Describes four major types of evaluation: needs assessment, formative, implementation, and summative evaluation. Suggests the general categories of information that must be collected, analyzed, and interpreted, as illustrated by the example of the evaluation of staff development at a two-year college. (AYC)

Points out that helping the ESL students in the composition class entails understanding the nature of the process by which they acquire their new language, avoiding judgments that underestimate their control of English, and providing a secure, comfortable learning environment. (EL)

Just as good community colleges pivot to mirror the needs of their local communities, the multistate Auto Communities Consortium (ACC) continues to evolve to counteract the challenges encountered by employers in its service region. Established in 2010 to address pervasive economic losses faced by communities whose major employers were auto…

Subtle forms of prejudice called "microaggressions" occur in college classrooms, but the effective methods of managing such prejudice are not clear. This study explored teachers' (N = 222) and students' (N = 166) perceptions of vignettes describing classroom microaggressions and the effectiveness of various teacher responses to the…

This three-part report examines chemistry education at the two-year college as revealed by a nationwide study of two-year science education which involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative two-year institutions, and a survey of 82 chemistry instructors. Part I, in an examination of…

Developed from an examination of the latest graduate bulletins of more than 250 American colleges and universities, this directory lists graduate-level courses dealing exclusively or restrictively with two-year educational institutions. Organized by state, the directory lists 200 courses offered at 116 colleges and universities that deal with…

Two-year institutions of higher education have, in many ways, been anomalies in America's educational enterprise. Vocational education studies and assessments completed in 1981, 1989, and 1994 have all treated postsecondary vocational education primarily as more advanced versions of secondary programs and minimized the differences. Compared to…

A search into the relationship between organizational decline and effectiveness was designed to confirm that two-year colleges are experiencing conditions of decline as perceived by faculty holding positions with two-year colleges. Attempts were made to examine the effects of decline on perceived academic effectiveness and faculty morale. The…

Presents results of a survey of course withdrawal policies at two-year colleges in Iowa, focusing on deadlines, grades given for dropped courses, drop initiation procedures, and recent policy changes. Finds that most schools permit students to drop classes late in the term with a nonpunitive grade. Discusses practical implications. (DMM)

As a means of exploring what "learning through experience" in teacher education might look like, situated self-narration is both conceptualized and performed here as the discursive practice through which already familiar and remembered experience may re-presented and re-organized from a forward-looking vantage point. Drawing on…

The rapid growth of two-year colleges and their emphasis on transfer programs appear to have stimulated changes in modern foreign language curricula. Although curricula still depend on senior institution requirements, innovations emphasizing student needs and practical aspects of language learning are taking hold in curriculum design. (Author)

Qualifications for teaching the courses described in "A Transfer Curriculum in Mathematics for Two Year Colleges" is discussed. Important components of the teacher's education are seen to include apprenticeship in teaching and specific mathematics courses, identified by reference to other Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics…

The paper is based on a study of apprentices in retail and motor vehicle maintenance in England and Germany, exploring their perceptions of themselves as learners over time and in particular learning environments. The study combines biographical interviews with participant observation in colleges and workplaces. The paper examines the concept of…

The Common Core State Standards emphasize the integration of technology skills into English Language Arts (ELA) instruction, recognizing the demand for technology-based literacy skills to be college- and career- ready. This study aims to examine how collaborative cloud-based writing is used in in a Colorado school district, where one-to-one…

Black verbal and rhetorical strategies serve definite needs and functions in the Black American community--needs with which teachers should become familiar. When properly applied, these strategies can be effectively used in the English composition classroom for motivational and instructional purposes. (HOD)