Provides information designed to assist administrators in utilizing the advanced information technologies available on the Internet. Describes the uses of such elements of the Internet as "e-mail,""ftp (file transfer protocol),""gopher," and "telnet." Indicates that administrators can use the internet to communicate with colleagues and perform…

Examines the effects of tuition and fee increases on enrollment at 39 of the 40 Illinois community college districts. Indicates that tuition increases are not responsible for 1993 enrollment losses but that other explanations, including the possibility that increased employment place greater time demand on potential students, may be more…

Describes a study assessing the attitudes of college faculty, administrators, and staff during a time of presidential succession. Indicates that faculty were most sensitive to stable leadership and were less willing to take risks and more pessimistic about college effectiveness when stable leadership was absent compared to the other groups. (MAB)

Describes a study examining the effect of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership on the lives and careers of 15 recipients. Indicates that recipients felt that winning the award was empowering in terms of personal attitudes, career position, and influencing others within their field. (MAB)

Presents findings from a case study of factors influencing successful cooperative apprenticeship programs. Indicates that apprenticeships are cost-effective mechanisms for bringing together the human and capital resources within a community to solve human resource education and business training needs. (21 citations). (MAB)

Describes a study to determine articulation and transfer policies of 24 4-year Pennsylvania Catholic colleges and universities with community colleges and provide a case study of the institution reporting the greatest number of transfer practices. Indicates that only 2 institutions reported no articulation with community colleges whereas 13 had…

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…