In a survey of grade 11 students in Alberta (n=1,047), 35% preferred university career paths, 18.5% community college, 21.9% technical institutes/apprenticeship. Many contemplated career choices for more than two years. They had limited knowledge of the work force but were developing positive work habits. Parents and peers were important career…

This document provides tuition and fee data for public institutions in the following member and affiliated states in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE): Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Data tables cover:…

Presented is an executive summary of a study to collect information needed by policymakers and educators about the status of science education in two-year colleges. Data were collected from college administrators, faculty, and students by means of questionnaires. A sample of colleges was selected from a directory of all public and nonproprietary…

The seminar, organised by Jane Woodin, Gibson Ferguson, Valerie Hobbs and Lesley Walker (School of Modern Languages & Linguistics and School of English, University of Sheffield), aimed to bring together those working in intercultural communication (IC) pedagogy largely--though not exclusively--in the higher education sector. It drew inspiration…

Accuplacer is, like the SAT, a suite of tests. It assesses concrete English and math skills--things like decimals, percents, equations, reading comprehension and basic writing skills. Accuplacer tests are used by community colleges, state colleges and public universities in all New England states to place incoming students in the right courses.…

The authors describe principles of good teaching drawn from meta-analyses of research on teaching effectiveness. Recent developments in neurobiology are presented and aligned to provide biological support for these principles. To make it easier for college faculty to try out sample instructional strategies, the authors map principles of good…

Discusses responsibilities of the two-year college English department chairperson with regard to developing curriculum offerings to meet student and community needs, recruiting and hiring faculty, developing a sound basic writing program, working to achieve low faculty workloads, encouraging faculty development, and working to achieve public…

Argues that the principles used in teaching students a foreign language should be applied to the teaching of freshman English where many students need remedial help. (RB)

This report describes private colleges serving adults which since 1936 have been required to register with the provincial government of British Columbia, Canada or, since 1993, with a regulatory body created by the government. The sector has always included career colleges, but registration was expanded temporarily in the 1990s to include all…

Describes the development, current status, and future goals and plans of library and information networks in Ohio. Highlights include OCLC; OhioLINK, incorporating state-assisted universities, two-year colleges, the state library, and private university libraries; a school library network; a public library information network; a telecommunications…

The article discusses the Learning Center and its peer tutorial program at Bainbridge College (Georgia). With diverse roles and obligations overarching students' college experience, fostering leadership and building campus involvement in student organizations is a challenge. Some of the challenges for the Bainbridge Learning Center and its peer…

As blogging has become a very popular media form for students in the informal classroom, educators are also using this to try to improve students' communication and English skills in the formal classroom. Why more instructors are not using blogging in postsecondary education in the attempt to improve student formal classroom communication and…

Contains one-paragraph descriptions from six college English instructors describing successful lessons and techniques used in the classroom. Covers collaborative teaching with letter writing; notetaking and paraphrasing; a first day ice-breaking activity; a writing development check; linking assignments in basic writing; and a descriptive writing…

Since 1959, ACT has collected and reported data on students' academic readiness for college. Because becoming ready for college is a process that occurs throughout elementary and secondary education, measuring academic performance over time in the context of college readiness provides meaningful and compelling information about the college…

Describes a two-year study of preservice mathematics teachers, that investigated how National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards and other reform agendas impacted their thinking and practice. Findings indicated that the preservice teachers affirmed the standards' goals, content, and recommendations, though they felt they lacked…