This is the nineteenth publication of a comprehensive data book by the Illinois Community College Board. It contains annual data for fiscal year 1999 and fall term data for 1999 (fiscal year 2000). This publication provides information about students, faculty and staff, annual enrollment and completion, operating finances, and capital…

This paper considers the student population in the two year college, their problems, and the factors affecting their success. Stress, among these students, takes all kinds of different forms and is derived from all kinds of different sources. Today's students live in a world of casual isolation and anonymity; they do not have the family ties that…

The American Association of Junior Colleges, at its ninth annual meeting at Fort Worth, Texas, December 3-5, 1928, voted to request for a publication of a complete bibliography on the junior college. It was felt that the junior college, this new and vigorous movement in American education, was rapidly developing an extensive literature which…

The data indicate that the majority of students who transfer from four year colleges to two year colleges plan to continue their education toward a four year college degree. They benefit from the transfer by more realistic vocational goals and greater satisfaction and academic success in the new college environment. (Author/BY)

The authors call for the development of innovative programs which will meet student needs while facilities are limited as well as the planning of new programs which can be implemented when facilities become available. (Author)

Reviews the development of the transfer function in California community colleges, supplying data confirming that community colleges function not only as career, community, and compensatory education centers, but as institutions in which students desiring baccalaureate degrees matriculate, albeit differently from a generation ago. (DMM)

Describes a study which examined the impact of counselors' clothing on community college students' willingness to discuss personal, academic, and vocational concerns and explored the effectiveness of attire in conveying empathy, warmth, genuineness, and concreteness. Attire appeared to affect students' willingness to discuss their concerns. (AYC)

Reports on a study of older, reentry students. Supplies data concerning faculty attitudes toward reentry and younger students, grade point averages of students taking more than six units, and fear of success among students aged 18-21, 21-30, and 30 and over. (DMM)

Describes a series of projects conducted in the Dallas County Community College District at various stages of a major curriculum review process. Discusses guiding principles that emerged from the process, relating to institutional autonomy, faculty and staff commitment, community support, and high institutional priority for the effort. (AYC)

Argues that diverse student populations represent a challenge and an opportunity for faculty and students to create a single student body and to thus lay the foundation for effective participation in a democracy. Suggests adequate facility arrangement, flexible curricula, and various extracurricular activities to fulfill this goal. (WL)

Discusses the reluctance of composition students to write about personal subjects in course assignments. Characterizes the "bluffer," the "failer," and the "overachiever" in composition courses. Suggests strategies for: (1) creating a nonthreatening environment; (2) grading on progress, content, and mechanics; and (3) minimizing students' fear of…

Cites instances of community colleges turning away students due to lack of adequate enrollment space, and thus fulfilling their own prophecies of declining enrollments. Calls for a study of the number of, type of, and reasons for students being turned away from community colleges. (CAM)

Examines future changes that may affect community college education. Emphasizes that the community college's expanding role will require formulation of values to facilitate the individual's ability to cope with continual change. Stresses the importance of teaching students to learn and focuses on the changes community colleges must make. (CAM)

Highlights a study to determine which personality traits (e.g., locus of control, academic self-concept, and study habits and attitudes) and biographical characteristics (e.g., age, sex, race, and marital status) of community college and technical institute students correlate significantly with grade point average and academic success. (AYC)