The College English Test-Spoken English Test is a nationwide spoken English test designed to assess the oral communicative ability of Chinese university and college students who have undertaken compulsory English study at a Chinese university. This article describes the test and evaluates it in terms of reliability, validity, authenticity,…

Data on federal funding to two-year colleges are provided in this report for fiscal year (FY) 1982. After introductory material on the development and uses of the report, tables provide financial data for the federal categorical aid programs of the following units: (1) University Year for Action; (2) Department of Education--Educational Research…

With globalisation and the advent of information technology, the English language has become more important for second language (L2) learners. This study aimed to establish a blended teaching and learning model combining online and face to face instructional blogging for an English for specific purposes (ESP) course named "English Public…

This paper reports on an investigation into metacognitive awareness of Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) student writers, under a threefold metacognition framework--person, task, and strategy variables, and within the broader domain of cognitive writing theories. Data were collected in a Chinese tertiary English language teaching (ELT)…

Offers perceptions on the Iraqi system of technical education based on a two-week lecture tour of the country's two-year technical institutes. Comments on governance and educational philosophy, classroom training and facilities, students, programs, and administrators. (DMM)

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…

The author describes a two-year experience of mobilizing attention around values questions at The University of Michigan. He identifies issues important to consider in attempting to raise consciousness about values questions on a large university setting. (Author)

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) enables colleges and universities to assess student learning and measure the outcomes by engaging in meaningful research, and to disseminate this research. The objective of this paper is to give a snapshot of and assess the current thinking behind this scholarship by presenting examples of SoTL, and…

This chapter examines the roles, reasons, facilitators, and challenges of chief executive, academic, and student affairs officers in internationalizing the community college student experience.

Describes a two-year program leading to a Master of Science degree which prepares graduates to enter careers as genetic counselors, public educators in medical genetics, and researchers in the delivery of genetic services. (CS)

This handbook is designed to encourage students in middle school and junior high school to begin thinking about attending college. It defines the different types of colleges that exist; compares the salaries of college graduates to those of non-college graduates; discusses technical programs; lists the type of jobs available to those who attend…

In 1974, Ohio repealed its sodomy laws; Massachusetts Representative Elaine Noble became the first openly gay individual elected to a state legislature; and the National Gay Task Force collaborated with US Representatives Bella Abzug (D-NY) and Edward Koch (D-NY) to introduce the Equality Act of 1974 to ban discrimination against lesbians, gay…

Argues that college writing instructors have an ethical obligation to help students to critically examine the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of writing in school so that the students understand how they have come to view writing and revision as punishment. (TB)

In 2003, the legislature and governor enacted House Bill 1909 to create a pilot project on competency-based transfer between two--and four--year colleges and universities. The legislation directed the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) to select institutions to define transfer requirements in several disciplines on the basis of students'…

A mail survey of two-year colleges was conducted to identify (1) two-year colleges using computer technology to teach reading, (2) the types of hardware and software used, (3) the courses in which computer technology is used, and (4) the ways in which computer technology is used in two-year college reading programs. Responses from 181 two-year…