Discusses why educators should not rush headlong into creating robotics curricula and suggests methods of establishing meaningful courses. Indicates that the solution to the problem of building a robotic curriculum is to incorporate the three major areas of robotics (design, operations, maintenance) into existing curricula where they best fit. (JN)

Chronicles the North Dakota process in which students entering nursing programs, beginning in 1987, will be required to have baccalaureate degrees for professional nursing practice and associate degrees for technical nursing practice. Discusses how this process came about, the role of the North Dakota Board of Nursing, how changes occurred, public…

As the majority of the graduation class, transfer students are neither being counted into the college graduation rate nor giving entrant institutions positive effect on retention. The study examines 906 students of 2002 transfer cohort in a public four-year institution. The study found the majority of the transfer students were female and white,…

This document describes the Accelerated Associate's Degree Program for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. The program, targeting unemployed LPNs living in San Juan, Puerto Rico, allows students to complete an associate's degree in one year. Fifty-four students enrolled during the first year and 50% of…

Responses to some present difficulties in vocational education. (MU)

Article briefly reviews six community colleges and how they are contributing to the career education movement. (GB)

Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, Mo. received an Education Professions Development Act grant that enabled it to establish a developmental training project for day care and nursery school workers. (Authors)

The investigation is the result of a desire to ascertain the geographic-job mobility of and the relationship between graduates in electronics and drafting design. A number of relationships within and among the mobility factors were identified as well as between the mobility factors and job characteristics. (Author)

Discusses two developments in 1982 serving as encouragement for those fearing that humanities education is being neglected: the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges "Concept Statement on Humanities" and the Associate Degree Research Project, which will redefine the associate degree. (DMM)

Recounts the American Association of Community and Junior College's opposition to a 1978 American Nurses Association resolution requiring the bachelor's degree for nursing licensure. Describes the formation of the Associate Degree Nursing Task Force, outlining its membership, concerns, and projected state forums. Promises final report in fall of…

The private sector offers a variety of entry-level employment opportunities for associate degree holders in recreation and leisure. Eight proposals for discovering these jobs are presented. (JMF)

Discusses the following aspects of associate degrees: which occupations they prepare students for, how to select and prepare for a college program, and where to find information about associate degree programs and careers. (JOW)

A study on attrition compared the social networks of 21 students who left an associate degree program with 21 who remained enrolled. Results indicated significant differences between dropouts and remaining students in age and social network size. (JOW)

Differentiated practice structures the roles and functions of nurses according to education, experience, and competence. Although differentiation has increased staff retention and reduced recruiting costs, improvements in patient care are difficult to prove. (SK)