Presents the results of a national survey on staff development for part-time instructors, the program established on the basis of the survey findings at Eastfield College (Texas), and a model for establishing part-time faculty programs in other colleges. (RT)

Describes the steps taken by Broward Community College, Florida, to create a caring staff community, including a weekend retreat, a Wednesday activity period, and an annual "Community Development Day." Recommendations for implementation at other colleges are included. (RT)

Describes Performa, a highly individualized and flexible faculty development project based on equal participation between the University of Sherbrooke and participating Quebec community colleges. (RT)

Reviews the efforts of the American Historical Association, the Society for History Education, the American Sociological Association, and the Community College Social Science Association to promote the teaching of their respective disciplines. (RT)

Describes an inservice workshop strategy for training teachers to create self-instructional materials. Workshop steps include (1) defining instructional objectives, (2) developing a post-test, (3) choosing an instructional strategy, (4) trying out the strategy, and (5) revising the instruction. (RT)

Cites the need for professional development specialists to evaluate and report on the quality of their programs to assure continued funding. Discusses how to choose an evaluation model, organize for evaluation, and gives steps for implementation. (RT)

In order to maximize the quality of educational services offered by community colleges, faculty and administrative staff development appears crucial. The needs of the institution, students, community, and graduate courses, as well as various staff development programs around the country are discussed. (LH)

Student achievement can be assessed by demonstration, direct observation, unobtrusive measures, oral tests, self-ratings and reports, and on-the-job performance in addition to paper-and-pencil tests. Resulting information can be used for planning, counseling, diagnosing, evaluating, classifying, and grading. An extensive bibliography is appended.…

Describes a model of student assessment which considers prior educational record, educational proficiencies, achievements, aptitudes, and personal characteristics which may be applied to decisions in admissions, selection of study program, placement, continuing education, and program modification. (JDS)

Recommends measures and criteria to be used by four-year colleges in admitting and advising different types of transfers from two-year colleges. Emphasizes the need for extensive information exchange between two- and four-year colleges so that assessment measures and criteria will be valid. (DC)

Assessment of the progress of occupational students, while difficult, can be successfully achieved by means of cooperative efforts between theorists and researchers in student assessment and professional college staff members who work with students. (JDS)

Contrary to popular belief, two-year college students being prepared for entry-level work may not be at a disadvantage, relative to many liberal arts graduates with a bachelor's degree. Rather, they may be much more marketable than four-year college graduates. An extensive bibliography is appended. (JDS)

Continual monitoring of the community is required if community colleges wish to offer meaningful community-based programs. The college must also constantly evaluate the extent to which it achieves its community program objectives. (JDS)

Reports on ERIC references pertinent to the assessment of prior learning and experiential learning and the measurement of student progress in cooperative education programs. (Author/JDS)

Defines "community services" in the community college in terms of their history and offerings. Describes and warns against the recent trend toward eliminating all community service offerings which do not qualify as credit-bearing, financially self-sufficient "continuing education" courses. (Author/NHM)