The expansion of the junior and community college movement in the U.S. has created a significant problem for the traditional 4-year colleges and universities. A recent report indicates that there are more than 250,000 students seeking to continue their educations following completion of their junior college curricula, and 4-year colleges do not…

One of the major demands arising out of the movement of the junior college is that of increased space for junior college graduates in baccalaureate awarding institutions. In the state of Texas the 4-year higher education institutions do not have the facilities to accommodate this increasing number of students. Thus, the state is faced with 2…

This study was undertaken to assess the freshman and sophomore curriculum requirements of engineering schools and to develop guidelines to improve junior college pre-engineering curricula. (BB)

The community-oriented colleges and universities have potential to experiment in a dynamic living-learning environment. This alternative system can do more to respond to the needs of a majority of the people than any traditional institution. (Author)

Presents the results of a national survey to determine whether enrollment increases are occurring in lower division or exclusively upper division journalism schools, in accredited and nonaccredited sequences, and in two-year or four-year institutions. (RB)

The concept of differential pricing and its current application in undergraduate education are examined, particularly differentiating tuition by program at the upper-division level. Differential pricing is proposed as a policy that can benefit both students and institutions. (Author/MLW)

During the six-year period from 1963 to 1969, the number of community college students transferring to upper division study in the state university system of Florida increased from 1,933 to 6,694. In the near future it is likely that more than half of the students enrolled in the upper division of the state universities will have a community…

Direct costs of college instruction were assessed by type of institution and type of instructional program (i.e., by discipline). Determining direct costs by level of instruction involves allocation procedures focusing on faculty time. Central tendencies were derived from the results of a large number of studies. Data sources included reports of…

Articulation is the process of meshing the students' previous education, either in terms of credits or in terms of substance of their education, with their baccalaureate program. The problem arises because of the large number of students who attend community and junior colleges and then transfer into baccalaureate programs at a four-year college…

A large-scale reorganization of higher education based on institutional cooperation and specialization is proposed. The first two years of general B.A. equivalent work would be handled by community colleges and then students would transfer to liberal arts colleges with specialized programs. (Author/MLW)

Upper-level institutions of higher education, offering course work at only the junior, senior, and in some cases postgraduate level, are discussed. Two upper-level institutions that are part of the University of Houston system are cited as examples: The University of Houston at Clear Lake City and the University of Houston Victoria Campus. In the…

Theories and facts about the origins, current status, and future of U.S. upper-division colleges are discussed, including expectations met and unmet, enrollment problems, unforseen inadequacies in the curriculum, environment and lack of student life activities, specialized institutions, current college missions, mergers, and institutional change.…

Undergraduate course syllabi on law enforcement, courts-law, corrections, and general criminal justice-criminology were assessed, based on 759 usable submissions from 193 junior, community, and senior colleges and universities. Based on the analysis, a set of syllabi to represent the core of a criminal justice curriculum was constructed. Course…

The state of higher education in Nevada is addressed in 14 papers presented in the "Nevada Public Affairs Review." In addition to considering past, present, and future trends in higher education, comparisons are made to higher education in other states, and the university and community college segments are examined. Contents are as…