This report examines the status of school desegregation efforts in Southern and Border States immediately before and after the May 1968 U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that school districts must abandon ineffective freedom-of-choice plans. Separate sections devoted to events in each state contain specific detail describing the political, legislative,…

A four semester examination of the 15 most heavily enrolled baccalaureate courses at Oakton Community College (Illinois) for fall, 1975 through spring, 1977, revealed consistently heavy enrollments in the social sciences and general education core courses in communications. Science and math enrollments accounted for less than 15% of the total each…

The purpose of a Capstone Program is to provide an opportunity for an occupationally competent student to complete a baccalaureate degree with no more than two additional years of college. A two-year Capstone Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale was developed in 1972 to provide occupational graduates from community colleges with…

The proceedings of Appalachian State University's (North Carolina) conference on improving instruction in junior colleges are consolidated in this booklet. The following subjects are treated: (1) the role higher education plays in contributing to one's realization of the good life; (2) the need for clearly stated learning objectives and for a…

A 1966 report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights deals with the status of school desegregation standards under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The document reviews the judicial context of the rate and method of desegregation and describes the statement of policies issued by the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Also included are…

Prepared for the National Dissemination Project to suggest ways in which community colleges might better serve the needs of minority and disadvantaged students, this report addresses itself to the problem of community college articulation. Three problem areas of the articulation activities are: the student himself, curriculum and instruction, and…

A voluntary, one-way transfer program of 59 white students from one elementary school to another for the purpose of developing an integrated education program is described. Ways of measuring the effects of the program include interviews with the mothers both parents, and with the teachers at both schools, and questionnaires administered to…

The philosophy, objectives, and design of the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) are discussed. The seven campuses of the CCAF are drawn together around the CCAF administrative functions, which provide a career-oriented institutional context. The primary objective is to integrate the on-duty Air Force technical training and voluntary…

The University of Kentucky Community College System was developed to meet the 3-fold function of providing career-oriented technical programs, pre-baccalaureate education, and adult-continuing education. This descriptive analysis is divided into four sections: Section I on enrollment emphasizes the 17.3%increase in enrollment in the system's 14…

Describes the City University of New York's steps toward improving credit transferability, including the compilation of comprehensive information on the transfer of courses to the system's 10 senior institutions and the formation of faculty-based articulation task forces to address problems in specific liberal arts and sciences disciplines. (DMM)

Describes the development of a comprehensive statewide articulated system for allied health education encompassing all postsecondary college, vocational, proprietary, and hospital-based allied health programs in Kentucky. Discusses the following phases: planning, comparing curricula, articulation review, and developing and negotiating transfer…

Offers an annotated bibliography of recent ERIC documents dealing with articulation, focusing on five areas: national, state, and regional efforts to improve articulation; statewide vocational education articulation; articulation of the liberal arts curriculum; articulation of the vocational curriculum; and articulated health occupations programs.…

Examines recent efforts to smooth the flow of students from community colleges to baccalaureate-granting institutions. Describes a cooperative, multidimensional program involving high schools, community colleges, and four-year institutions in efforts to hone the skills of high school students; improve course and program articulation; and develop…

Discusses admissions policies, retention standards, degree requirements, and transfer credits as they relate to articulation between two- and four-year colleges. Addresses the historical mission of the junior college, the open-door policy, the transition from junior to community colleges, remediation, retention and transfer, and the importance of…

This report discusses the effort put forth by the University of California (UC) at Davis and California's community colleges to reinvigorate and strengthen transfer student academic success. The report offers information on the Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP), Transfer Admission Agreements (TAA), and Transfer Articulation Agreements that exist…