Describes a Northern Virginia Community College online course that was designed to assist students in learning about the structure of knowledge and the steps in the learning process. Asserts that the ability to understand, control, and direct one's own learning is essential to becoming an effective lifelong learner. Contains 16 references. (NB)

Describes a two-part study involving 125 minority female students, 14 faculty members and 35 textbooks that explored the kinds of images minority students found in their textbooks. Results indicated that the exclusion, omission, or misrepresentation through images directly impacted student learning as well as student career choices. (Contains 12…

Examines the perceptions of instructors and administrators regarding self-directed learning modules for adult and younger students, comparing the modules' perceived effectiveness, benefits, and challenges. Addresses the issue of personal freedom versus the need for focus and guidance, finding that adult learners reported no freedom versus focus…

Argues that quality of life is a vital measure when counseling students to determine their best educational pathways to success. Explains that a student's current life status and his/her projected future are useful tools for making recommendations for development and for instilling motivation. Urges college personnel to actively engage students in…

Recent research indicates that college students who transfer from community colleges are significantly less likely to complete a 4-year college degree than students who begin at 4-year institutions. This paper estimates models of college completion for both types of students. Based on these results, an Oaxaca decomposition indicates that students…

Community college instructional administrators are faced with an increasingly information- and technology-oriented and decentralized environment; a greater role in organizational change and a concomitant failure by colleges to recognize this phenomenon; and an ever-changing need for new skills. An intervention was sought to deal with the problems…

Many students have been taught to analyze, to memorize, and perhaps to synthesize, but few have been encouraged to be creative--a necessity for being truly satisfied, successful, and happy with one's life. To develop creativity, education should focus on an updated version of the 3 R's: Rationale, Reason, and Resourcefulness. Rationale involves…

In March 1984, the first issue of "Esprit," a semi-annual humanities magazine for the 56 two-year colleges in New York State, was published. The magazine seeks to confront the apparent decline of student interest in the humanities, community doubts about the relevance of the humanities, and the seeming indifference to the special truths…

An outline for a beginning typing course which covers introduction to the keyboard and basic typing techniques is presented. Fifty lessons are organized into two levels. General course objectives and student performance objectives are given. Level one (lessons 1-26) emphasizes keyboard learning, technique development, speed building, and control…

An outline for an advanced typing course which emphasizes the development of production typing skills in a variety of business situations is presented. General course objectives and student performance objectives are given. Fifty lessons are organized into levels five and six. (Levels one through four comprise the Typing I and Typing II courses.)…

Women represent 33.3 percent of community college faculties, as compared with 25 percent at four-year colleges and 18.5 percent at universities. The author's personal experience as a community college administrator shows a minimum of discriminatory reactions both at her college and in her many professional relationships. (NHM)

The president of Mount Vernon College (Washington, D.C.) answers a series of questions about the state of private higher education, particularly with regard to colleges that offer two-year programs for women. (NHM)

This annual report of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) discusses trends in community college education and AACJC activities during 1975. Topics include: job education, community education, international connections, veterans assistance, safety and health, Indian interns, the Presidents Academy, and resource…

The relevance and importance of non-modern history is argued for here, and several concrete curriculum suggestions are made to stimulate student interest. (NHM)