This report is a history of Iowa's post-secondary education, outlining various studies, legislation, and possible restructuring of provisions of the existing Iowa Code that might lead to a combination of 2-year junior college education and area vocational education into a single comprehensive institution. The final pattern, however, was the…

The 1968 legislature authorized the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to establish a 2-year junior college for Tulsa County and environs. The Regents' staff began plans that included: a state bond issue ($4 million) to be matched by federal funds; studies of community population trends, socioeconomic trends, site needs, operating budget,…

These articulation agreements have been negotiated so that the junior college student may complete the first two years toward his baccalaureate with courses that meet the requirements of his major. This bulletin merely lists the acceptable courses; details of curricula, course titles, descriptions, or units of credit may be found in the catalogs…

These articulation agreements have been negotiated so that the junior college student may complete the first two years toward his baccalaureate with courses that meet the requirements of his major. This bulletin merely lists the acceptable courses; details of curricula, course titles, descriptions, or units of credit may be found in the catalogs…

Although prepared particularly for students who plan to transfer to Southern Illinois University, these curriculum guides may serve as a model for other 2-year colleges preparing similar material. The document includes evaluation procedures. Evaluation of the student's satisfaction of academic credit and major requirements is part of his…

This survey was a followup of the college experiences and achievements of 4009 second-year students at 29 two-year colleges. Students gave data on their background and plans, participation in non-academic activities, financial and work status, and general satisfaction with the college. Most planned to transfer to a 4-year college. They were…

The 276 students who had completed courses in the high school honors program at Los Angeles City College between Spring 1964 and Fall 1967 were sent a questionnaire in an attempt to determine whether they regarded the experience as valuable, and to solicit suggestions for possible modifications of the program. The 58% who responded answered…

The accomplishments and activities of Project Follow-Through, a system designed to gather data from college students, are reported for the first six months of its development (July 1 through December 31, 1968). The system will gather data from students at three distinct points during their junior college careers: (1) at their initial application…

The Texas concept of higher education is 3-part, each part with a legal relation to the others, each with a specific role, and all interlocking under central coordination. The divisions are community junior colleges, senior colleges with first-level graduate offerings, and universities offering doctorate-level work and graduate education for the…

This second annual directory of in-service training programs was compiled by the Faculty Development Project of the American Association of Junior Colleges in cooperation with the Carnegie Corporation. It covers training workshops and short courses specially designed for professional improvement and refreshment of faculty and instructors at AAJC…

For this third in a series of studies, a 9-item questionnaire was sent to full-time students who had attended one or two semesters in the 1966-67 school year, but had not returned for fall 1967. The responses were correlated with nine items of students' background information; the results are shown in thirteen tables. Among the findings were: (1)…

This follow-up study of the 1963-64 philosophy students at San Bernardino Valley College (California) sought to answer these questions: (1) What kind of student enrolls in philosophy? (2) Is he usually capable of transfer? (3) If he transfers, will he take additional philosophy courses? (4) Is he likely to finish his bachelor's degree? and (5) Why…

This paper deals with science laboratory assignments and physical education activity hours as aspects of the teaching load. The equation of laboratory and lecture hours was on a percentage figure, e.g., a one-to-one value was shown as 100% and two laboratory hours to one lecture hour was 50%. Seventy usable replies (from 79 inquiries) showed an…

This 3-year report on an Educational and Cultural Development Program (ECD) is in four sections: (1) rationale, (2) description of the five subject areas, (3) data evaluation, and (4) recommendations. Three student groups were compared: 156 liberal arts and 393 ECD students for fall 1965 and 561 ECD's for fall 1966. Each subject area showed the…

Letters were sent to 877 junior colleges listed in the American Association of Junior Colleges Directory (1967). Those expected to open in 1968 were included in the mailing. The colleges were asked to send the number of instructional and administrative vacancies they expected for the academic year 1968-69 and the qualifications required of…