A questionnaire was developed and administered to 104 students who had enrolled in the college's five instructional radio courses; 51 percent responded. Selected personal and demographic characteristics of enrollees were identified, attitudes toward radio courses were determined, and certain technical aspects of the courses were discerned.…

Since the late 1960's, German studies, like foreign language studies in general, have been on the decline. Part of the decline in foreign language enrollments can be attributed to higher education's declining rate of enrollment growth, part to elimination of language requirements for degree recipients, and part to shifting program emphases. A…

A study was conducted at Jefferson College to elicit opinions from a variety of groups as to the importance and effectiveness of 24 student services functions. Questionnaires were administered to 13 administrators, 23 classified staff, 84 faculty, 90 students, and 19 student services staff, asking them to indicate which of the 24 student services…

This paper describes the historical factors which influenced the substantial growth of the associate degree nursing program in the United States since the mid 1950's. The authors discuss the growing hope that nursing will become a vital part of the nation's established system of higher education. In addition, they discuss the changes in duties to…

A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, A MAIL SURVEY, AND A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT, WHILE CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTION, CONTROL OF THAT QUALITY IS RARELY A SYSTEMATIC ROUTINE ENTERPRISE BASED ON EXAMINATION OF BEHAVIOR CHANGES IN STUDENTS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION.…

A cross-modal priming experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that lexical access of verbs marked with a specific inflectional suffix would be facilitated by immediately prior exposure to semantically and contextually unrelated verbs with the same suffix. It was hypothesized that while listening to spoken "-ed" sentences, subjects would…

Concluded that the 44 fourth-grade subjects were not highly proficient at adapting messages either to listeners or to readers, but that such adaptation in writing lagged behind adaptation in speaking. (DD)

A sample of the relatively recent literature is reviewed in an effort to determine whether research and teaching facilitate or compete with each other. Examples are cited of essay-type articles in both popular magazines and scholarly journals, survey articles, reports of funded research projects, and evaluations of instruction. (LBH)

Four papers are reviewed. They include a description of how instructional modules and small group problem-solving (PS) in a second-year plant anatomy course produced excellent PS skills and various ideas on PS in the context of chemistry. Also reviews guided-design as a strategy to help develop PS skills. (JN)

Results are presented and discussed of a study that interviewed 30 older students in introductory chemistry regarding their reasons for taking the course, years since high school, amount of prior training, attitudes towards chemistry, problems encountered in learning chemistry, and educational value of specific course mechanics. (CS)

A humanist describes his reaction to instruction in research methodology, and specifically statistical measurement, from initial discomfort, through confusion, to reassessment and reinforcement of his own assumptions and instructional intentions. The experience in specifying outcomes helped enhance his intuition about teaching. (MSE)

Four types of developmental education programs have been designed to help students overcome or compensate for: (1) deficiencies in grades or subjects required for admission to a senior institution or to colleges and transfer programs (Pre-Transfer); (2) deficiencies in reading, writing, speech, arithmetic, study habits, motivation, and other…

Suggests that a literature survey can alert students to real-life ethical problems surrounding many organic compounds. Topic areas students could explore include: hazards in the workplace, toxic chemicals, and nerve gas structures. Background information and an extensive bibliography are given. (DH)

In fall 1988, Chemeketa Community College (CCC) of Salem, Oregon, experimented with a new approach to in-service staff development. The new strategy had four purposes: to raise campus awareness of CCC's customers; to promote active, rather than passive, participation in staff development; to bring employees throughout the campus together across…

This 1989 triennial report of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) concerns the colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico which serve significant numbers of Hispanic postsecondary students. For the purposes of this report, Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) are those having a minimum of 25% Hispanic…