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Torres, Belinda M.; Kapes, Jerome T. – 1990
A study was conducted to investigate the work values and degree of job satisfaction of potential minority leaders in community colleges and technical institutes in Texas. In addition, the study examined the relationship between participation in the Minority Leadership Development Project (MLDP), ethnicity, gender, professional experience, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Black Leadership, Blacks, College Faculty
Download full textMartorana, S. V.; Nespoli, Lawrence A. – 1977
This document presents an analysis of state legislation enacted and proposed in 1976 related to community and junior colleges. Data for this analysis were obtained from two sources--personal replies to a survey of state directors of community and junior colleges, and actual legislative documents from the states. Following an introductory section,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Educational Finance, Governance
Bunker Hill Community Coll., Boston, MA. – 1991
Prepared by the General Education (GE) Review Steering Committee of Massachusetts' Bunker Hill Community College in 1991, this guide provides a model of a Capstone course, a component of the College's newly developed GE Cornerstone Curriculum. Chapter 1 reviews the purpose of Capstone, a mandatory interdisciplinary course designed to integrate the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1996
This document presents and examines Iowa's adult basic education (ABE) program benchmarks, which have been designed as criteria for evaluating the following aspects of the performance of ABE programs in Iowa's community colleges: educational gains; program planning; curriculum/instruction; staff development; support services; and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Benchmarking, Community Colleges
Santa Rita, Emilio – 1994
Designed for use as a development activity for counselors at Bronx Community College in New York, this program provides discussion materials, questionnaires, and worksheets from the college's Counseling Faculty Development Program. A brief introduction indicates that the program encompasses three components, empowering counselors in the teaching…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counselor Training, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
Peer reviewedFrederick, Peter J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1989
Two ways in which chairpersons can encourage more active learning are discussed: use of 10 fundamental principles of teaching and learning; and department chairpersons can describe practical strategies for involving students more actively in the classroom. (MLW)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction
Caffey, Musa B. – 1975
One hundred students enrolled in the welding and air-conditioning/refrigeration classes at Delgado Community College (Louisiana) were randomly selected to participate in a study to evaluate their effective reading comprehension level, to investigate the impact of a study skill "preview" method such as the SQ3R on their test-taking abilities, and…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Readability, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Lee, Owen M., Jr. – 1975
Based on the example of the experimental We Weigh and Achieve to Gain Success (WAGS) program at Polk Community College which is designed to deal with unmotivated, undecided, and unprepared students, this study develops a model for implementing a student-centered remedial program at the community college level. The model outlines procedures to…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Individual Development
Martin, Peter B. – 1967
Results of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test are used as a screening device for selecting students for remedial work in the Reading and Study Skills Center (R-S) at New York Community College (NYCC). A descriptive analysis of the fall 1967 day session freshmen showed that the average freshman at NYCC was reading at the 12.6 grade level, or .4 grade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Local Norms
Davis, Paul W. – 1973
This study was undertaken as part of an effort to obtain data on student profiles and to make some conclusions concerning institutional goal priorities. Results reveal the WCC student to be typical of the student often referred to in the literature. There are more part-time students than full-time, and more of the part-time drop out. Among those…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Student Attitudes
Gold, Ben K. – 1978
This study summarizes scholastic performance of Los Angeles City College (LACC) fall 1977 entering students according to last school attended prior to registering at LACC. Data were derived from a district computer center printout, "Grade Listing of Freshmen Fall 1977", which listed all students' names, units attempted and completed, grade points…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, College Credits, College Freshmen
Lawson, Joan Kenny – 1994
Due to heavy teaching loads, high adjunct faculty numbers, and scheduling and commuting factors, community college faculty infrequently have the opportunity to share in a collegial forum. In an attempt to provide an opportunity for faculty to share innovative instructional strategies and discuss their work, Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC),…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Grant, James E. – 1986
When it was discovered that fewer than 75 residents in urban subsidized housing communities were enrolled in the adult programs at Pensacola Junior College, it was decided to develop an outreach program to extend the college's services to 650 illiterate, indigent, and unemployed adults in these communities. The program was operated out of mobile…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedCox, Beverly E.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Investigates the ability of children at two grades and reading ability levels to write functionally appropriate expository texts. Finds that (1) virtually all the children understand the function and audience for exposition; and (2) reading level is significantly more related than grade level to sophisticated use of cohesion, organization, and a…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education, Expository Writing
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These instructional materials have been prepared for students who have completed an introductory college-level Laotian course of one year or more or have had an "intensive" course of several months. The "Refresher" materials contained in Book I are intended to prepare the student for the intermediate-advanced materials in Books II and III. Each of…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Audiolingual Skills, Cultural Context, Instructional Materials
