Details a number of strategies community colleges can use to deal with the high costs of educational technology, including partnerships with business/industry; computer networks such as BITNET and INTERNET; philanthropic foundations; and working with companies attempting to establish a market for new products. Offers examples of successful…

Reviews important factors in designing and implementing an evaluation program for academic advising, reviewing specific performance criteria for individual advisors and for program effectiveness. Describes an evaluation model utilizing a five-year review, annual telephone surveys, and monthly written evaluations. Suggests mechanisms for…

Advocates interorganizational communication between church, fraternal, and cultural organizations to recruit illiterate adults to rural community colleges. Discusses a recruitment strategy at Carteret Community College (North Carolina) which included research on employee participation in community organizations and informal socials with leaders of…

Describes a federally funded peer mentoring project for faculty development at a rural two-year college. Presents three case studies of mentoring within a division, across divisions, and interdisciplinary mentoring. Includes mentor and mentoree narratives. Offers suggestions on initiating and structuring peer mentor projects, and describes…

Describes a study of the interorganizational arrangements involving community colleges that result in exemplary job training and job creation outcomes. Applies a case study approach and a hypothesized model of the linkages between population, industry, and occupational characteristics; and workplace and marketplace conditions to analyze five…

Describes the evolution of Stetson University's More Effective Teaching Program (MET) from a writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) faculty development program to a voluntary collaborative learning and teaching project. Focuses on the grassroots work of a faculty committee to design and maintain the research-based program. (DMM)

Describes a microcomputer-based program of assessment and instruction in language arts incorporated into the developmental curriculum at four colleges. Discusses the instructional value of assessment. Describes three different implementation modes. Finds a climate for experimentation, a program champion, an implementation team, and organizational…

Reports on a survey conducted to determine whether two-year colleges are prepared to meet commerce/industrial needs for a more sophisticated and globally competitive workforce. Presents findings related to the internationalization of occupational curricula, short-term training and services, the characteristics of heavily involved colleges, and the…

Describes the growing involvement of U.S. two-year colleges in establishing programs abroad to enable foreign students to complete one or two years of college-level work in their home country before transferring to U.S. universities. Highlights the activities of several community colleges in the Pacific Rim. Identifies conditions basic to future…

Describes how two Queensborough Community College reading faculty staged a debate for developmental students to illustrate the connections between reading, writing, and critical thinking; and to encourage students to critically question and evaluate what they read and hear. Details follow-up writing and group assignments, including a student…

Describes the Georgia Instructor Academy, established to enhance the quality of Georgia's postsecondary technical teachers through technical training and professional development. Discusses the development of program standards and curriculum guides by Georgia's Board of Technical and Adult Education, the Technical Education: Guaranteed program,…

Describes a study documenting the planning and implementation processes of 17 Tech Prep consortia in a Midwest state. Discusses the processes used by local consortia in initiating Tech Prep, the roles and responsibilities of Tech Prep leaders, and their perceptions about specific strategies that contributed to the establishment of successful…

Examines the following five teaching techniques that have strong motivational value: (1) study groups, (2) group projects, (3) sharing information, (4) computer-assisted instruction, and (5) field trips. (PR)

Argues that institutional effectiveness is a multidimensional construct that varies according to the perspective of the stakeholder. Identifies core effectiveness indicators derived from a survey given to a wide range of college staff in three key areas: student outcomes, institutional processes, and fiscal and human resources. Contains four data…

Traces the evolution of the Florida Community College System as it exists today--a merger between formerly segregated African American and White junior colleges. Recounts the historical development of the 12 African American two-year colleges, established to provide African Americans with equal access to higher educational opportunities. (VWC)