation Students
Ecker, Patrick; Calhoun-French, Diane – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Describes difficulties faced by faculty and administrators at Kentucky's Jefferson Community College in implementing the college's general education program. Highlights issues related to ensuring teaching competency, assessing the program's effects, and maintaining a balance between fidelity to the ideas of general education and accountability for…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Padron, Eduardo J.; Levitt, Ted – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Reviews the Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) general education program, focusing on the program's specific applications at MDCC's Wolfson Campus. Indicates that general education at the Campus involves education in environmental issues, social studies, humanities, multicultural awareness, the cultivation of individual responsibility, and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
DiCroce, Deborah M.; Perkins, David R. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Addresses the institutional context, goals, philosophy, external constraints, and assessment implications of the general education program at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Indicates that establishing faculty ownership of the program, anticipating faculty turf battles, making larger external connections, and appropriately restructuring the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Higginbottom, George – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Examines the eight models for general education programming presented in this volume, highlighting patterns found in the articles. Indicates that the programs emphasize communication skills, an appreciation for diversity, technological and mathematical literacy, the development of moral reasoning skills, and the improvement of student critical…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Western Wisconsin Technical Coll., La Crosse. – 1993
This publication consists of two parts: an overview of tech prep in Western Wisconsin and the Tech Prep Strategic Plan for Western Wisconsin. The overview combines reduced-size pages (four to a page) with full-size pages that include the following: the definition of tech prep; legislative mandate; rationale; benefits of tech prep; tech prep…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Smutek, Malinda M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Describes the design, implementation, and assessment of the general education program at Bunker Hill Community College, in Boston, Massachusetts. Indicates that the program is designed to serve as an academic commons where students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds can come together and share common intellectual experiences. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1991
Quality Assurance Program (QAP) integration activities were studied at eight Illinois community and junior colleges. Data collection involved telephone interviews with career deans at the colleges, 11 follow-up site observations, and attendance at a regional vocational education system directors meeting. When classroom observations occurred,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Rosenwasser, Marie E. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Discusses the general education core at Washington State's Shoreline Community College, which includes integrated studies courses and learning communities. Indicates that the college has established general education outcomes that guide the design of a coherent core of study for both academic transfer and vocational students. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Wienk, Micky J. – 1993
Based on experience with the program in South Dakota, this document contains 54 questions and answers about tech prep, the integrated academic-vocational system of education encompassing 2 years of high school and 2 years of college. The guide provides information on such topics as the following: what tech prep is, how Perkins Act funds are used…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance
McLean DeWitt Regional Vocational System, Bloomington, IL. – 1992
Emphasis of the Industrial Tech Prep Projects in Heartland Community College (Illinois) regions was on planning and raising tech prep awareness among school administrators, teachers, counselors, and private industry. To develop industrial technology tech prep associate degree programs, an organizational structure was designed consisting of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, High Schools