Increased student involvement using a feedback lecture format demonstrated that lectures can be more active and assignments can be tailor-made for students. Guided learning activities (managed by a feedback lecture study guide) are used prior to, during, and after lectures. (Author/JN)

This annual report provides a narrative description of the activities and accomplishments of South Carolina's technical college system during 1989-90. Following introductory comments, a list of the members of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, and a chart showing the Board's executive staff organizational structure, the…

A consent decree between Joseph Crofts, et al., and the Board of Governors of California Community Colleges terminating litigation regarding alleged patterns and practices of discrimination in employment and education against persons of Spanish heritage at Contra Costa College is presented. The decree outlines provisions to be followed under the…

There are two crucial limitations in preparing graduate teaching assistants (TAs) for the composition classroom: the background they bring to teaching and the limited time available for training. Most TAs, although knowledgeable in literature, lack authority on the subject of composition instruction. An ideal TA would (1) have a masters degree;…

This three-volume document covers 16 Alabama public 4-year colleges and universities, 18 Alabama private 4-year and 2-year colleges and universities, and 35 Alabama public 2-year institutions, and provides a list of all instructional programs approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education as of August 30, 1993. The volumes are organized…

This guide, which was developed for Canadian literacy teachers, contains practical guidelines for including people with intellectual and other disabilities in literacy education. The foreword examines the problems caused by various barriers that have traditionally excluded intellectually disabled individuals from literacy programs, and the…

Two American history courses taught by different multimedia methods were compared. Each course was semi-automated in order to free the instructor's time for question and answer periods. One experimental group of junior college students took the course using FM radio, an illustrated syllabus, and student response sheets. Another group took the same…

Three program objectives are articulated for establishing a developmental education program to increase retention and graduation rates among academically disadvantaged students at Triton College: (1) instituting horizontal (teaching basic skills) and vertical (assisting in the transfer of basic skills to students' total educational programs)…

Austin Community College's (ACC) annual fact books are designed to inform internal decision making and planning by providing data and projections for programs and services, enrollments, staff, facilities, and finances. The 1988-89 edition contains: (1) a historical profile of ACC, including discussions of the role and scope of ACC and of…

This report is the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD's) seventh annual analysis of its progress under the Affirmative Action Program established in July 1976. Introductory remarks explain the District's affirmative action policy and summarize minimum benchmarks and percentage goals for the District. Next, an overview is provided of…

A statistical summary is provided of finances, admissions, stduents, programs, employees, and libraries of the community colleges of the State University of New York (SUNY). Following a section providing background information on the colleges, SUNY trustees and staff, the Association of Boards of Trustees, the Faculty Council, and regional and…

This bulletin presents statistics of state school systems in 1937-38. For the most part statistics presented in this chapter relate to public elementary and secondary schools in 48 States, the District of Columbia, and the outlying parts of the United States. Such data were submitted by States for nonpublic schools are incorporated in separate…

The proceedings of the First Mastery Learning Conference begins with Rocco Caponigri's introduction and Oscar E. Shabat's discussion of the importance of mastery learning to community colleges as they attempt to educate large numbers of underprepared students. Next, Benjamin S. Bloom examines the shifting emphasis in education research from…