A study was conducted to investigate the teaching methods valued and used by faculty in Arkansas public higher education institutions at the freshman and sophomore levels. The participants were 336 teachers who responded to a 21 item survey distributed to college teachers in Arkansas. The study sought to collect relevant demographic data and to…

This chapter focuses on issues that community college leaders constantly grapple with to ensure that their graduates are globally educated and able to work and succeed in an independent and complex world. It also describes major obstacles that limit and confine international education and suggests strategies to overcome these obstacles.

A stratified random sample of 538 students at Sauk Valley Community College in Illinois were surveyed in class about their attitudes and behaviors regarding alcohol, sex, and exercise. Study findings included the following: (1) one-half of the respondents indicated that they never read the student newspaper, and 22% that they rarely read it; (2)…

Results of previous studies have demonstrated the prevalence of fear of success (FOS). Originally thought to be a gender-related construct pertaining to women, studies have also found FOS was experienced by men, sometimes even more so than by women. Recent researchers have attributed FOS more to the Bem Sex Role for individuals who are traditional…

Students at Westchester Community College (WCC) are a diverse and often disenfranchised group. To help these students find their own voices, lyric poems are read now and then in a freshman writing course. Initially, lyric poems are read and discussed during the first week of class. Without the fear of reading something incomprehensible, students…

To assess some of the major attributes and activities of the 19,176 students it served in the fall of 1998, Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) in Ohio conducted this study of enrollment trends and student characteristics. Major results included: (1) the fall headcount was CCC's lowest since 1973 and a 28% decline from fall 1993; (2) losses were not…

Algebra students typically pay little attention to choosing appropriate domains, ranges and scales of axes for graphing functions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of introducing an assignment and employing the graphing calculator to examine and alleviate students' difficulties regarding the selection of appropriate domains,…

Designed for community college vocational/technical education teachers and recruiters, this manual recommends several approaches to student recruitment that have proved effective by instructors and recruiters throughout North Carolina. Part I discusses the AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action) recruitment formula, which offers a…

Over-simplified classification of students destroys the people-to-people relationship built on response to real and individual needs which is the purported goal of student services. Policy dilemmas of the community college are tied to the problem of relating traditional higher education to the needs of all the students. (MJK)

This paper discusses briefly the history of personal assessment, presents a comparatively new way to look at college students, and suggests ways in which this approach might be implemented in practice. The Functional Potential Model, the way one demonstrates what he is about, provides a conceptual foundation for understanding his behavior. (Author)

Questions the value of traditional student government at community colleges and suggests several alternatives. Student government, as now conceived, is largely irrelevant to older students, part-time students, married students, and working students. Also, it has no power and is financially and legally dependent upon the administration, which…

Massachusetts' Tougas Amendment, which requires foreign students to pay the "true cost" of their education at the state's public colleges and universities threatens the image of the colleges and their ability to deliver on important aspects of their educational mission. Even at small institutions such as Greenfield Community College…

The Citrus College faculty and staff addressed the problem of lower career aspirations among women by establishing a support group, Citrus Women in Higher Education (CWHE). In addition to group meetings and special programs of interest, the CWHE has developed a mentor program to address the problem of blocked careers faced by women. The goals of…

A profile is provided of the demographic and academic characteristics of over 1.2 million California community college students who were actively enrolled as of the first attendance accounting period in the fall 1986 term. Sections I and II present enrollments by district and college, focusing on number and percent of full-time, part-time, and…

A variety of marketing strategies can be used to maintain and increase community college enrollments. First, marketing research can be conducted to find out about the college's real and perceived image; to get a clearer picture of the lifestyles, attitudes, and interests of its clientele; and to target adult groups who are seeking educational and…