This book includes a comprehensive directory of all community colleges and related institutions in Canada as well as a discussion of the history and development of th community college movement in Canada. Data are based on community college presidents' responses to mailed questionnaires, unstructured interviews, and press clippings pertaining to…

Accountability in occupational education is considered in a three stage discussion. First, the use of the terms "occupational education programs,""higher education" and "accountability" are clarified. Second, progress made by higher education accrediting commissions in relating their activities to occupational education programs and institutions…

An initial task in starting a program of community services is to plan to develop and prepare fo offer a program designed to achieve the purposes and goals of the college. The procedures used to analyze the expectations and needs may be as varied as the final programs, but there are certain basic considerations which are common to them all. These…

This review of the literature from higher education concerning compensatory education focuses on those programs and practices that help disadvantaged students enter institutions of higher education as well as those designed to help them succeed once enrolled. Recruitment, admission, and financial aid practices to help disadvantaged students enter…

The first phase of development of the contemporary 2-year college established the transfer or pre-professional goal, the second phase initiated the additional goal of occupationally-oriented education of a post-high school level and the third phase introduced the goal of community service. Ideally the public 2-year college should offer diverse…

Since its inception in 1965 the General Curriculum Program at Forest Park Community College (Missouri) has fluctuated within identifiable limits and evolved from a totally non-credit situation to one of developmental credit that could count as elective units in degree and transfer programs. The program has shifted from a 2-semester to a 1-semester…

Characteristics, experiences, attitudes, and present status of 1968-70 Santa Fe Junior College (SFJC) graduates were determined along with existing differences between those now attending school full-time and those not doing so. A questionnaire was mailed to 1202 graduates; 666 (55%) responded. The results concentrate on four areas: demographic…

Two surveys conducted by the NEA Research Division provide an estimate of faculty load policies and practices in public junior and community colleges. These estimates are presented. (CK)

This report was prepared in part as a response to a State of California legislative mandate calling for evaluation in community colleges. The preparation of evaluative guidelines was the primary goal and that effort was based on four action steps: (1) ascertaining faculty and administrative attitudes locally towards evaluation; (2) performing a…

These papers report the results of seven annual surveys assessing the counselor-counselee ratio in California junior colleges from 1965 to 1971. In determining the ratio, all respondents were asked to include only that portion of a counselor's time devoted to individual and group counseling. So that all colleges were using the same criteria, each…

In an attempt to improve student preparedness for entry into transfer-level freshman English composition, the English department of Long Beach City College (California) inaugurated a new program to improve writing skills. In the past, students who demonstrated a deficiency in their command of English usage, by low achievement on a standardized…

The increasing use of management techniques may be viewed as a beneficial result of the financial problems currently being experienced by many community colleges. The college budget should be goal-oriented and the basis for a good management system. When properly used as a planning technique, the budget can become a vehicle for considering and…

These instructional objectives, written by Ronald Gibson, have been selected from materials used at Golden West College (California). These objectives are offered simply as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to acquire. These objectives may also serve as models for…

These instructional objectives, written by Roy A. Schriver, have been selected from materials used at Golden West College (California). These objectives are offered simply as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to acquire. These objectives may also serve as models…

The data for this report concerning enrollment in California community colleges was collected by the National Center for Educational Statistics, Office of Education, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the fall of 1970. The following data are presented: (1) total number of degree-credit students; (2) resident students…