The main purpose of this study was to develop predictive expressions for community college curricula, particularly in the vocational areas, that would indicate the probable success of entering freshmen. The study, conducted at San Diego City and San Diego Mesa Colleges during 1967-68, included 2,279 students. The subjects were divided into groups…

Thirty-three division chairmen from community colleges across the United States participated in an August 1970 conference whose purpose was to serve specific personal and interpersonal, group, and instructional systems objectives and to prepare specific guidelines for leadership in improvement of curricula and instruction in community colleges.…

This report focuses on the increasing number of problems clustered around state coordination of academic programs in community colleges. State directors and their staffs are becoming concerned with preventing duplication and ineffectiveness and with positive long-range planning. Data are based on questionnaires mailed to state agencies responsible…

A discussion of disadvantaged students in 2-year colleges concludes that they usually come from minority groups, are underrepresented in institutions of higher education, have little economic support and are characterized by marginal traditional academic qualifications. A number of classification schemes used by social scientists are discussed…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) analyze and categorize legal differences among public 2-year college systems; and (2) analyze selected institutional variables to determine the extent of operational differences among them. For the first purpose, state constitutions and statutes were analyzed; for the second, data were collected by mailed…

This report summarizes results obtained from a questionnaire mailed to 1,023 community college economics departments in the Fall of 1971. The basic objective was to ascertain the extent and type of instructional objective development and practice in community college economic education. The results obtained from this survey provide some indication…

Hypotheses generated from organization theory stated that if the primary responsibilities in decision making shifted in either direction between faculty and administrators, there would be a resultant change in their organizational environment. In this paper six community colleges were analyzed for change in organizational structure after the…

Recently the public has grown increasingly verbal, through its elected representatives, in demanding some evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutions of higher education. This has resulted in tighter restrictions on the educational dollar, causing most administrators to look for ways to become efficient as well as effective in…

In this discussion of enrollment forecasting for community colleges, a new point of view is expressed. Traditional theory characterizes enrollment as a function of history. The historical approach used such methodologies as: (1) cohort, or percentage of survival, (2) curve-fitting, (3) ratio-method, and (4) correlation-analysis. However, the new…

In an effort to identify trends that might be used to improve the future of public junior college education in California, the history of the junior college movement in California is traced. A general survey of the literature is made, along with a detailed review of the addresses and writings of California educational leaders, legislative…

Tallahassee Community College (Florida) can serve as an example of how a student government failed and was successfully resurrected. The initial problem was in adopting rather than adapting the traditional pattern of student government practiced in 4-year institutions. The failure symptoms were: no real authority for student government;…

This directory is a compilation, by subject matter, of self-instructional materials prepared by instructors who are specialists in each field. Where possible, the listings include the author/instructor, the institution, the target population or specific course name, the package's availability, and its number and title. Listings are solicited from…

The role of science division heads in regionally accredited public and private junior colleges was examined in terms of personal data and background; role definition; selection, appointment, and status; general activities and responsibilities; administration; teaching; instructional evaluation; greatest obstacles to effective role fulfillment; and…

The predictive ability of required tests as to grade point averages (GPA) and a survey of students' socio-economic characteristics are reported on in two separate studies from Lake Land College (Illinois). In the first paper a comparative study of required reading and mathematics tests and the American College Test (ACT) as to their ability to…

This report discusses the third year effort of a federally funded program to study the development and implementation of a variety of cooperative arrangements between junior colleges and senior institutions regarding industrial teacher preparation. Three major activities were completed in the first two years of the program: (1) the study of…