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Duffy, David E. – 1977
A project was designed to develop and implement a cooperative inservice training program between Manchester Community College and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Group, to explore the possibilities of similar contractual agreements, to evaluate inservice training programs for potential awarding of college credit, to identify business and industries…
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, College Credits, Community Colleges, Contracts
Selgas, James W. – 1977
In 1976, a transfer and employment follow-up survey was conducted of 696 Associate of Arts and certificate students who had graduated between December 1974 and August 1975 from Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC). Responses, which were received from 70% of the graduates, indicated that (1) 93% would recommend HACC; (2) 72% were currently…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Employment, Evaluation
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Download full textBender, Louis W., Ed.; Wygal, Benjamin R., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
A broad spectrum of ideas and practices that should enable colleges to reassess and/or develop strategies for relating to the public are included in this sourcebook. Topics include (1) a model for public relations that includes development and internal and external communication; (2) the necessity of the personal involvement of the chief executive…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Legal Problems
Atkins, Karen B. – 1979
A study was conducted in the Allied Health Division (AHD) at Spartanburg Technical College to determine the effects of an Orientation-Advising (O-A) Program on the rate of student attrition. The O-A Program consisted of one all-day orientation and advising session, and individual advising sessions with counselors and faculty members throughout the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Nakamura, Yoshio C. – 1979
This report summarizes data obtained in a questionnaire administered in Fall 1978 to participants in Rio Hondo Junior College Community Services and Noncredit classes, and discusses additional data on costs and enrollments. The objectives for the 1977-78 program are listed; they included increasing enrollment and attendance, surveying participants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Community Colleges, Community Education
Schaier, Barbara T., Ed. – 1979
Some common problems faced by administrators developing tutoring programs in postsecondary education institutions--development of program goals, how to select and train tutors, and evaluating and monitoring program effectiveness--are addressed in this booklet. In the first of four sections, eight articles address the purpose and design of various…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Study Centers, Individual Instruction, Learning Laboratories
Campbell, William E.; Dogoloff, Sylvan A. – 1979
Though the budget of the Community College of Baltimore (CCB) increased 488% from 1967 to 1979, CCB expenditures and tuition rates show a marked decline when adjusted for inflation through the use of the Higher Education Price Index. While CCB expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) student rose from $1,080 in 1967 to a projected $1,896 in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Colleges, Cost Indexes, Educational Finance
Gold, Ben K. – 1979
Los Angeles City College (LACC) catalogs for 1979 and every fifth year preceding 1979 were examined to investigate trends in the numbers and characteristics of faculty during the 50 years of the College's history. Variables included in the study were number of faculty, sex, length of time at the college, and highest degree attained. The study…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Watson, Rollin J. – 1979
The dichotomy perceived in American life between the "man of fact" and the "man of idea" is mirrored in the rift between a college's administration and its faculty. This rift has resulted, on the community college level, in a lack of faculty involvement in planning for continuing education and community service programs. Financial and political…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, College Planning, Community Colleges
McKelvey, Robert; And Others – 1979
About 10% of the approximately 6,000 two-year college mathematics teachers were surveyed to assess their views on graduate training needs in their field. A profile of these teachers revealed that two-thirds were less than 45 years of age, all but 6% held masters degrees, 22% were women, and over 60% had high school teaching experience; typically…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Johnson, Glenn Ross – 1979
The objective of this study was to determine whether there were verbal interaction differences between junior/community college and university settings and among disciplines. Theoretically, student achievement and student attitudes are influenced by the types of verbal interactions taking place within classrooms. Forty-eight different classes…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Interaction
Smith, R. Kent, Ed.; Pinette, Clayton A., Ed. – 1976
Six articles concerning college reading instruction are presented in this special interest journal. Chester Tillman and A. Garr Cranney offer informal guidelines for evaluating commercially produced reading improvement materials in terms of their purpose, educational and psychological factors which affect appropriateness for a class, cost, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Performance Contracts, Program Descriptions, Reading Comprehension
Evans, N. Dean; Neagley, Ross L. – 1973
Designed for trustees, college planners, and teachers and students of administration, this monograph presents a comprehensive approach to the design and development of modern community colleges. Topics covered in this book include: (l) state planning structures and regulation systems for higher education; (2) needs assessment techniques; (3)…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Campus Planning, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Wallace, Angelo – 1977
The chief instructional officers (CIO's) of 751 public comprehensive community colleges were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the skills and competencies necessary for junior college librarians. Respondents were asked to indicate both the desired and actual level of competency of their campus librarians in the areas of: (1) knowledge of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations
YEAGER, ROBERT – 1968
SECTION 280A.1 OF THE CODE OF IOWA DECLARES A STATE POLICY TO ESTABLISH 17 AREAS, IN EACH OF WHICH AN AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OR AN AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAY BE ESTABLISHED TO OFFER, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES--(1) THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE WORK, INCLUDING PREPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, (2) VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, College Faculty, College Planning
