Based on a review of the literature on faculty workloads, a ratio of student credit hours per full-time equivalent faculty member is developed at the discipline level. This approach is recommended for use as a departmental loading, not for individual faculty member loading. The procedure involves developing a low point, an average point, and a…

Students receiving certificates and Associate of Arts (A.A.) degrees from Cerritos College in spring 1977 (241 A.A. and 48 certificate students) were asked to take the Comparative Guidance and Placement reading test. Forty-four degree and 8 certificate students complied. The A.A. students averaged a reading grade level of 12.6, had an average age…

THIS DIRECTORY BY PROJECT ARISE (ADULT REFERRAL AND INFORMATION SERVICE IN EDUCATION) OF THE PROVIDENCE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT INDICATES ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, RECREATIONAL PURSUITS, AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND. IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST…

In this attempt to view the approach to adult education in the United States, the dangers and benefits of mingling vocational and non-vocational, credit and noncredit, technical, commercial, and liberal adult education within one institution are presented. Examined also are the status of adult educators within the university, the love of organized…

The National University Extension Association was planning to conduct nine regional training institutes of four weeks each during August, 1966, for 1,060 teacher trainers in adult basic education programs. The institutes were to be operated under Title II B of the Economic Opportunity Act. In this first progress report, information is provided on…

The procedures by which students at John Wood Community College (JWCC) can demonstrate communication abilities and receive credit for Introduction to Speech are detailed. The student desiring credit for the course, initiates the procedure by discussing it with a JWCC staff member who may refer the student to the Dean of Academic Affairs or the…

Since the standard approach to consumer education is based upon the economic situation of the average American and since the degree of American Indian reservation poverty is substantially greater than that of other groups, it is clear that there is a need for Indian oriented consumer education. Based upon a long established credit system.,…

This report covers the headcount enrollment and degrees granted from the State University of New York. The enrollment figures are taken from the fall semester enrollment survey. Degrees granted include all degrees granted over a 12-month period, July 1-June 30. The figures present a profile of enrollment and degrees granted for the State…

This report organizes fall, 1975 registration data for the seven Hawaii community colleges in tabular form. The focus of the report is on faculty workload in terms of the classroom situation: credits and classes taught, student credit hours generated, and class size. There was a general increase in the number of courses, classes, credit hours,…

Certain college policies and procedures in admissions, financial aid, and placement and credit by examination are summarized. Most of the colleges supplied the information on admissions and financial aid in the summer and fall of 1974 for the current edition of "The College Handbook", published by the College Board in September 1975.…

A working group, composed of both faculty and administration representatives from the State Board for Community Colleges and the community colleges, the Board of Trustees for State Colleges, the University of Maryland, and the private institutions, met together over a period of several months to develop the design of the study and the data…

This self-study is divided into five areas: Governance, Organization and Management; Students; Programs; Resources; and Planning for Future Development. Each section is followed by a critical analysis dealing with the strengths of the college as well as certain matters of concern. The board is deeply involved with keeping the curriculum and…

Annual statistics from the 1973-74 annual reports of 399 member institutions of the National Association of Schools of Music are presented. Data are divided to encompass enrollments and degrees awarded, admission and graduation, faculty, administration, operational expenditures, maintenance of equipment, credit hour production, ratios,…

Recipients of veteran benefits at community colleges in Hawaii comprised 24 percent of the spring 1975 enrollees. The proportion varied by campus from 15 percent at Kapiolani to 31 percent at Leeward and Kauai. Veterans differ from the student body as a whole in terms of credit load carried and educational objectives; this may be a result of the…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the credit investigation occupation. The document opens with a brief introduction followed by a job description. The bulk of the document is presented in table form. Four duties are broken down into a…