Uses data from a national study on student aid to examine the influence of student subsidies on within-year persistence for nontraditional college-age students enrolled in two-year colleges. Finds that tuition charges had a negative effect on within-year persistence and that student aid subsidies were insufficient to mitigate this effect. (19…

Presents an analysis of the correlation between computerized placement test scores and subsequent academic performance for 74 2-year college students. Finds a low correlation between scores and course pass rates. Suggests that other qualitative measures be employed in addition to computerized testing to assess students. (12 citations) (BCY)

Describes a study investigating differences in self-perception of writing competency among high- and low-apprehensive writers. Suggests that high-apprehensive writers were more likely to have had negative past writing experiences and to believe that writing ability is an innate quality rather than a process requiring a great deal of effort. (27…

Examined how female African Americans worked toward upward social mobility via community college attendance, highlighting the role of interpersonal relationships in the process. A 5-year ethnographic study found that: all kinds of supportive relationships were considered important, unsupportive friends and faculty were generally ignored, and…

Examines whether community college students of differing ethnic backgrounds and enrollment status differed in their perceptions of knowledge gains as a function of their college experience. Reports that full-time students had significantly higher perceptions of gains than did part-time students, and that African-American students perceived higher…

Explores "type 3" online educational discussions, in which instructors create an online learning community (OLC) via a threaded discussion that allows students to collect, evaluate, and create their own learning strategies. States that through the OLC, students construct their own understanding of how learning strategies work. (NB)

While much research has examined how education influences work outcomes, fewer scholars have questioned whether or how school-labor market relationships might influence educational outcomes. With their rising enrollments and growing occupational programs, 2-year colleges are an increasingly important site of the school-to-work transition. Using…

Vietnamese students now enrolled in American high schools incur an extremely special need in English. After being taught subject matter disciplines in Vietnamese for many years, and while English is still a foreign language for them, these students are bound to go through two linguistic processes. First, while reading or sitting through lectures…

This bibliographic essay covers references on collective bargaining from the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (NHM)

Practical steps to passing a bond referendum in these days of economic squeeze are suggested from the successful experience of Coastal Carolina Community College (Jacksonville, North Carolina). (NHM)

Since rural two-year colleges serve large, sparsely populated areas, often with insufficient funding, they must allocate their resources carefully so that their diverse populations can be served most effectively. The abstracts of ERIC documents included here report some of the problems and how they are dealt with. (Author/NHM)

A review of the literature pertaining to the roles and responsibilities of the community college trustee. Of 11 ERIC documents considered, the earliest was written in 1970. (DC)

This article presents abstracts of six representative ERIC documents pertaining to community services in community colleges that reflect current research and thinking on this topic. (DC)

Eugene Ionesco's play "Rhinoceros" is a paradigm of mindlessness in action, of the bizarre, absurd, and sometimes frightening humor of uncritical thinking. A false or presumed cause is dramatized at the very opening of Act I, the first of a string of fallacies braided throughout all three acts. A standard reading of the play holds that…

Designed for students at Austin Community College, these four handouts summarize the major citation formats used today, including a social sciences format (American Psychological Association), a sciences format (Council of Biology Editors), the standard Turabian format, and the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. One side of each handout…