This study compares two groups--Bronx Community College graduates who went, as juniors, to City College of New York and to Hunter (Bronx) in September 1965 and 60 native juniors at the same two upper-division colleges. At CCNY there was a slight difference in graduation rate between transfers and natives; at Hunter (Bronx), there was none. Of the…

Pre- and in-service training of junior college administrators and teachers should be planned, directed, staffed, and administered by the junior college movement. Elements essential to such an institutional school are (1) the unique role of the junior college, (2) learning theory and teaching practices, (3) curriculum goals, (4) student affect, (5)…

This bibliography on junior college libraries incorporates approximately 750 titles of both published and unpublished material. Although materials on library technician programs are included, materials on audio-visual programs are generally excluded. A list of ten organizations that would be useful in planning a comprehensive junior college…

This manual was prepared to help trustees of North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes discharge their duties and responsibilities. The information concerns rewards and opportunities of trustees, standards and evaluative criteria for trustees, the law, and board meetings. It is useful to presidents, administrative staff, and…

This report details the extent of adoption of specific instructional innovations in the community colleges of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. In summer 1968, questionnaires were sent to 49 colleges; 45 responded. They were asked to give information on 82 items labelled innovative in the literature and to add any…

Reporting on 162 second-chance students, the investigator found that 36% succeeded in the junior college, that most of the successful ones did not come directly to the junior college after dismissal from the first institution, that high school class rank was the best single indicator of success of second-chance students, that the grade point…

This report summarizes the results of an instructor-rating scale, which was distributed to students at a California junior college. Reported are individual instructor's average scores on seventeen items, the individual instructor's average score on all of the items rated, the overall instructor's average score on each item, and the overall…

This study attempted to discover how well practitioners and specialists feel the community college is providing life-science education for all of its constituency. It compared opinions of 218 administrators and instructors of public and private junior and senior colleges concerning what they thought should be taught. The information was taken from…

This study reports findings related to student attrition in 13 colleges. Several tests, such as The Omnibus Personality Inventory, were used to determine the personality characteristics of students who leave college prior to graduation. Included in the findings are: (1) peers and parents rank high in the help asked for and received, with the…

This report gives guidelines for the organization of institutional research in the community junior college. They include the use of an overall systems approach to data needs and handling; the need for adequate financing; the need for faculty and administrative participation in planning, design, and conduct of research projects; and the…

This study reports the subsequent achievement of junior college students taking guided studies courses. Relationships between ACT scores, grades earned in guided studies courses, and subsequent success in college courses were examined. English 101, Communications 131, and Social Science 131 were selected as criterion courses, but the lack of…

This institutional self-study, prepared as an application for accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, may serve as a model for others making similar application. Introductory material includes a model of the new campus; names of trustees, administrators, state regents, and committee members; and a preface…

Preparation of teachers for the junior college, which is the fastest growing segment of American higher education, was the topic of the second Missouri Valley Conference. Roger H. Garrison reported that the evolving status of the junior college locates the junior college teacher's position between the high school teacher and the college professor,…

This report presents a model for effective organization of the curriculum. Typical curriculum patterns are examined and deficiences suggested: the hierarchical organization of the disciplines bears little relationship to student needs; departmental structures serve to divide faculty members and inhibit cooperation. It is suggested that a…

The intent of the conference was to (1) assemble the student personnel workers of Maryland junior colleges, (2) evaluate and update professional information, both local and nationwide, (3) disseminate information through small-group interaction and mass media, (4) develop a detailed follow-up survey and study of student personnel departments in…