Understanding organizational growth and maturity, viewing the community college in the same manner as a private enterprise, and orienting to markets and products will help bring strategic techniques into the financial management process. Funds for new ventures will come from reallocation of existing resources based on a sufficiently broad mission…

Provides citations and abstracts for ERIC documents dealing with the use of educational television at community colleges. (DMM)

Describes the Florida Community College Brain Bowl, as a model for recognizing outstanding academic achievement, in a contest in which two competing community college teams answer faculty-prepared questions from various disciplines. (DMM)

Reviews the benefits of self-paced, short-term training programs for community colleges and for adult learners. Identifies the characteristics of competency-based education that should be included in the short-term training. Suggests scheduling and registration/tracking possibilities and underscores the importance of close interaction between…

Discusses the pervasiveness of computers in the world of work and the increasing need for students and teachers to be computer-literate. Describes Spokane Falls Community College's hands-on course, "Desktop Computers," designed to meet the needs of local business by teaching students to use computers and overcome computer phobia. (AYC)

Considers the mission of the community college and concludes that publishing should not be required or expected of community college instructors. (PD)

Discusses the history, functions, and services of community colleges and how the speech communication program and faculty can serve as a critical link between college and community. (PD)

Outlines the eight-step program used at Emanuel County Junior College, Swainsboro, Georgia, to prepare students for the Board of Regents' competency test in reading and writing. (RB)

Presents a self-evaluation instrument for community college boards of trustees and advocates that all trustees consider accountability and self-evaluation as high priorities. (DC)

During collective bargaining negotiations at the Community College of Philadelphia, the board of trustees responded to external agents (i.e., legal counsel and professional negotiators), while ignoring the proposals of the administration. This resulted in stress in the authority system and in a closing-off of some of the available human resources…

Inquiry learning is a teaching/learning method which requires that students utilize the same problem-solving processes as social scientists and historians. A lesson plan illustrating the principles of inquiry learning in social science education is included. (JDS)

Community colleges can provide products as well as services to their communities by going into business as work-and-education institutions. The community college provides the most practical base for teaching people the know-how of work--to provide them with work education. A new type of institution--a hybrid between the workplace and the…

The school-to-work transition problem for community college students can be eased by adopting a college-wide cooperative education model. Staff resistance to change must be overcome through in-service training and incentives for innovators. (JDS)

The need for realistic applications to be included in mathematics courses is stressed. Several general examples of realistic problems are suggested. (DT)