This document was developed as an aid to counselors who, as a result of their graduate education, should develop good understandings of vocational theories. Yet, many experience difficulty when applying these theories to their students' problems. In an attempt to fill this gap, counselors at Schoolcraft Community College (Michigan) pooled their…

Investigates the effects of question type (general or specific) and question position (prior to or following writing) upon measures of conceptual elaboration in writing. Results indicate that writers can benefit from questions following initial writing that enhance conceptual elaboration of base-level ideas during writing revision. (HOD)

This project was conducted to develop a word processing certificate program for community colleges in Washington, using existing courses within their business departments. Following a review of literature and of other curriculum materials, course objectives were developed, and outlines of the course were written. The program was evaluated and…

This report provides selected 1987-88 data on enrollments and finances in California's community college districts. Parts I and II present headcount enrollment data for fall 1987 and average daily attendance (ADA) figures for credit, noncredit, and apprenticeship programs for fiscal year (FY) 1987-88. Part III offers summaries of first…

This evaluation of the Developmental Studies Program at Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) draws from five in-depth studies of the characteristics, academic achievement, and persistence of developmental students and from other TNCC reports. After introductory material on the history and purpose of the program evaluation, a four-part summary of…

An overview of the development and evaluation of an early alert procedure for identifying and assisting students experiencing academic difficulty at Irvine Valley College (IVC), in California, is provided in this report. The first section introduces IVC's new personal computer-based Early Alert Retention System (EARS) software, as well as the…

In 1990, a study was conducted to determine whether a relationship existed between the attitudes of directors and instructors regarding developmental education and students' ratings of their courses or instructors in remedial and developmental studies. Eleven of Tennessee's 12 community colleges participated in the project. Data were collected…

This report provides selected 1989-90 data on enrollments and finances in California's community college districts. Parts I and II present headcount enrollment data for fall 1989 and average daily attendance (ADA) figures for credit, noncredit, and apprenticeship programs for fiscal year (FY) 1989-90. Part III offers summaries of first…

This document details the effects of various state programs and proposals which seek to aid the private schools including contracting by the Ohio Board of Regents for instructional services with private institutions, grants for capital improvements and special services, direct payments to students and long-term loans to students to recover…

The authors studied the vocabulary of speech and writing of 45 college students to develop a list of the 25 most frequent words and to compare this list with similar lists by earlier investigators. They used a type-token ratio to aid determination of the similarities and differences between spoken and written vocabularies. Nineteen of the 25 words…

It is academically advantageous to mix students from different departments and different areas of concentration in upper level college writing courses. For such programs to be successful, faculty members in all the disciplines must commit their time and efforts to them. Isolating students in disciplines is undesirable, since it will not prepare…

This explanation of the new course development process at the Community College of Philadelphia covers both the administrative procedures which should be followed and the components of the proposal for adding new courses. The paper first asks the instructor interested in proposing a new course to question its relationship to the goals of the…

The reasoning skills tapped by the analytical measure of the Graduate Record Examinations were studied by examining how performance on its constituent type items relate to alternative criteria. Another objective was to ascertain the extent to which additional information on examinees' analytical skills might be obtained from further analyses of…

A mathematics laboratory is discussed in terms of (1) administrative support, (2) personnel, (3) curriculum design, (4) flexibility in design and equipment, (5) professional counseling, and (6) motivational devices. The discussion focuses upon the remedial math lab at Alvin Community College, Alvin, Texas. The roles of instructors, lab…

A check list of questions designed to help freshmen composition students organize themes. (RB)