This working paper is the culmination of a number of meetings of the Task Force on the Community College with people in community colleges and their communities, as well as with people in noncollege communities, to obtain views regarding the nature of community colleges and the functions that they should perform in British Columbia. Special areas…

This report describes the proceedings and results of one part of a research project to determine the educational and public service needs of the service area of KOCE, a public UHF television station owned and operated by the Coast Community College District. Information resulting from meetings of 10 discussion panels--professional and white collar…

As part of a statewide followup study of all students who entered a community college in the fall of 1970, a questionnaire was mailed in April 1974 to the 3,615 students who had entered Montgomery Community College in fall 1970. Twenty percent of the questionnaires were nondeliverable; thus, 2,890 students received the questionnaire, and of these,…

The Senior Citizen Questionnaire was mailed to 779 senior citizens who were members of the Cerritos College Golden Key Club. One hundred sixty-eight or 21.6 percent returned a completed questionnaire. Some of the findings presented were: (1) concerning subject matter areas of importance, "hobby and recreational subjects" was considered…

A questionnaire was sent to the 7 state agency directors, 61 college presidents, and 61 college board chairmen of public two-year colleges that had established statewide agencies since 1968, and had institutional boards in existence prior to the state agency, to determine their perceptions of the changes in the powers and duties of college boards…

A survey was carried out to determine the educational levels, objectives, programs, and areas of interest of women who desired to continue their education. Surveys were distributed to as many women as possible through women's organizations, government agencies, and gatherings of all kinds, and through mailings and responses to advertising and news…

This paper reports the findings of an attempt to identify elements in one community college that influenced teachers' choice of instructional methods and styles. The college studied was an innovative institution, focusing special attention on audio-tutorial instruction (multimedia systems), computer assisted instruction, and instructional…

This report is the sixth in a series covering salary schedules used in 2-year institutions. The salary schedules reported cover 50,640 full-time faculty members, who represent 61.1 percent of the estimated total full-time faculty in 2-year colleges in 1972-73. The data were supplied by the colleges in response to an NEA research questionnaire. The…

This paper provides a critical review of the purposes, current techniques and potential methods for analyzing doctorate and other high-level labor markets. Chapter 1 describes and interprets the doctorate manpower market of the 1960's and early 1970's, as well as the forecasted manpower crisis of the 1970's and early 1980's. Chapter 2 gives a…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) determine the essential elements of foreign student programs as they now exist in Florida community colleges; (2) identify and compare the essential elements of an effective foreign student program as perceived by community college presidents, members of boards of trustees, and foreign student advisors; (3)…

During 1973-74, the World Game was studied as an experiment on a community college campus. World Game is a means of engaging humanity's best intelligence on the situations and problems arising from living on Earth, and it is a means of ensuring that the intelligence and energy of wide ranges of people are engaged in the work. The experiment was…

The impact that voluntary or compulsory enrollment has on the community college student in compensatory education programs needs to be studied. Few, if any, studies have focused specifically on the relationship of volunteer status and the effects of the compensatory programs. The question of whether nonvolunteers can be coerced to enroll in…

Faculties in a number of institutions of higher education utilize collective bargaining agents to represent their interests. Collective bargaining is primarily a community college phenomenon. Of 212 institutions with certified bargaining agents, 150 are 2-year institutions. Motivating factors in choosing the collective bargaining process are: the…

This practicum reviews the history of community influences on the teaching, research, and service functions of higher education in America. It discusses the role of major social institutions on higher education policy and curriculum in carrying out these three major functions. The study reveals a major shift of influence from church to business,…

The results are presented of a survey made to determine the communication patterns by which the area population learned of KOCE (a public UHF television station of the Coast Community College District) during its first year of operation, and how active viewers of the TV station perceived it in terms of desirable and actual service. The survey was…