This issue of "The Progress of Education Reform" will look at recent research on transfer and articulation in light of the new movement to increase degree attainment by addressing the following three questions: (1) Do articulation agreements ease the transfer process and lead to degree attainment; (2) what are the factors that facilitate or impede…

Offers 10 annotated references on the topic of peer mentorship in community colleges. Describes peer mentorship programs as an effective way to promote academic and transfer success and assist underrepresented and developmental students. Provides citations of research on peer mentorship and effective programs that may be implemented at two-year…

Advocates using the adolescent novel as a source of independent reading material in the two-year college reading program with adults with low reading skills. Includes an annotated bibliography of 23 appropriate novels available in paperback. (MKM)

Asserts that, as institutional assessment becomes a more prominent feature of the higher education landscape, community colleges are looking for better ways to evaluate their quality. Provides examples of and tools for faculty evaluation and includes research regarding the practices of evaluation at two-year colleges in the United States. Cites 15…

Reports that since the passage of the Welfare Reform Act in 1996, community colleges have invested time and money to create programs that ensure the successful transition of welfare recipients to self-sufficient workers. Cites recent resources on the efforts of educators to improve the status of welfare recipients, particularly in the two-year…

The goal of developmental, or remedial education is to help students prepare for college level courses. Students need remediation for a variety of social, economic, and psychological reasons. Many students requiring remediation turn to community colleges because community colleges have an open door policy regardless of a student's level of…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: a teacher training project offering a structured reading program as a model for the teaching of reading; relationships between students in traditional and competency-based reading methods…

The history of research into dictionary use tends to be characterised by small-scale studies undertaken in a variety of different contexts, rather than larger-scale, longer-term funded projects. The research conducted by dictionary publishers is not generally made public, because of its commercial sensitivity, yet because dictionary production is…

This annotated bibliography describes resource materials on educational theory and practice related to the first college year. This edition contains nearly twice as many entries as the second edition. Works are grouped into these topical headings: (1) "Academic Advising and Student Counseling"; (2) "Academic Support"; (3) "Assessment and…

Presents a second discography (of compact disks only) which lists American literature (primarily poetry) set to music. Notes two publications that may be of use to those well-versed in literature but less knowledgeable about music. (SR)

An assessment is provided of the current status of faculty collective bargaining in community colleges. First, relevant terms are defined to explain the counting process used in deriving the findings. Next, several observations are made about possible reasons that community college collective bargaining has received little attention from the…

This 24-item annotated bibliography of journal articles and monographs from the ERIC database is designed to assist two-year college faculty and administrators by answering questions and providing new ideas for the successful conduct of their reading instruction program. The items date from 1983 to 1988 and are arranged in the following…

This study was conducted to establish "The State of the Art" of public two-year colleges in New Mexico. Previous studies of two-year institutions in New Mexico are reviewed. A historical review of two-year colleges and a legislative history of junior colleges in New Mexico are presented. Although New Mexico does not have a coordinated state system…

This bibliography lists and annotates textbooks that may be used in teaching technical and scientific writing, as well as a few select anthologies that may be used as supplements to a basic text. Each entry is coded to indicate the level or levels at which it may be used most successfully: secondary level, two-year college level, or junior/senior…

In New Mexico there is increasing public interest and dialogue on the need for two-year institutions of higher education, with special interest in the establishment of a community college system. This 31-item annotated bibliography lists little-known reports, hearing, legislation, and documents which deal with the two-year institutions of higher…