This article explores the question of whether the norms based on native speakers of English should be kept in English teaching in an era when English has become World Englishes. This is an issue that has been keenly debated in recent years, not least in the pages of "TESOL Quarterly." However, "China English" in such debates has been given lesser…

This article describes the development and use of a program evaluation tool designed to support self-assessment of college-based dual enrollment transition programs serving students with intellectual disabilities between the ages of 18-21 in college settings. The authors describe the need for such an evaluation tool, outline the areas addressed by…

Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) was begun in 1992 to provide unemployed and working poor residents of San Antonio, Texas, with employment training and job placement services. The program provides tuition subsidies and ancillary support services to low-income San Antonio residents enrolled in two-year associate's degree…

Based on a review of research and literature on student academic performance, provides an overview of the state of basic skills (developmental) instruction in the two-year college. Discusses the characteristics of successful basic skills programs. (DMM)

Describes the College for Human Services, designed to train new kinds of professionals in the human services in a two-year program which integrates field work and study. (DM)

Despite the powerful effect feedback often has on student writing success more research is needed on how students emotionally react to the feedback they receive. This study tested the predictive and mediational roles of college student writing self-efficacy beliefs and feedback perceptions on writing self-regulation aptitude. Results suggested…

Reports on a study of the distinguishing characteristics of two-year college history instructors in the South, focusing on personal, teaching, professional activities, and job mobility information. Offers a profile of the typical history instructor. (DMM)

This report asserts that the institutionalization of scholarship, namely research and professional development is essential to the future success of community colleges. However, at two-year institutions, there is no systematic planning or budgetary network for such activities, and the obstacles to performing research are many, including limited…

In this study, community service learning is incorporated into a graduate-level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher preparation course. Focusing on a writing project participants completed with English Learners (ELs) as part of the service-learning project, we explored the impact of the project on: (1) teachers' understanding of ESL…

This paper investigates determinants of transfer enrollment within four-year institutions. After outlining probable determinants (e.g., enrollment supply and demand and financial considerations), data from a national sample of institutions from 1984-1997 are used to examine whether these factors explain the composition of a school's enrollment.…

Nearly 60 percent of incoming community college students are unprepared for college-level work and must take at least one pre-college, "developmental" course, usually in math or English, before enrolling in any credit-bearing classes toward a degree. Within developmental education, students are most likely to need help with mathematics, and…

Outlines the National Science Foundation's programs to assess science education in the two-year college and other programs providing institutional support through the Science Education Resources Improvement Division of the Directorate for Science Education. (JM)

The current study presents the results of an experiment investigating the effects of processing instruction (PI) and dictogloss (DG) on the acquisition of the English passive voice. Sixty speakers of Turkish studying English at university level were assigned to three groups: one receiving PI, the other receiving DG and the third serving as a…

The overall objectives of six NSF-sponsored workshops for mathematics teachers in Illinois two-year colleges are defined. The first conference on articulation and related problems, and the second on testing are described. (SD)

Reviews the literature relating to community education, pointing to the differences and similarities in the roles of two-year colleges and community schools. Particular attention is given to areas of competition and cooperation. (MB)