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Mangano, Joseph A.; Corrado, Thomas J. – 1979
The objective of the Meeting Academic Success Needs of Re-Entry Adults Project is to assess information on re-entry adults in two-year colleges. This project description begins by determining the state of the art in lifelong learning, focusing particularly on adult enrollment trends and the purposes of lifelong learning. Secondly, re-entry adult…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Students, College Role, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationEisenberg, Diane U. – 1979
Interest in the humanities is being revitalized at community and junior colleges through community forums and town meetings. The idea of melding the community forum with the humanities was at the heart of a national humanities demonstration program, in which 11 community colleges participated by developing model community forum programs based upon…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Discussion
Pinette, Clayton A., Ed.; Smith, R. Kent, Ed. – 1977
Five articles concerning college reading instruction are included in this special interest journal. Karen L. Pelz, William E. Pelz, and David L. Stritmater present a study of input sequence, exposure, and modality effects on recognition memory, which revealed that students who read assignments and attended lectures performed better on tests on the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Group Experience, Memory
Spear, Barbara E. – 1979
A program for adults with learning disabilities is being conducted at the Educational Testing and Learning Clinic (ETLC) at Orange Coast College (OCC). The program has five components. In order to enroll, the student's basic skill level must be below the eighth grade in reading, spelling, and writing, and below the sixth grade in mathematics. The…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing
Palola, Ernest G.; And Others – 1977
Program Effectiveness and Related Costs (PERC), a comprehensive data management plan developed at Empire State College, is the subject of this explanatory report. Chapter 1 presents the conceptual framework of the program which incorporates data on outcomes, costs, programs, students, and faculty, and also incorporates a "multiple perspectives…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Gray, Eileen – 1975
Information and advice in this guide focuses on the emotional, financial, and academic realities of women returning to school. Chapter One examines the opportunities available today, including such topics as special programs for returning women and the societal factors causing women to return to school. In Chapter Two the decision-making process…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Admission, College Choice, Colleges
Download full textFISHER, GRANT L. – 1967
TWO SURVEYS MADE BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF MEDICINE HAT JUNIOR COLLEGE (MHJC), MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA ARE SUMMARIZED IN THIS REPORT--(1) ADULT INTEREST IN STUDY AT THE COLLEGE AND (2) THE EDUCATIONAL PLANS OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 11 AND 12 IN THE COLLEGE SERVICE AREA. IN THE FIRST STUDY, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO 1,669 INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICINE…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Educational Needs, Evening Programs
Compact, 1968
Volume 2, Issue 3 of "Compact" was designed to point out the problems and potential of vocational-technical education and to offer some suggestions for action. Major content includes: (1) "Education for Twenty-First Century Employment," by Wayne Morse, (2) "Pending Federal Legislation Encourages Vocational Innovation," by Grant Venn, (3)…
Descriptors: Business, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
Blocker, Clyde E. – 1968
The labor force in the 1970's and 1980's will call for proportionately more service workers, clerical personnel, and professional and technical workers. Increasing percentages of women in the labor force will continue during the last half of the 20th century. Implications for junior colleges are inherent in such developments. Along with the demand…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, College Students, Community Colleges
Caudill, Rowlett and Scott, Architects, Houston, TX. – 1968
A concentrated study undertaken by Caudill, Rowlett & Scott, and this report documents the findings and recommends master planning guidelines for an educational park in Anniston, Alabama. The park will encompass the spectrum of education from early school to two years of college. The proposed educational park will profit by the experience of its…
Descriptors: Campuses, Design Requirements, Educational Complexes, Educational Facilities Design
Parsons, Gary L. – 1976
This study examines the faculty workload policy of a community college that makes extensive use of non-traditional, innovative teaching methods. To measure workload, a mathematical equation whose sum was expressed as 100% was designed to include five factors: instructional hours, number of preparations, weekly student contact hours (WSCH), outside…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Computation
Bartos, Michael W. – 1977
Written to "help to improve faculty-board/administration relationships," this report carefully describes the salary negotiation impasse at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in 1975-76. Board and faculty senate actions and reactions are presented in time sequence, as are the subsequent court decisions. Told primarily from the faculty…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges
California Community Coll. Community Services Association. – 1976
This compilation of 25 papers presented at the National Conference on Community Services in the Community College would be useful to anyone seeking to establish or modify a community service program. The authors describe programs and practices at various community colleges and offer recommendations for improving both. Subjects addressed include:…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Services, Conference Reports
Clark Technical Coll., Springfield, OH. – 1977
This manual was designed to provide a communications link between Clark Technical College (Ohio) and its part-time faculty. It is distributed to all part-time teachers as a method of providing them with information on institutional policy, student relations, and college rules and regulations. It includes information on (1) the college (its…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Communication Problems
PDF pending restorationLyman-Viera, Karen A.; Boggs, John – 1976
A socio-economically stratified sample of 368 randomly selected adult women residents of the Chaffey College district were interviewed to determine their demographic characteristics, educational needs and interests, perceived barriers to educational participation, and the adequacy of current college programs to meet the needs of women. Results of…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges
