VISITS TO 70 JUNIOR COLLEGES RESULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF A LIST OF 21 FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL IN A BASIC STUDENT PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR ANY JUNIOR COLLEGE, REGARDLESS OF ITS TYPE, SIZE, LOCATION, OR STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. THESE FUNCTIONS MAY BE GROUPED INTO SEVEN MAJOR CATEGORIES--(1) ORIENTATION, INCLUDING PRECOLLEGE INFORMATION, CAREER…

IN ADDITION TO AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF 214 DISSERTATIONS ABOUT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, A SUBJECT INDEX AND AN INDEX OF INSTITUTIONAL SOURCES ARE PROVIDED. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE IN HARD COPY FOR $1.00 FROM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES, 1315 SIXTEENTH ST., NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036. (WO)

THE MAJOR SOURCES ON WHICH THIS NEED SURVEY IS BASED INCLUDE AN ADMINISTRATORS' INFORMATION FORM DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS STUDY, THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DIRECTORY, AND THE EDUCATION DIRECTORY, 1963-64, PART III. THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR NEARLY 3,000 NEW ADMINISTRATORS IN MAJOR POSITIONS OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS, INCLUDING 1,403 PRESIDENTS, 1,507…

This Review describes ways to examine various aspects of community college libraries. Little research has been done on the reasons for success or failure of certain procedures or of certain administrative or organizational forms. The criteria most often used for successful library service in the junior college (size of collection, size of staff,…

Five personality scales, developed without regard to theory, were administered to 96 high school students. The correlations of these scales with four standard measures of academic achievement were compared with personality-achievement correlations from previous studies that used personality scales derived theoretically. These latter correlations…

This bibliography includes 161 entries with particular emphasis on the community-junior college. Major sources of literature include bibliographies prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, and the Center for Development of Community College Education. Nineteen other sources were consulted, including "Dissertation Abstracts"…

This is a series of articles, speeches, and minutes of meetings and seminars held during the 1970 conference of Illinois college students and personnel. The subjects include: student and faculty activism, placement service, guidance service, scholarship, adult and continuing education, articulation, vocational education, junior college-senior…

This series of tables analyzes the enrollment of males, females, and totals of both day and evening classes of two colleges for two semesters. These eleven student characteristics are measured: (1) total students enrolled, (2) age: 21 and under, over 21 years; (3) high school: graduate, non-graduate; (4) goal: transfer, terminal; (5) other college…

This survey to determine perceptions of the community junior college as held by non-education professional people in two Nebraska communities found general agreement regarding the junior college's function and purposes, although the perceptions of the respondents tended to parallel the traditional liberal arts and pre-professional curricular…

This report investigates the degree of faculty-student relationship in the small college. In comparing hours per week of discussion with faculty and with peers, it was found that peer groups exert greater influence on students. The generally negative findings, that there is relatively little dialogue going on between students and faculty, suggest…

This report contains two essays on the extent and import of current research for junior college personnel. Both authors write from the vantage point of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges at the University of California, Los Angeles. After surveying the literature inputs at the Clearinghouse, Cohen concludes that there is a serious lack of…

This report presents a "cookbook" approach to assist any teacher or researcher not familiar with statistics in comparing performance differences between two classes using group medians. Illustrations are provided for comparing group medians in hypothetical situations in several disciplines (English, math, philosophy, political science). (JC)

Faculty orientation usually provides only information on the college's programs; even this modest goal is rarely met. The author looks at orientation as a process of socialization--acquiring attitudes, values, skills, and appropriate social behavior. Besides department and course objectives, college and instructional goals, student…