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Conrad, Delora P. – 1979
The Student Advancement in Learning (SAIL) project was instituted at Northwest Alabama State Junior College (NASJC) to increase the retention of high risk students through a combination of courses and services in the areas of academic and personal development, career exploration, individual counseling, and financial aid. During the planning stages…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Counseling Services
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1972
This is one of two volumes of papers drawn from the twenty-first annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1971. Focusing on junior college and college reading programs and problems, the 40 papers are arranged into the following categories: designs for programs, special admission students, ethnically different students, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Individualized Programs
Karlen, Janice M. – 1979
A mail survey of the 326 May and August, 1978, Essex Community College (ECC) graduates was conducted from November, 1978, to February, 1979, to collect demographic data, determine employment and educational status and anticipated needs for future services, and solicit evaluations of personnel service programs and the quality of academic…
Descriptors: Age, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
Stalcup, Robert J.; And Others – 1979
The effects of legislation, regulations, and case law on higher education administration is discussed, and projections are offered regarding tenure, collective bargaining, use of legal counsel, affirmative action, academic due process, torts, search and seizure, privacy, and the First Amendment. Ways in which administrators in colleges and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights
Lhota, Robert L. – 1976
A rationale, background information, fundamental theory, and implementation strategies are presented for a staff development model focused around a Teaching Center and designed to include part-time as well as full-time instructors. Limited financial resources and resultant demands for cost-effectiveness are first discussed, demonstrating the…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Collective Bargaining, College Libraries, Community Colleges
South Oklahoma City Junior Coll., OK. – 1979
Of the 14 institutional research projects undertaken at South Oklahoma City Junior College during fiscal year 1979, four are summarized in this compilation which also contains a bibliography on non-traditional education in the two-year college setting. The first report presents, in three tables, a count of classes by time of day for the 1977,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Building Design, Classroom Design, Classrooms
Sanborn, D. H. – 1979
Although the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) are rooted in the tradition of providing transfer education to Chicago's working class youth, the current administrative acceptance of a market-oriented, vocational philosophy has resulted in a decline in general education courses and has jeopardized equal access to higher education. This vocational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Role, Community Colleges
Download full textEdwards, Sandra J. – 1980
The interdisciplinary components of science instruction at two-year colleges are examined as revealed by curriculum offerings in environmental science, integrated science, and the history of science. Part I of the report reviews the literature concerning the rationale, objectives, course content, and instructional methods of interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Objectives
California Univ., Berkeley. Board of Regents. – 1979
The development is described of a master plan to increase the rate of enrollment and retention of minority, women, and handicapped student transfers from the California Community Colleges (CCC) to the University of California (UC) and the California State Universities and Colleges (CSUC). The report first cites the larger proportion of minority…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Rate, Females
Rose, Clare; Nyre, Glenn F. – 1979
Postsecondary education programs available to inmates, wards, and ex-offenders in the State of California are examined in this summary report. Data were collected from five areas: (1) correctional institutions and postsecondary institutions; (2) surveys of inmates, wards, ex-offenders, and employees of correctional institutions and faculty from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Correctional Education
Hall, Lincoln H. – 1968
Freshmen of lower and middle socioeconomic status identified by the W. Lloyd Warner Index of Status Characteristics were studied to determine: (1) differences in the motives, values, attitudes, goals, aspirations, self-concepts, and interests of these two groups; (2) if any of these factors distinguish between nonachievers (GPA below 2.0) of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Freshmen
Shanahan, John J.; And Others – 1977
This document reviews the development of comprehensive community colleges in Michigan and sets forth recommended State Board of Education policies and Michigan Department of Education proposals to support and implement them. Issues addressed include open access, low tuition, geographical barriers, occupational education, general education,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Board of Education Policy, College Role, Community Colleges
Melton, Dale H., Comp. – 1976
Bibliographies of selected career-related articles grouped by subject area are contained in this document. Subject areas included are the following: Science (twenty-five articles), Language Arts (thirty-three articles), Social Studies (eighteen articles), Mathematics (fourteen articles), Physical Education (eight articles), Industrial Arts (eight…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Career Education, Career Guidance
Case, James B.; Edsall, Al – 1974
Since the results of a survey indicated that for the 1971-72 school year, forty-nine vocational teachers in the Nevada secondary school system had less than a baccalaureate degree, and that a large percentage of them had very little assistance in developing and/or learning teaching skills (although they were well prepared in their speciality), an…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements
Selgas, James W. – 1977
In order to ascertain the educational needs of Central Pennsylvania residents, samples of three populations were surveyed: high school students, the adult population, and employers. A stratified random sample of approximately 530 public high school students in each of grades 10, 11, and 12, the entire enrollment of two Area Vocational Technical…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adults, Community Colleges
