Describes a study which examined the impact of counselors' clothing on community college students' willingness to discuss personal, academic, and vocational concerns and explored the effectiveness of attire in conveying empathy, warmth, genuineness, and concreteness. Attire appeared to affect students' willingness to discuss their concerns. (AYC)

Reports on a study of older, reentry students. Supplies data concerning faculty attitudes toward reentry and younger students, grade point averages of students taking more than six units, and fear of success among students aged 18-21, 21-30, and 30 and over. (DMM)

Describes a series of projects conducted in the Dallas County Community College District at various stages of a major curriculum review process. Discusses guiding principles that emerged from the process, relating to institutional autonomy, faculty and staff commitment, community support, and high institutional priority for the effort. (AYC)

Argues that diverse student populations represent a challenge and an opportunity for faculty and students to create a single student body and to thus lay the foundation for effective participation in a democracy. Suggests adequate facility arrangement, flexible curricula, and various extracurricular activities to fulfill this goal. (WL)

Reviews the women's rights movement and discusses the evolution of society's attitudes toward women. Discusses the goals and methods of Okaloosa-Walton Junior College Sex Equity Plan, a vocational education program for achieving sex equity. Highlights five major components: education, student recruitment, self-paced, self-directed instruction, job…

Discusses the reluctance of composition students to write about personal subjects in course assignments. Characterizes the "bluffer," the "failer," and the "overachiever" in composition courses. Suggests strategies for: (1) creating a nonthreatening environment; (2) grading on progress, content, and mechanics; and (3) minimizing students' fear of…

A national poll of 337 community college presidents on 39 factors affecting institutional image indicates college student-related factors ranked higher in relative importance than factors usually associated with the public relations office. They include student word-of-mouth, student faculty relationships, and student success after college. (MSE)

Cites instances of community colleges turning away students due to lack of adequate enrollment space, and thus fulfilling their own prophecies of declining enrollments. Calls for a study of the number of, type of, and reasons for students being turned away from community colleges. (CAM)

Examines future changes that may affect community college education. Emphasizes that the community college's expanding role will require formulation of values to facilitate the individual's ability to cope with continual change. Stresses the importance of teaching students to learn and focuses on the changes community colleges must make. (CAM)

Highlights a study to determine which personality traits (e.g., locus of control, academic self-concept, and study habits and attitudes) and biographical characteristics (e.g., age, sex, race, and marital status) of community college and technical institute students correlate significantly with grade point average and academic success. (AYC)

Considers the problems associated with selective admissions into transfer curriculums and the development of broad-scale remedial programs. Urges the teaching of functional literacy in transfer programs, and examines areas where research is needed in order to achieve this goal. (AYC)

Describes a study of 208 community college students to determine reasons given for deciding to withdraw, the relationship of student characteristics to those reasons, and patterns of reenrollment over 1 to 3 years. Discusses the relationship of gender, age, ethnicity, and academic preparedness to persistence. (58 citations) (KRG)

Presents findings from a study of the relationship between the characteristics of 3,762 Connecticut 2-year college students 25 or older and their persistence to 4-year colleges. Reports that students with higher perceptions of social and institutional support and those over 35 were more likely to persist to 4-year institutions. (10 citations) (AJL)

Argues that student emotional awareness influences the way students complete faculty evaluations. States that researchers analyzed 112 questionnaires received from undergraduate males and females; results lend support to the contention that intrinsic emotion-laden factors influence student ratings on evaluative surveys. Makes recommendations for…

Describes the workplace model offered by the Wellness Councils of America (WLECOA) and suggests ways for applying the model to the community college. Wellness is measured in social, physical, occupational, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual terms. Also describes the wellness program at Blue Ridge Community College, North Carolina. (Contains…