Explores the role of the community college, in cooperation with federal agencies and local technology-oriented enterprises, in transferring the results of federal research and development to domestic applications. College functions include: community information, technology transfer and career education, technical assistance, needs assessment, and…

Reports on the United States-Republic of China Conference on Junior College Education held in Taiwan to strengthen mutual liaison and cooperation. Conference results include the establishment of sister college relationships, faculty and student exchange programs, and joint staff and curriculum development projects. Describes Taiwan's junior…

Outlines educational, personnel, legal, and political considerations facing the Los Angeles Community College District contingency planning committee in their efforts to develop plans to meet budgetary limitations foreseen in the passage of the Jarvis-Gann property tax limitation initiative. (TP)

Presents the administrators of junior colleges with recommendations for the development of policies and programs which promote high levels of student persistence, good student achievement, and more responsible student behavior on the part of the increasing numbers of students with serious learning disabilities. (TP)

Describes the management practices adopted by the Los Rios Community College District (California) as a result of the passage of the Jarvis-Gann tax initiative. Alterations included reorganization of upper management structure, full budget disclosures, collective bargaining, merit pay concept for administrative staff, and the creation of a…

Examines the advantages of reverse articulation, whereby a student, after completing a four-year liberal arts program, is advised into a two-year vocational/technical program which would use to advantage skills obtained in the four-year program while preparing the student for the job market.(TP)

Explores the impact of increasing outside controls on the decision-making process and the operating prerogatives of presidents and local boards in areas such as accounting requirements, increasing data requests, contractual controls, contract enrollment procedures, dependence on advice of legal counsel, performance audits, program controls, and…

Advocates the need for city governments to form alliances with community colleges to effectively deal with social needs and urban problems resulting from explosive urban migration. Through such cooperative efforts, the vocational, cultural, civic, and personal needs of urban dwellers may be met. (TP)

Describes the three interrelated systems of management control implemented by Amarillo College to improve accountability and reduce costs: (1) use of a management consulting firm to increase productivity; (2) installation of a computerized energy management unit; and (3) implementation of a merit-only salary-raise program applicable to all college…

Reveals that management prerogatives of college administrators are being undermined for two reasons: common law rights to manage are no longer exempt from the list of issues subject to collective bargaining and administrators fail to realize that management rights clauses constitute their major protection in negotiated agreements. (TP)

Outlines the metric education program developed and implemented by the industrial education department at Okaloosa-Walton Junior College. The comprehensive, three-phase program is designed to help all students as well as teachers and community members to prepare for the metric transition, while at the same time increase their enrollments. (TP)

Analyzes the Mexican-American studies interdisciplinary program at the San Jose City College campus. Outlines the major premises, goals, and stages of the program. Includes flowcharts and diagrams. (TP)

Looks at the rapid growth and development of the Delaware Technical and Community College from its founding in 1966 to the present, focusing on particular achievements in responsiveness to needs of local business and industry, interinstitutional cooperation, and individual counseling. (TP)

Examines the Key Courses Follow-Up System in use at Central Piedmont Community College--a comprehensive plan to follow up all types of students enrolled in a specific course or combination of courses within a program. Defines key courses, discusses faculty involvement, lists advantages and disadvantages of system. (TP)

Advocates that in order to serve their community's needs, administrators must encourage instructors to increase their knowledge of technologies such as microcomputers by participating in workshops offered by computer training companies so that students who find microcomputers in equipment they handle on the job will have basic knowledge of them.…