Financial incentives are an important and vastly underutilized means of improving the rate at which two-year college students transfer to four-year institutions. The increased cost of tuition at a four-year institution can be a serious financial obstacle to the transfer student. One way to alleviate this might be to provide more financial aid to…

An overview is provided in this three-part final report of a project designed to disseminate information to assist California high schools, Regional Occupation Programs, and colleges in developing and strengthening 2+2+2 programs. Part I reviews the following project objectives: (1) hire a project coordinator and technical assistant; (2) develop a…

The status and future of academic advising is examined in this American College Testing Program (ACT) monograph, providing an in-depth look at the topics consistently viewed as critical to the success of advising programs. In chapter 1, Wesley R. Habley introduces the monograph by examining the trends in advising over the past 15 years, focusing…

The "funding gap" in public higher education in California represents the difference between state appropriations and the amount needed to fully support each segment's educational mission. This report identifies and defines the funding gap for the California Community Colleges (CCC); measures the consequences of this gap on program…

This learning module for a postsecondary electronics course in solid state circuits is designed to help teachers lead students through electronics troubleshooting. The module is intended to be used for a second-semester technical college course for electromechanical technology majors. The module introduces students to semiconductor devices and…

In response to the change in the provincial economy from natural-resource-based industries to service-oriented industries, Vancouver Community College (VCC) in British Columbia (BC) conducted an environmental scan of the social and economic trends in the college's service region that will most likely affect prospective students' educational and…

Burlington County College in New Jersey has integrated Interactive Videodisc Technology (IVT) into several of its programs, beginning with the college's nursing program. IVT, at its highest level, is a merging of a laser disc player, a personal computer, computer software, and a qualified instructor, designed to bring to students a new dimension…

In 1991, staff at the Business Resource Center (BRC) at Tacoma Community College, in Washington, began to reevaluate their approach to serving students. Up to that point, the BRC had been teacher centered, with staff operating under the assumptions that only the students who succeeded were actually "college material," that students would cheat if…

This document presents funding proposals from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for 1993-94. A cover letter states that certain conditions should apply before the recommended improvements in the allocation of scarce education resources take place: that the distribution of funds between the broad sectors of education remain as in previous…

The Meridian Partnership is a cooperative program established in 1992 by Meridian Community College (MCC), in Mississippi, and Peavey Electronics Corporation to provide expanded workplace literacy instruction to Peavey employees and to perform job analyses to develop customized mathematics and reading courseware. Hardware, software, classroom…

This document reports data on full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment and student semester credit hour (SSCH) production in Arkansas' state higher education institutions for 1987-88 in 7 figures and 29 tables. Data on FTE enrollment show it rose 2 percent over the previous year, the second consecutive increase in FTE enrollment with most of the…

This publication reports full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment and student semester credit hour (SSCH) production in Arkansas' state higher education institutions for 1988-89 in 9 figures and 29 tables. Data on FTE enrollment show it rose 3.9 percent over the previous year, the third consecutive increase in FTE enrollment with most of the change…

Designed as a forum for the discussion of the community college curriculum and transfer function, this volume traces the scope of the curriculum, transfer rates, and the relationship between the two. The following 10 chapters are included: (1) "All Access Is Not Equal: The Need for Collegiate Education in Community Colleges," by Judith S. Eaton;…

The Bell High at Harbor Program is a cooperative effort between Bell High School and Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) in which, each year, approximately 120 Bell students complete the ninth grade on the LAHC campus. Students participate in a traditional ninth grade curriculum and concurrently enroll in two college courses per semester. The…

This handbook is a description of a Title VII Family Literacy Project implemented through El Paso Community College Literacy Programs in the El Paso, Texas area. The perspective is that literacy education in culturally and linguistically diverse areas must be an evolving, developmental process. The intergenerational Family Initiative for English…