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New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. – 1977
Two hundred representatives from the community, special interest groups, and the educational field cooperated in writing a preliminary state plan for career education focusing on the following problems: high unemployment rate of society's untrained youth, the diminished ability of the job market to absorb unskilled workers, lack of trained persons…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Mateo, Maria Luisa; And Others – 1977
A retention study was conducted at Los Angeles Harbor College focused on the fall 1976 and spring 1977 students who indicated a natural language other than English (NLOE). A program participant group, formed of 169 volunteer NLOE students, were enrolled in a bilingual vocational program developed in five discipline areas, using the Spanish, Samoan…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Beyerl, Merrill C.; And Others – 1974
This report presents the findings and recommendations of a review of the student personnel services program at Triton College (Illinois), conducted by a team from the Consulting Service of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The report briefly describes the college and its administration and suggests a reorganization of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Admission, Counseling Services, Counselors
Dennison, John D.; And Others – 1975
This document provides an overview and summary of the findings of 14 separate studies conducted as part of a project to evaluate the impact of the nine British Columbia community colleges with respect to students, the higher education system, and the community at large. In the course of the four-year project, data were gathered on academic ability…
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Faculty, Community Benefits, Community Study
Perelle, Ira B. – 1975
This study examines student outcomes in the seven curriculum programs (chemical technology, dental hygiene, dental laboratory, medical laboratory, nursing, opthalmic dispensing, and radiologic technology) of the Division of Allied Health and Natural Sciences at New York City Community College. The following variables are examined: student…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Followup Studies
Reyes, Roberto – 1975
El Paso Community College (Texas), a task force school in the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning project, is experimenting with a sponsored experiential learning system. An important requisite for a valid sponsored experiential learning program is an articulation agreement between El Paso Community based agencies and the college. The…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Communication Problems, Community Colleges, Community Education
Riggle, G. Thomas, II – 1975
Since 1970, the developmental mathematics program at the Metropolitan Campus of Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) has consisted of three courses of individualized instruction. A pretest is given to determine proper course placement and all modular units are accompanied by regular lectures. This practicum was designed to determine the attitudes,…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developmental Programs
Clay, Diana, Comp. – 1974
This 19th annual college enrollment report published by the Kentucky Council on Public Higher Education includes statistical data from all accredited independent (private) and public institutions of higher education in Kentucky. A summary of statistical data indicated: (1) The 29 Kentucky public and private colleges and universities accredited by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
Sylves, David – 1974
A study was conducted at eight two-year colleges in Western and Central New York to investigate methods by which the State University College at Buffalo might be of assistance to the two-year colleges, by designing inservice courses, or if needed, preservice programs for faculty members of those institutions. Six hundred fifty-six faculty members,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Educational Needs, Inservice Teacher Education
Harris, Norman C. – University Innovator, 1975
This article reports on five of the most important issues confronting community college presidents in the 1970's. (1) Finance and Control: the centralization caused by state and federal financing and control conflicts with the colleges' current commitment to serving local needs; furthermore, decreasing public enthusiasm for higher education as a…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Career Education, Collective Bargaining
Gollattscheck, James F. – 1975
The following descriptive characteristics form the groundwork for a working definition of the concept of community-based education: (1) access to all; (2) continuous service to the learner throughout his life; (3) values and priorities based on the needs of the people; (4) recognition of the market; (5) flexibility; and (6) performance…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Services
Konrad, Abram G. – 1974
The governance of community colleges in western Canada is increasingly influenced by the activities of federal and regional agencies, provincial legislatures, professional and trade associations, and advisory committees. Decision-making is increasingly centralized so that programs are standardized, procedures are routinized, and colleges lack…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Centralization, Collective Bargaining, Decision Making
Bender, Louis W.; And Others – 1975
This report provides an analysis of the evolution of cooperative education within an historical-educational context. Chapter 1 reviews past definitions of cooperative education and presents the following definitional framework for the concept: "Cooperative Education is a postsecondary work experience program designed to produce academic, career…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Economic Factors
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. Inst. for Higher Educational Opportunity. – 1969
Contracted by the Select Council on Post-High School Education in Florida with the Southern Regional Education Board, this study was designed to provide information and observations which the Council could use in formulating suggestions and recommendations for the special post-high school educational needs of Negro students. The issues to which…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Students
Anzalone, J. S., Ed. – 1970
This report presents the papers and summarizes the group discussions of a workshop aimed at alleviating the problems of higher education access for large numbers of black and disadvantaged young people. The workshop brought together approximately 75 Mississippi school counselors and other participants for group sessions. The counselors, black and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission, Counseling Services
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