This report describes an in-service industry exchange project conducted by Cerritos College during which five faculty members returned to the work place to update their skills and gather information useful in curriculum development. First, the project's objectives are delineated, covering: (1) formation of the Project Advisory Committee and…

Cites figures pointing to the limited progress of minorities in higher education. Discusses reasons related to economic and social policy shifts, entering students' characteristics, institutional barriers, and changes in national climate and federal policy. (AYC)

A sample of 2,486 full-time, non-freshmen students enrolled in Minnesota's public post-secondary institutions were surveyed during fall 1978 by the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board to determine their experiences with and attitudes toward the college transfer process. Survey results, based on a 75% response rate, indicated that: (1)…

This program, developed as a substitute for the library technology program at Lakeland Community College (Ohio), provides basic skills in the areas of communigraphics, reprographics, communications, telecommunications, audiovisual equipment repair and maintenance, and library technology. Taking into account the current swell in the field of media,…

In 1989, a study was conducted within the Minnesota Community College System to determine the effects of a 3-year Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) staff development program on the quality of student writing and on student mastery of course objectives. The study methods included faculty interviews, student and faculty surveys, holistic ratings…

THE ARIZONA ACADEMY CHOSE FOR THE TOPIC OF ITS NINTH ARIZONA TOWN HALL THE BROAD PROBLEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ARIZONA. A GENERAL HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND A CORRESPONDING HISTORY FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS GIVEN. THE HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ARIZONA GIVES A BRIEF SUMMARY OF PERTINENT DATA ABOUT EACH INSTITUTION…

The Seattle (Washington) Tech Prep Demonstration Project involves the following consortium partners: North Seattle, Seattle Central, and South Seattle community colleges; 13 secondary schools of the Seattle School District; 8 businesses; an industrial association; and a labor union. The demonstration project was subjected to a comprehensive…

The Independent Study course at Waubonsee Community College is offered for two semester hours of credit, accumulative to a maximum of four semester hours. Students not completing their independent study project in one semester may receive an extension for an additional semester. Analysis of the records of 9l Independent Study enrollees in the…

An instructional television training program was held at the University of Kentucky Television Center. It was divided into two week-long phases with concurrent workshops held in the outlying community colleges. The primary purpose was to broaden faculty use of instructional television (IVT), to promote interaction between the various faculties, to…

Science process skills include basic skills like observing, inferring, measuring, communicating, classifying, and predicting, as well as integrated skills like controlling variables, defining operationally, formulating hypotheses, interpreting data, experimenting, and formulating models. Recognition of the value of science process skills has…

As postsecondary vocational education turns increasingly to preparation for high technological occupations, the question arises as to whether or not this infatuation with education for high technological occupations is reasonable and justified. Data on technician-level employment seem to contradict the view that high technological manufacturing is…

Examines how students interact during peer response groups, a key instructional activity designed specifically to encourage talk about writing. Finds that the frequency of response groups relative to other kinds of groups varied across classrooms, as did the relative amount of response that occurred in the group context. (MG)

COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO HAS NOTED THAT ADULTS RETURNING TO THE CAMPUS ARE DOING SO WITH FAR MORE SERIOUS PURPOSE THAN THEY WERE A FEW YEARS AGO. THE TREND IS AWAY FROM AVOCATIONAL COURSES TO ONES OF OCCUPATIONAL OR CULTURAL CONTENT AND TO CREDIT COURSES RATHER THAN NON-CREDIT. THIS CHANGE TO MORE ADULT OFFERINGS HAS ALSO STIMULATED ENROLLMENT--FROM…

New York's North Country Community College's model of general education specifies the particular competencies that should be achieved in the college's liberal arts courses. In 1991, a study was undertaken to assess the general education competencies attained by students enrolled in Introductory Psychology. Using a pre-test/post-test design, 111…

Drawing on experiences of a Concordia University (Ontario, Canada) task force in considering the teaching portfolio as an instructional evaluation tool, several issues are discussed: the place of teaching in an academic culture; how teaching is and should be evaluated; and possibilities for changing the status quo. Issues in implementation and…