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Download full textClagett, Craig A. – 1988
A collaborative study was conducted by representatives of the Prince George's Chamber of Commerce, the University of Maryland University College, and Prince George's Community College to identify the training and professional development activities most desired by county business leaders. Surveys were mailed to 5,000 of the 15,125 businesses…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Continuing Education, Educational Needs
Manago, Gary H. – 1987
This instructional unit was designed to assist the food services instructor and/or the restaurant manager in training students and/or staff in the proper procedure for serving wines to guests. The lesson plans included in this unit focus on: (1) the different types of wine glasses and their uses; (2) the parts of a wine glass; (3) the proper…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Community Colleges, Food Service, Foods Instruction
Bodino, Angela Adamides – 1988
An argument is put forth for restructuring the community college curriculum around recurring constructs common to all disciplines. First, introductory comments review various perceptions of essential learning, offering support for the position of constructivists and proponents of writing across the curriculum that learning is an activity and a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development
Wright, Calvin E.; Kim, Yungho – 1988
A study compared the training activities of 15 community colleges in two California counties with job training programs offered by private industry (companies and industry-related organizations) in the same two counties. Twenty-four companies (of 94 identified) offering training programs in the areas of electronics/electrical technology and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education, Curriculum
Edmo, Kesley, Jr. – 1987
The All Indian Pueblo Council, Inc., Vocational Education Program provides its student participants with the opportunity to attain an associate degree along with concurrent and related on-the-job training (OJT). Job site training is intended to enable students to learn both basic job skills and the work ethics required in the real-world job…
Descriptors: Accounting, American Indian Education, American Indians, Associate Degrees
Deegan, William L. – 1988
An overview is provided of community college involvement in providing job training for industry on a contract basis. Part 1 provides background on the changing role of community colleges and the introduction of contract training as a means of addressing the growing need of organizations to train and retrain staff. Part 2 offers a national…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Colleges, Contract Training, Economic Development
Gottheil, Susan – 1988
Developed as part of a government-sponsored project to encourage and facilitate the voluntary implementation of affirmative action for women at Vanier College in Montreal, Canada, this report analyzes the current status of female employees at the institution. Chapter I discusses the college's commitment to affirmative action, the problem of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
Smith, Janet D. – 1988
Though community colleges have long been committed to providing equal access and equal opportunity to all persons in their service districts, the need to meet the education and training needs of underserved racial and ethnic minorities in urban communities remains a significant challenge to educational leaders. Several books and reports issued…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College School Cooperation
Nusz, Phyllis Jane – 1987
A study was conducted at Bakersfield College to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the college's organizational structure and to determine to what extent the institution possessed specific elements of organizational climate and campus leadership that research has identified to be vital to educational quality. The survey instrument used to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrators, College Administration
Berg, Ernest H. – 1987
A survey was conducted by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges to assess the impact of accreditation on institutional members of the association. Questionnaires were mailed to the chief executive officers (CEO's) of all public and private two-year colleges in the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Miller, Richard I., Ed. – 1988
This collection of essays by community college administrators and faculty was developed to help administrators initiate better policies and procedures for evaluating students, full- and part-time faculty, administrators, programs, student services, external relations, and the institutions themselves. The volume contains: (1) "The Role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Chabot Coll., Hayward, CA. – 1980
This report of a project to develop curricula for a model program for computerized numerical control in the machine tool technology area begins with a discussion of accessibility in vocational/technical programs. An overview of the laws requiring program accessibility is provided. Problems encountered in program accessibility and their solutions…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Noland, Gary L.; Cass, Monte D. – 1983
Materials are provided on the Statewide Job Placement Service (SJPS) at State Fair Community College, a free school-based job placement service for students and industry. In a booklet on Missouri's SJPS, the plan of its operation is described including placement services, inservice training (workshops and seminar), collecting student follow-up…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Services, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
McCleary, William J. – 1983
The case approach to academic writing requires a student to use subjects in an active way while writing. This approach, appropriate in content courses as well as in composition classes, improves a writer's logic more quickly and effectively than concentrating on logic alone. In the case approach, a student is given a body of information about a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Deduction
Fersh, Seymour, Ed.; Greene, William, Ed. – 1984
Designed to highlight the progress made by community colleges in the United States in the area of international education, this report presents a collection of materials representing various state and institutional initiatives and efforts. Part I contains articles by Hugh Adams and William Greene, and Maxwell King and Seymour Fersh that provide a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, General Education, Global Approach
