This study from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) evaluates the effectiveness of occupationally-related degree programs by using criterion-referenced performance indicators to measure the on-the-job performance of graduates. This study is designed to answer the question of whether there is a relationship between educational attainment…

In January 1995, the Maryland Association of Deans and Directors of Continuing Education/Community Services undertook a study of all state organizations that had received workforce training under contract arrangements during 1993-94. The study sought to develop a profile of organizations served, determine employer satisfaction with training, and…

The three objectives of this study were to evaluate the following: a test of literary judgment for use with community college students, the free responses of students to passages in the test, and the use of original literary selections and distortions of them as a classroom tool. The test of literary judgment used original poetry and prose…

The Associated Consultants in Education were hired by Florida Junior College to help determine how the college could meet the needs of its students and to devise an organizational structure that would help achieve its goals. Five vice-presidencies (Instructional Services, Administrative and Business Affairs, Student Services, Planning and…

The large-scale development of Time-Shared, Interactive, Computer-Controlled, Information Television (TICCIT) at Brigham Young University is described in this paper. The TICCIT project was designed to provide a market success example for computer-assisted instruction, particularly for junior or community colleges. The project incorporated a…

A study was conducted at St. Louis (Missouri) Community College (SLCC) to assess the extent to which data on nonreturning students represent retention problems, the achievement of non-degree goals, or the process of temporarily stopping out. Study findings, based on a 27% response to a summer 1986 survey of 1,706 fall 1985 students who did not…

A follow-up study of Minneapolis Community College (MCC) initiates to Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), a national honorary fraternity for community colleges, was conducted to ascertain information on students' educational and employment experience since initiation and to obtain suggestions for additional courses and ways in which education at MCC could be…

A study concluded that significant differences did exist in the inclusion of females when using masculine/generic as compared to neutral/generic nouns. (DD)

A way in which second language teachers can use analysis of student discourse to understand how small group interaction defines students' roles relative to each other is demonstrated in a case study. The study compared the participant role of a 21-year-old Japanese male student in an intensive English second language program in two different…

As a result of a need for extended-opportunity programs and services and a legislative mandate in California Senate Bill 164, off-campus programs were developed to extend educational programs to all sections of the community and to accommodate students in off-campus locations. Rio Hondo College (California) developed guidelines in the following…

In an effort to identify problem areas related to poor academic performance at Harcum Junior College (Pennsylvania), an anonymous mail questionnaire survey was conducted among all day division faculty in May 1975. The first part of the survey asked respondents to rank 21 listed characteristics of "poor" students. The findings for the Harcum…

In fall 1992, a survey was conducted at College of the Canyons (CC) in Valencia, California, of currently enrolled students who held a baccalaureate degree. The survey was undertaken as a result of legislation charging fees to community college students with baccalaureate degrees and collected information about students' reasons for returning to…

Consisting primarily of tables and graphs, this document provides fall 1993 enrollment data for the 12 colleges in the Community-Technical Colleges (CTC) of Connecticut. Following a brief narrative, the following data is presented: combined fund full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment, fall 1992 and fall 1993; combined fund enrollment, fall 1989…

Methodology and findings are summarized for a three-year research project undertaken by a consortium of 28 Northern California (Nor Cal) community colleges to identify and help the potential dropouts among full-time, entering freshmen. The report first discusses the creation of the Nor-Cal consortium and then examines each of the three research…

This document is an outline for a community college course designed to provide Chicano students with an opportunity to meet in a relatively unstructured atmosphere for the purpose of developing an increased awareness of self and feelings and to examine how these affect behavior. The course primarily utilizes discussion, focusing on such topics as…