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Pickett, Nell Ann – 1979
This paper is intended to give assistance to a teacher teaching a course in technical writing at a two-year college for the first time. It assumes that the technical writing course is a support or service course rather than a course for technical writing majors and that the English department and the college administration want a technical writing…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Instructional Materials, Technical Education, Technical Writing
Download full textBEMIS, HAZEL T. – 1964
AT WORCESTER JUNIOR COLLEGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USE OF A MANUALLY OPERATED PUNCHED CARD SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN (1) SIMPLIFIED REGISTRATION PROCEDURES, (2) QUICK ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS AND PROBLEMS IN CLASS SCHEDULING, (3) READY ACCESS TO STATISTICAL INFORMATION, (4) DIRECTORY INFORMATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF CLASSIFICATIONS, (5) EASY VERIFICATION OF…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Records (Forms), School Registration, Student Records
CAMPBELL, CHARLES E. – 1968
A REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE, VISITS TO NINE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES AND INTERVIEWS WITH ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY MEMBERS WERE THE MEANS OF COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND INNOVATIONS IN THIS INSTRUCTIONAL FIELD. THE HEALTH EDUCATION COURSES IN THE COLLEGES VISITED WERE TAUGHT IN A TRADITIONAL MANNER BY…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Health Education, Instructional Innovation, Teacher Attitudes
BELL, RALPH R. – 1968
MOST OF THE ADVANTAGES GAINED FROM USE OF A COMPUTER ARISE FROM CHANGES IN THE BASIC DESIGN OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM, NOT FROM THE MACHINERY ITSELF. THE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO LEARNING, WHICH IS A CONCOMITANT OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION, IS CHARACTERIZED BY BEHAVIORALLY DEFINED OBJECTIVES, DIAGNOSIS OF THE LEARNER'S STATUS BY MEANS OF…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Systems Approach, Systems Development
BANISTER, RICHARD E. – 1968
THE ROLE OF A JUNIOR COLLEGE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR IN EFFECTING CURRICULAR INNOVATION WAS STUDIED IN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING RATIONALE DEVELOPED FOR THE STUDY. CHANGE OR INNOVATION MAY BE PLANNED OR UNPLANNED, IT MAY BE VOLUNTARY OR FORCED, AND IT MAY ORIGINATE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION. FACTORS AND AGENTS STIMULATING…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Instructional Innovation
Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1968
IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE STATUS OF VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS' SALARIES IN 1967-68, DATA WERE COMPILED IN TABULAR FORM--(1) VIRGINIA MEAN SALARIES FOR VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, (2) PROJECTIONS OF MEAN AND MEDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES IN UNITED STATES PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES, (3) ADMINISTRATIVE SALARY RANGES, MEANS, AND…
Descriptors: Administrators, Presidents, Salaries, Salary Wage Differentials
KINTZER, FREDERICK C. – 1968
THE FLESCH READING EASE FORMULA WAS APPLIED TO SELECTED SECTIONS OF THE 1965-66 FACULTY HANDBOOKS FROM 61 CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA JUNIOR COLLEGES IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WERE WRITTEN IN A STYLE TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPREHENSION. THE HANDBOOK SECTIONS STUDIED WERE (1) INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL, (2) GRADING POLICIES AND…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Guides, Readability, Reading Difficulty
LARSON, ROGER A. – 1968
STUDENTS WHO HAD COMPLETED THE RETAILING PROGRAM IN 1959-61 AND OTHER GROUPS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GENERAL COLLEGE WERE COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE PATTERNS. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT IN HIGH SCHOOL RANK, A COLLEGE APTITUDE TEST, AND AN ENGLISH TEST. IN THE…
Descriptors: Distributive Education, Employment Patterns, Sales Occupations, Student Characteristics
LONG, DEWAIN O. – 1967
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE GENERAL COLLEGE OFFERS A 2-YEAR PROGRAM OF GENERAL EDUCATION TO ANY GRADUATE OF AN ACCREDITED MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL. GENERAL COLLEGE STUDENTS, LIKE OTHER LOWER DIVISION STUDENTS, HAVE ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY'S FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE LIBRARY, CONSIDERED TO BE SUPERIOR TO THE TYPICAL JUNIOR COLLEGE LIBRARY. A STUDY…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Research
Arizona Univ., Tucson. Dept. of English. – 1969
In January 1969, the University of Arizona Department of English was awarded eight fellowships under the Education Professions Development Act. They are for first year graduate students preparing to teach English in junior colleges (or in the lower divisions of a 4-year college); they pay $2400 the first year and $2600 the second, plus $500 a year…
Descriptors: College Faculty, English Instruction, Masters Degrees, Teacher Education
California State Coordinating Council for Higher Education, Sacramento. – 1969
This report updates the January 1967 study of California junior college financing, considering particularly the possibility of the state assuming all operating costs of the system. Using data not available for the earlier study, it is also examines certain new areas. Section I contains the introduction, a summary, and 12 overall recommendations.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Financial Support, State Aid
Sapper, Charles Kenneth – 1966
In spite of the social trust placed in junior college boards, we have no published research on the members' characteristics. Since California has led in setting up a legal basis for junior college growth, this study analyzed certain attributes of the state's trustees. Assumptions were that trustees (1) formulate basic policy, (2) act out of…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Governing Boards, Individual Characteristics, Questionnaires
Fielding, Marvin R. – 1966
This study examined the duties and qualifications of vocational-technical directors and certain aspects of their administration. It was limited to those who gave at least half time to such administration. From questionnaires sent to 479 institutions, 162 subjects were identified. It was found that (1) most came from junior college teaching, most…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Doctoral Dissertations, Technical Education, Two Year Colleges
Tanner, Laurel N.; Tanner, Daniel – 1969
By means of a nationwide survey, this study of teacher aides sought to determine (1) their legal status in the classroom and (2) the distinction between teaching or instruction and non-teaching functions. A questionnaire was sent to the chief state school officer of the 50 states, asking for information on (1) state laws regulating teacher aide…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Role Perception, State Legislation, Surveys
Johnson, Rita – 1969
The phenomenon of resistance to change takes several forms. When and whether it should be challenged or encouraged is discussed here. As anticipation of change from customary habits expectably produces anxiety, resistance is mainly protective. The learner may reveal his resistance to or rejection of a new idea by ignorance, doubt, or merely a…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Learning Processes, Rejection (Psychology), Teaching Methods
