This chapter provides an annotated bibliography of articles about liberal arts education in the contemporary community college. It also provides links to websites featuring related information.

This chapter provides an annotated bibliography of articles about the effects of transfer associate degrees and related statewide transfer and articulation policies. It also provides links to transfer degree legislation in several states.

This chapter reviews resources from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers on benchmarking in community colleges.

Describes resources related to teacher education at community colleges, including national perspectives, issue papers, examinations of student experiences, and literature summaries. States that much of the literature focuses on the experiences of specific institutions and programs or attempts to provide an issue or policy perspective, typically…

Presents annotated bibliographic information related to community college faculty, focusing on faculty attitudes and perceptions, professional development, faculty evaluation, and recruitment. Covers 16 sources. (AUTH/NB)

Offers information from the ERIC database on partnerships between community colleges and the larger community, focusing especially on regional and state partnerships. Emphasizes the process of developing partnerships, providing examples of successful models and guides. Cites 16 annotated sources and presents eight additional unannotated sources…

Presents an annotated bibliography of resources on faculty and staff development at community colleges. Includes information on needs assessment, programs and initiatives at national and state levels, and offers national data for examining common issues. Discusses the future of faculty development programs. Contains 12 resources. (AUTH/NB)

Provides an annotated bibliography of the literature considered by the contributing authors to this journal issue to be of key importance to the subjects covered in their articles. These subjects include: transfer, vocational education, remedial education, English as a second language (ESL), assessment, student services, faculty and professional…

Presents an annotated bibliography of recent ERIC documents that provide information relating to vocational education programs, policies, and practices in community colleges. (Contains 12 sources.) (AUTH/NB)

Offers information on welfare-to-work programs at community colleges. Suggests that all community colleges, including those without such programs, can use existing research to maximize the commitment to further educational opportunities for disadvantaged individuals. (Contains 16 references.) (AUTH/NB)

This document provides an annotated bibliography of recent ERIC documents describing the benefits and pitfalls of collaborations between community colleges and high schools. Includes case studies illustrating exemplary programs, programs focusing on special populations, and lessons from the field. (Contains 11 references.) (PGS)

Presents an annotated bibliography of recent ERIC documents that provide insight into the public perception of community colleges, the potential influence of the media on public opinion regarding community colleges, institutional relations with the media, and the role that Web pages play in strategic marketing. (VWC)

Describes Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) publications that pertain to collaborative activities undertaken by community colleges and their partners, the types of agencies that fund such programs, and the strategies that guide effective partnerships. Groups publications into three categories: (1) existing partnerships; (2) funding…

Provides an annotated bibliography of 15 current documents from the ERIC database related to community college leadership. Provides sources related to guidelines for effective leadership, building relationships, shared governance, and future challenges facing leaders. (BCY)

Provides an annotated bibliography of materials from the ERIC system that highlight major policy issues in providing remedial/developmental education within higher education, as well as studies that have measured the effectiveness of these policies. (YKH)