Examines enrollment trends among foreign college students and the financial problems faced by many. Considers the effects of the slow transfer of foreign exchange and inadequate and interrupted funds from home. Describes Manhattan Community College's (NY) financial aid programs. Discusses financial aid fraud and policies to discourage it. (DMM)

Suggests ways that teachers can identify students with mild learning problems, determine the assistance the students require, and alter their own teaching style to accommodate the students' learning needs. Recommends instructional techniques to address poor organizational skills, poor writing skills, long- or short-term memory problems, and…

Considers various perspectives on leadership, types of leaders, and leadership styles. Proposes a program for leadership development in community colleges consisting of a broad liberal arts education, various forms of group activity, and community involvement. Stresses the importance of helping young people discover their capacity to lead. (AYC)

Describes a study using two open-ended, in-class surveys to determine the reasons students gave for missing social science classes. The five most important reasons given were "I was sick,""I needed to prepare for a test/assignment in another class,""I was tired/sleepy," and "I overslept." (DMM)

Discusses the method, procedures, and results of a survey concerning the role and responsibilities of two-year college coordinators of services to handicapped students. Identifies the types of students served, services and information provided, sources of program funding, and appropriate capacities for offices of handicapped services. (CBC)

Presents the methods and findings of a study of factors affecting Hispanic students' ability to achieve their educational objectives within the community college. Examines sociographic, involvement, satisfaction, and commitment variables; positive or negative reasons for withdrawal; and variables related to students' employment and attainment of…

Reports on a study of the relationships between student ratings of full-time community college instructors teaching in university transfer programs and the instructors' pedagogical training, subject-matter preparation in teaching field, and length of teaching experience. Indicates that students gave higher ratings to teachers with pedagogical…

Describes a study to determine whether a measurable change in students' perceptions of the meaning of the word "writing" occurred during a 10-week writing course as assessed by a semantic differential administered to students in developmental and regular freshman English courses. (DMM)

Examined influences on perceptions of counselor credibility in 127 Mexican American community college students who responded to written and tape recorded counselor information, and completed the Counselor Effectiveness Rating Scale. Results showed attitude similarity rather than ethnicity influenced students' perceptions. (JAC)

Highlights the distribution of financial aid among college students and types of postsecondary institutions. Finds a pronounced increase in the number of financial aid awards going to older financially independent students with a concomitant decrease in awards to younger dependent students. (AYC)

Nontraditional students are identified as evening students, older adults, part-time students, blue-collar workers, the handicapped, etc. Two reasons to attract nontraditional students are money and mission. The challenge is to develop the unreached and not-yet-served students. (MLW)

This theoretical analysis articulates verbal rule properties and use implications, describes an empirical study examining characteristics of problem solving performance when verbal rules are instructed as a problem solving method, and discusses role of verbal rules in problem solving and implications for learning procedural skills. (MBR)

Argues that older, nontraditional students, rather than ill-prepared recent high school graduates, are currently the primary beneficiaries of community college open admissions. Feels this shift refutes many of the criticisms currently launched against open admissions. Finds open enrollment policies necessary to the concept of lifelong learning.…

Examines changes at an urban public community college in the Southeast resulting from confrontations with and responses to demands for increased efficiency in the use of faculty resources. Considers various dimensions of efficiency by divisions and for the college as a whole. (DMM)

The fate of community college counseling will be determined not only by budget retrenchment, but also by the actions of counselors themselves. Rather than attempting to do more with less, counselors should analyze student needs and make priority decisions about what can be done within available resources. (AYC)