Offers annotated citations that outline the structure of programs for incoming freshmen at some colleges, and discuss the outcomes related to participation by students. Asserts that these types of programs are more difficult to structure at community colleges because many students attend part-time or have outside obligations that limit the time…

Argues that the claim that the community college has a unique teaching mission has been used to exempt community college faculty from participation in scholarly discourse. Suggests encouraging community college faculty scholarship that meets the test of external scrutiny would offer faculty an appropriate voice in higher education. (Contains 28…

Describes the involvement of Middlesex Community College, Massachusetts, in the Carnegie Teaching Academy program. Faculty and staff at the college broadened their understanding of instructional pedagogy through greater appreciation of relevant connections between learning theory and classroom practice. Argues that faculty scholarship ultimately…

Describes the Language Minority Crossover Student Project at Bergen Community College (BCC), New Jersey. BCC serves large numbers of immigrants and children of immigrants in the New York City metropolitan area. The project addressed emerging issues related to testing, policy, advisement, pedagogy, and supplemental instruction. (Contains 11…

Explores ways in which conventional assignments can be modified and expanded to include critical thinking and writing vis-a-vis the main concepts of the course. Argues for engaging students' pre-existing ideas in order to incorporate new ideas into class content. Presents course exercises and grading rubrics that can serve as formative assessments…

Offers citations for publications that provide general overviews of various issues related to part-time faculty. Issues include part-time faculty roles and functions, teaching methods and effectiveness, training, institutional integration and professionalism, job satisfaction, and compensation and benefits issues. (Contains 10 annotated references…

Describes the ways in which two community college presidents used framing to aid campus sense-making. Defines framing as the choice of one set of meanings over another, and sense-making as the process by which individuals interpret changes around them. Reports that the presidents chose frames that drove campus goals and subsequent strategies to…

Presents a twenty-year history of computer-based technology integration, focusing on print automation, learner-centered approaches, and virtual learning via the Internet. Discusses integration strategies applicable in the present-day classroom, the hierarchy of teacher effectiveness, and current challenges and trends. Asserts that the ultimate…

Provides a schema for utilizing sociocultural poetry in conjunction with a counselor empathy model to assist community college counselors in building cultural competence, to understand experiences of clients from culturally different backgrounds, and to foster the use of empathy skills in counseling relationships. (Contains 25 references.) (RC)

Examines the extent to which both internal and external factors--such as background characteristics, high school experiences, and selected affective measures--influence, or explain, the educational aspirations of students at public and private two-year colleges. Describes a study of more than 13,000 freshmen students' educational aspirations and…

Examines the relationship between community college faculty members' departmental affiliation and their curricular choices. States that data were collected from a random sample of community college instructors at the State of Washington's community and technical colleges during the 1999-2000 academic year. Reports that faculty teaching in…

Examines the extent to which urban community colleges are able to develop new programs for welfare recipients under welfare reform. Reports that, according to a survey of New York City's community colleges, although the policy environment has dampened new programming for welfare recipients among these institutions, some exemplary programs have…

Discusses a study that began the process of developing a curriculum for a two-year degree in safety. Reports that two groups of safety professionals ranked the importance of content areas that might be included in the degree program--communication skills, safety management skills, and regulatory compliance were found to have the highest mean…

Provides a list of annotated citations about teacher education programs and issues related to community college involvement in teacher education initiatives. Reports that new programs include articulation and registration partnerships with local universities, four-year bachelor's degree programs offered at community colleges, and…

Compares faculty and administrator attitudes on the importance of institutional activities in two-year colleges, based on responses from 358 administrators and faculty from 58 institutions. Discusses five points that may help guide efforts to implement institutional effectiveness (IE) activities, including the fact that faculty and administrative…