Community colleges have four primary resources: income, faculty and staff, the physical plant, and students. This document recommends methods of taking a hard look at the ways in which these resources are and can be utilized. The budgeting structure must be thoroughly examined to determine the extent to which it is flexible and to which it…

If a community college is truly committed to the ideal of individualized learning, it must make a concerted effort to discern the learning style preferences of each student. This document demonstrates that the conceptual framework for such discernment exists in the theory of Educational Sciences, created by Dr. Joseph E. Hill of Oakland Community…

This study focuses on a ten percent random sample of Central YMCA Community College (CYCC) students who started at CYCC between fall 1969 and spring 1972, stayed for at least two semesters, and attempted at least 15 credit or instructional hours of work. Questionnaires were sent to 611 former students; 182 (29.8 percent) of whom returned them.…

In a survey of the nation's nearly 1100 junior colleges, and with a response of nearly 90 percent, the following statistical evidence was derived concerning journalism programs: of the 936 junior colleges responding to the survey, 553 (59%) reported offering some journalism instruction; 207 of these 553 schools (37%) employ a journalism teacher…

Two surveys of the 51 faculty members and the 427 students of Harcum Junior College, made to ascertain their values and perceptions as indicated on the Rokeach Value Survey and The Staff Survey (faculty only), were made and results are compared with those of the faculties and students of three California public community colleges. The results…

As part of a follow-up study of 1971 entrants to Suffolk County Community College, a questionnaire was sent to 717 former full- and part-time students matriculated in associate degree programs to determine whether the students' objectives in attending the college had been achieved. Of those surveyed, 370 responded. Analysis of data obtained from…

This code of student conduct prescribes rules, procedures, rights and responsibilities governing non-academic relationships, academic relationships, and student records for students in the Kentucky system of community colleges. Part I of this code, concerning non-academic relationships, describes the structure, function, role, and scope of…

Teaching in a community college is unique because of the range of student goals, age levels, and backgrounds, which is greater than in most other institutions of higher education. Liberal arts instructors in the community colleges must be able to intelligently digest and rationally order the research of others, not conduct their own research…

This document represents one of a series of continuing reports on student flow in Hawaii community colleges. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of student scores on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT) to academic performance as reflected by grade point averages (GPA). NDRT scores for 1,981 entering students at Leeward…

A questionnaire was administered to 85 Child Development majors at Los Angeles Valley College in the spring of 1976 in order to assess the relationship of career information provided to students in Child Development and the range of vocational options selected. Results showed that the majority of students chose the single career track of nursery…

Offers background on issues related to the testing of disabled students. Reports on a survey about testing accommodation for disabled students provided by California community colleges. Recommends additional ways in which testing practices can be modified to meet the needs of disabled students. (DMM)

A shortened Study Attitudes and Methods Survey (SAMS) was administered to 181 community college students. Four original factors remained in the new version: academic interest--love of learning; study anxiety; manipulation; and alienation toward authority. Academic drive--conformity and study methods were dropped, while facilitative study behaviors…

Differences were studied in the job status, stability, and satisfaction of recent four-year college graduates with varying lengths of attendance at two-year institutions. The administrative and research implications of these results are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Discusses a study of 10,196 Los Rios Community College District students, their characteristics, and reasons for attending and leaving college. Compares first-time students (54.7 percent) with noncompleter and completer lateral transfers (19.2 percent and 7.5 percent) and noncompleter and completer reverse transfers (12 percent and 7.6 percent).…

Examines nature of needs and problems of library use instruction in community college learning resource centers (LRCs) as they relate to students and faculty. Student enrollment, development of LRCs, methods of library use instruction, vocational-technical student instruction, faculty support, and providing for diverse needs are highlighted. Eight…