Presents results from a study of clients/survivors of the mental health system enrolled in a supported education program at George Brown College (Ontario). Finds that students were older than average college students, indicating that illness had interrupted their education, while 57.4% had 5 years or less employment experience. (19 citations) (BCY)

Describes the Ontario college system's Prior Learning Assessment program for adult learners, focusing on outcomes and characteristics of students completing the process at Seneca College from April 1994 to February 1995. Indicates that of 77 participants, 46 were female, the mean age was 31, and 81% passed the process successfully. (BCY)

Describes a study of 3,000 department heads at U.S. community colleges to determine their perceptions of their responsibility to offer student services at the department level. Indicates that scheduling classes, responding to student interests, and integrating computers into instruction were rated highly, while emphasizing transfer received low…

Reviews the developmental, learning, and career needs of college and university students from Generation X, or those between 18 and 29 years of age. Discusses general characteristics of Generation X students and highlights specific strategies for instructional and student services staff to effectively educate and retain them. (11 citations) (BCY)

Describes a study of the effects of mastery learning strategies, interactive video mathematics, individualized instruction, and traditional lectures on community college student achievement, comparing outcomes by instructional method and student characteristics. Finds higher achievement for mastery learning and video methods and for adults 22…

Presents results from a qualitative study of the effects of a community college honors program on students, faculty, and administrators. Indicates that although honors students and faculty enjoyed and benefited from the program, it was criticized by some as representing elitist attitudes antithetical to the community college mission. (30…

Describes a project to develop a model taxonomy of exemplary international education (IE) operations from the literature and apply it to 65 Texas community colleges to determine the extent that they provide IE. Indicates that the model practices existed in few of the colleges, with only three colleges having all of the components. (31 citations)…

Describes a study of 15 faculty and 81 students regarding their attitudes toward the use of interactive videodisc technology, highlighting faculty perceptions of the technology, level of student interest in instructional strategies, and reaction to humanities applications. Indicates that faculty responded well to the technology and students highly…

Describes efforts of Florence-Darlington Technical College (South Carolina) to improve academic programs through the development and implementation of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Includes results from a study investigating four variables of student performance in CAI and traditional lecture sections for five courses. Reports mixed results…

Describes a 1993 study examining retrenchment policies at Texas community colleges and their relation to fluctuations in enrollment and state funding. Indicates that 41% of Texas's community colleges had retrenchment policies and that administrative decisions regarding the adoption of retrenchment policies were based on state revenue declines…

Describes a comprehensive study of faculty development programs in Ohio two-year colleges conducted to determine the existence of programs and the relationship between development and reward structures. Indicates that no college in the study had a formalized, structured faculty development program. Suggests that faculty development appears to be a…

Examines the history of community colleges to determine the validity of claims that the inclusion of vocational and technical instruction is a recent phenomenon that damages the colleges' arts and humanities components. Argues that the idea of vocational education exists in the earliest documents of the community college movement. (17 citations)…

Describes a study of the perceptions of developmental educators and counselors regarding current level of knowledge and procedures for working with students with learning disabilities in community colleges. Reports differences in training, with 31% of the educators and only 6% of the counselors having taken special education courses. Discusses…

Discusses three urgent and existing needs in society which require educational action by the community college in concert with other community-based education and training institutions: to maintain a level of adult proficiency, to broaden understanding of critical issues, and to improve social means for the transition of youth to adulthood. (JG)

Summarizes the attempts in New York to legislate changes in entry into the practice of nursing initiated by the New York State Nurses Association, and examines the implications for the future of Associate Degree nursing programs. (JG)