A guide to support student success in extended orientation courses, freshman seminars, and study skills classes is presented, using exercises such as journal-keeping, stories of 12 people who have mastered specific skills, practical suggestions, and forms and charts. The major topics are: time management, memory, reading, note-taking, test-taking,…

Through a literature review and classroom observations, several variables affecting the quality of education were studied, focusing on processes related to student placement in special education and to instruction after placement. The study found that: (1) A dynamic interaction is needed among the referral, assessment, placement, and instruction…

Observational data were collected on the instructional tasks used by 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 educable mentally retarded, and 30 nonhandicapped). No differences between handicapped and nonhandicapped students were revealed in an analysis of time using each of eight specific tasks…

Designed to convey timely, accurate, and comparative information about the system of community colleges in Florida, this factbook provides descriptive and statistical data on enrollment trends, college personnel, educational finances, and governance. The report opens with a brief historical overview of the state system from its beginnings in 1933…

This collective bargaining agreement between the Area Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District One and the District One Vocational, Technical Teachers' Association establishes management, faculty, and union rights and terms of employment for July 1985 to June 1986. The 12 articles in the agreement set forth provisions related…

The collective bargaining agreement between Antelope Valley Community College and the Antelope Valley College Faculty Association outlines the terms of employment for all full- and part-time certificated employees of the District, covering the period from June 1988 to June 1990. The articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1)…

This collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Directors of the Iowa Valley Community College District and the Iowa Valley Community College Education Association outlines the terms of employment for all faculty, librarians, and counselors and certain other professional staff at Marshalltown and Ellsworth Community Colleges. The 13…

This collective bargaining agreement between the faculty unit of the Coast Federation of Employees and Coast Community College District establishes conditions of employment for all full-time certificated employees of the district. The articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1) union recognition; (2) definitions; (3) the…

This collective bargaining agreement between Foothill-De Anza Community College District and the Foothill-De Anza Faculty Association establishes conditions of employment for all non-management certificated employees in the District. The articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1) definitions of terms and the scope of the…

The purpose of the conference summarized here was to provide a multidisciplinary examination of the critical service needs of youth who are profoundly/multiply handicapped with deaf-blindness and who are old enough to be leaving the education system, and to recommend strategies for providing high quality comprehensive transition services for the…

Data on Alabama colleges and universities for the 1987-88 academic year are presented. Information for most institutions, includes the following: the year of founding, mailing address and telephone numbers, president's name, fall headcount and full-time-equivalent enrollments (for 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987), tuition for in-state and out-of-state…

At Miami-Dade Community College's South Campus (SC), the Transition Center (TC) provides special advisement services for older students returning to school. In fall 1987, a study was conducted to develop a profile of the students served by the center and compare them with other South Campus students. Study findings, based on academic and…

Basic facts of collegiate life, key elements for scholastic success, and sources of help are described to assist students. Special strategies that are needed to make it through college are explained, based on approaches that have worked for many students as well as the recommendations of teachers and counselors. Attention is directed to: reasons…

Statistical data on Pennsylvania higher education faculty and staff for 1982-1983 and previous years are presented. Tables provide the following information: mean salaries of full-time instructional faculty employed on a 9-month contract for selected ranks by type of institutional control and by selected institutional categories, 1973-1974 through…

The 1982 salaries of male and female faculty members holding doctorate degrees at the University of Maryland, College Park, were compared as an extension of a 1981 study. All full-time instructional and research faculty at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor were assessed. Attention was focused on differences that exist between…