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Download full textLorenzo, Albert L. – 1989
The Macomb Plan, recently developed by Macomb Community College (MCC), is a delivery system for the final two years of a four-year college degree to be housed in a facility located on a two-year college campus. The plan is designed to meet the unique needs of an adult learner's lifestyle, while approximating most of the elements that make up the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees, College Transfer Students
Connecticut State Board of Trustees for Regional Community Colleges, Hartford. – 1989
This long-range plan was developed to guide the efforts of the community colleges of Connecticut to evaluate and, where necessary, improve the quality of its services in anticipation of coming changes in the economy, the work force, and the student population. Introductory sections describe the purpose of the plan, assert board support, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Abe, Yoshiya, Ed. – 1989
Papers are presented which offer a detailed perspective of the changing state of institutions in the non-university sector in Japan. They are the product of three research projects. The projects were: a group study on the short-cycle higher education; a United States-Japan cooperative study on education; and from the Organization for Economic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administration, Change, College Graduates
John C. Calhoun State Community Coll., Decatur, AL. – 1989
A study identified related skills needed in five diploma programs offered in the Technical Division of John C. Calhoun State Community College in Decatur, Alabama. The programs were automotive technology, refrigeration/air conditioning, electrical technology, design drafting technology, and cosmetology. Thirty-five area businesses and industries…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Hudson, Rochelle; And Others – 1989
The Project for Adult College Education (PACE) is a unique educational delivery system designed to meet the needs of working adults through television courses, conferences, seminars, theme-focused interdisciplinary courses, and team teaching. In March 1989, an evaluation of PACE was conducted in the Los Angeles Community College District, focusing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Nontraditional Education
Macquarie Univ., North Ryde (Australia). Special Education Centre. – 1989
In 1983, New Brunswick Community College-Moncton (NBCCM) was awarded funding to establish a Computer Aided Drafting/Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) resource center to train students and assist industry in researching and adopting CAD/CAM technology. However, inherent constraints in industry and the absorption of college resources by in-house training…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Inplant Programs
Rancho Santiago Community Coll., Santa Ana, CA. – 1988
A summary is provided of the content and outcomes of a workshop on institutional effectiveness conducted by five major California community college associations. Introductory comments by Robert D. Jensen and Julie Slark explain the reasons for the increased interest in educational quality, including the decreasing dollars in the public purse and…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Meha, Arapata T. – 1988
The conceptual model for institutional change presented in this report was developed within the context of the University of Hawaii's Native Hawaiian Vocational Education Project (NHVEP), a systemwide initiative for increasing minority student persistence at community colleges. Chapter 1 discusses the problem of low retention among Native Hawaiian…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Affirmative Action, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Holohan, Ronald J. – 1988
These reports describe and evaluate Illinois Central College's Quality Undergraduate Education for Student Transfers (QUEST) program. The core of the program is to develop in students 15 competencies identified as essential to an educated person: communication skills, mathematics skills, appreciation of physical well-being, understanding of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Gosak, Alice – 1988
In 1988, a longitudinal study was conducted of 1,000 students entering San Jose City College's (SJCC) English as a Second Language (ESL) Program between fall 1982 and spring 1987. Data for the study were collected from randomly selected student information profiles completed by students during ESL placement testing and from student academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Inside English, 1977
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on major instructional, curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field as well as information on the activities of the English Council of the California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC). The Fall 1976,…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College English, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Southwest Virginia Community Coll., Richlands, VA. – 1985
An overview is provided of activities undertaken by Southwest Virginia Community College and the Russell County School System to provide a cost-effective delivery system for education/enrichment opportunities for gifted seniors in rural high schools that lack the "critical mass" to sustain individual on-site programs. The delivery system used an…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Computers
Cary, Penny J.; Sweeney, Kevin F. – 1986
A study examined the need and demand for communication skills for employees in the technical fields for which Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute offers programs of academic preparation. Two members of the Institute's English Department interviewed representatives of organizations that have hired technical program graduates. Further…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Demand, Educational Needs, Electrical Occupations
Boyd, Vivian; And Others – 1987
Full-time, degree-seeking students who transferred to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), in fall 1983 and whose fall semester grade point average (GPA) was less than 2.0 (N=244) were invited to participate in a diagnostic and prescriptive program designed to help them figure out why their grades were low and how to prevent such…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Failure, Academic Persistence
Smith, Marina V. – 1986
A conference workshop for foreign language teachers on improving articulation between high schools and colleges, and the efforts resulting from the articulation in one district, are described by a participant from a community college. The session brought together 30 teachers committed to taking responsibility for colleague cooperation in their…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Case Studies, College Faculty, College School Cooperation
