This report was designed to aid ongoing development of statewide planning and coordination for Ohio's complex two-year college system. The mission of this system is defined in terms of four areas: Access, Program, Stewardship of Resources, and Institution and the Community. The system is dedicated to the concept of open education with minimal cost…

These tables summarize degrees conferred in both state and private Oklahoma colleges and universities. They cover a period from 1973-75 and compare this period with previous semesters. Included are associate degrees, certificates, bachelors, first professional, and graduate degrees. Tables list students' sex, division of study, and field of study.…

The report describes the implementation and continuation of a family health maintenance program for associate degree nursing students at a community college. Four specific objectives are stated supporting the overall purpose of increasing student awareness of the total health care situation of the family. Implementation of the project, which…

Franklin College and Institute for European Studies is a small two-year liberal arts college in Switzerland dedicated to "the education of a new kind of international citizen for the last quarter of the 20th century." Accordingly, it is designed to spark interest in and concern for the contemporary scene in Europe so that American…

This experiment in attitude modification was undertaken at a community college to: (1) develop a systematic procedure for assessing student attitudes, (2) determine if human relations courses had any effect on student attitudes, and (3) determine if the semantic differential was an effective tool for measuring student attitudes. Full-time students…

Funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity and carried out in Springfield, Massachusetts, during 1965-67, this training project sought to meet employment needs of disadvantaged high school graduates, the shortage of health professionals, and the need to improve and coordinate professional public health services. It combined a half-time,…

This report analyses in depth the various problems facing short-cycle institutions and their place in the system of higher education. Short-cycle institutions offer postsecondary education of shorter duration with strong vocational elements, generally under the nonuniversity sector of higher education. Part one offers a general conceptual…

To provide a new source of manpower for Pennsylvania mental health facilities, a pilot associate degree program for the training of middle-level mental health workers was instituted at the Community College of Philadelphia. Specific objectives were: (1) to test the program's feasibility, (2) to identify skills and attributes required of an…

The Resource Group on Proprietary Schools in Connecticut Postsecondary Education, formed by the Connecticut Commission for Higher Education, studied the 50 private, profit-making schools licensed by the State Board of Education to give vocational instruction. The basis for recommendations made by the group was that proprietary schools be more…

A study was conducted to determine the performance levels of competencies for job entry as a data processing programer. Specifically, the study sought to answer: (1) What tasks are performed by entry level programers? (2) How frequently are these tasks performed? (3) What level of performance is necessary for these tasks? (4) How important are…

A sequential approach to implementing an associate degree nursing program at Mohegan Community College, Norwich, Connecticut, is presented in a conceptual framework. The framework utilizes Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive learning as a guide and incorporates objectives for learning level, sample course, and sample unit. (MF)

Addresses several concerns regarding the identity of the field of engineering technology. Discusses engineering technology from the standpoint of its designation as a discipline, its body of knowledge, its professional status, its academic faculty, and the structure and policies that will allow it the most options for the future. (TW)

Discusses the trends in baccalaureate and doctoral degrees in engineering in the 1986-87 academic year. Lists states and schools awarding the largest number of engineering degrees; degrees by curriculum and type of recipient; engineering degrees by school and degree level; and engineering technology degrees by school and degree level. (CW)

Examines a study of the general education course-taking patterns of graduates and dropouts from degree and certificate occupational programs at a rural community college in Virginia. Indicates that most respondents took general education courses to fulfill degree requirements, with English, mathematics, and economics being the most frequently…

Considers the neglected majority of non-college-bound students who are frequently shunted into general education tracks or "career education" dumping grounds. Advances a broadly based "tech-prep" associate degree program starting junior year that prepares students for technical careers and emphasizes critical thinking skills and lifelong learning.…