Discusses the methods and findings of a study of associate degree nursing students' (N=48) knowledge and misconceptions about aging. Reports definite knowledge gaps and the acceptance of several common misconceptions about the elderly. (DMM)

Describes a study of the use of experiential learning coupled with social change agentry among community college students. Compares the participation, attendance, learning retention, satisfaction, and effectiveness of university undergraduates and two-year college students involved in behavioral and child advocacy skills training and case work…

Chronicle of development of career resources centers in community college learning resources centers (LRCs) includes characteristics of community college students, advantages of housing such centers within LRCs, planning process and organization of career resources center, and acquisition of career information in print and media sources and…

Drawing from a review of the literature and a study of 6,000 urban community college students, assesses whether students in college reading and writing courses achieve ability gains in these areas and whether their abilities improve as students advance through the curriculum. (DMM)

Each semester, the College of the Canyons (California) surveys all students enrolled in occupational courses. This information has three primary purposes: (1) the survey results are used in determining funding through the Vocational and Technical Education Act (VTEA); (2) beginning in fall 2000, the College expanded the survey to include students'…

This study aims to quantify progress to the Associate degree. Transcripts of approximately half a class of degree recipients at a large multi-campus urban community college were analyzed to determine total time to degree, both in years elapsed since the first semester of enrollment and in resident semesters completed. A total of 1,581 transcripts…

This book argues that most academically deficient students do not lack talent, but do lack preparation. Nearly half of students entering community colleges are underprepared, and fewer than half gain the competency needed to succeed in college-level courses. Community colleges have the capability to develop these talents for the benefit of the…

This survey, developed by the faculty, program administrators, and Institutional Research and Planning Department of Palomar College in California, addresses employer attitudes regarding their experiences with Palomar graduates. The survey items range from open-ended questions to requests for agreement with a particular statement. Palomar…

This report was prepared for Queensborough Community College/City University of New York, located in Bayside, New York. The report is a summary of national employment statistics and trends in relation to educational attainment. The current economy is driven by jobs that require high levels of knowledge, ease in handling and disseminating…

This Fact Book for Western Iowa Tech Community College (WIT) offers statistics regarding governance; curriculum; demographics for students, staff, and faculty; financial information; and student outcomes. WIT is a publicly supported comprehensive community college serving an area population of 170,000. The Fall 2002 unduplicated credit enrollment…

This research report from Contra Costa Community College District (CCCCD), California, summarizes relevant findings from assessments of the performance of students receiving transfer education, and CCCCD's progress in meeting its Partnership for Excellence (PFE) goals in this area. Findings reported include the following: (1) Student Goal…

Studies investigating academic persistence compose one of the most widely reported areas of research in higher education. Tinto is most often cited in and associated with student persistence research. This paper details the origins of Tinto's theories, as well as subsequent criticisms and reformulations of those fundamental theories. The origins…

Various student development theorists have postulated that the collegiate experience is a strong contributor toward cognitive development in college students. This essay examines Kitchener and King's (1981, 1985) reflective judgment model of cognitive development as both a metacognitive exercise and as a particular skill. The development of…

The Iowa Community College System transmits fall enrollment data to the Department of Education after the 14th day of the fall term start date. Highlights from this fall 2002 report include: (1) the unduplicated credit headcount enrollment of 73,947 demonstrates an increase of 5,157 (7.5%) over the previous year's unduplicated credit headcount of…

This paper discusses service learning, arguing that the pedagogy of service learning offers a framework in which students can remember and apply more of what they learn than in traditional content based and faculty centered curriculum. Service learning strategies recognize that we retain 60% of what we do, 80% of what we do with guided reflection,…