A comprehensive faculty performance appraisal program is necessary for any college to maintain a high standard of excellence, effectiveness, and accountability. Faculty performance should be reviewed using established, fair, and consistent procedures that consider obligations, agreed-upon objectives, and performance standards. The purposes of the…

A history of the University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS) precedes this analysis of data on UKCCS enrollment, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics. Section I discusses Fall 1980 headcount enrollments for each of the 14 UKCCS campuses in terms of distribution by class, sex, and residence. Enrollment…

This manual is designed as a practical guide to establishing and maintaining a viable program of community services/continuing education in the community college and presents material for use by the practitioner in the field. It is organized as a set of guidelines explaining various important aspects of a program and deals with those specifics…

At Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), a proactive, "intrusive" approach to counseling has been developed to identify students who may be at the point of dropping out of classes due to anxiety and frustration. Under this approach, termed the Early Alert Referral System, the advisor takes responsibility for establishing contact with the students and…

Highlights are presented from 10 critical papers prepared by a panel of experts to describe the relevance of the Statewide Longitudinal Study (SLS) of California community college (CCC) students to each panelist's area of expertise, to identify policy issues or considerations related to SLS data, and to prepare recommendations. The paper begins by…

The American culture's emphasis on individualism may fail to recognize that help-seeking can be an important proactive skill in the achievement domains of school and work. While research has shown that the majority of students obtain some help from peers or instructors, the study of help-seeking as a learning strategy has been virtually neglected.…

In 1980 and 1982, surveys were conducted at Pensacola Junior College (PJC) to gauge the perceptions of full-time, academic transfer faculty with respect to actual and preferred program emphases, and to determine their level of job satisfaction. Responses from 56% of the instructors surveyed in 1980 (N=81) and 55% in 1982 (N=74) revealed that over…

Offers an interpretive frame for viewing children's growth as creators of imaginative worlds. Suggests that writing development depends not only on children's discovery of cognitive and linguistic strategies but on children's discovery that writing can help authors create coherence in their worlds beyond texts. (MS)

This document is a competency-based curriculum guide designed to promote articulation in machine trades vocational education programs between and among secondary and postsecondary institutions in the Indian Hills Community College and Merged Area XV high schools in Iowa. The guide is organized in 11 sections. The first six sections provide…

The fall 1992 and spring 1993 graduating classes of Owens Community College (OCC), in Ohio, were surveyed to assess their employment, salary, and educational status and determine their perceptions of their experience at OCC. Survey results, based on responses from over 90% (n=859) of the graduates, included the following: (1) 92% of respondents…

Official enrollment statistics are presented for the 58 institutions in the North Carolina Community College System, including detailed enrollment data for 1984-85 and summary data for previous years. Following introductory material and a glossary of terms, tables and graphs are presented, covering: (1) student enrollment by institution and…

Official enrollment statistics are presented for the 58 institutions in the North Carolina Community College System, including detailed enrollment data for 1985-86 and summary data for previous years. Following introductory material and a glossary of terms, tables and graphs are presented, covering: (1) student enrollment by institution and…

The demands of the job of an academic chair are varied, numerous, and often frustrating and unrewarding. Long-term chairs, those with 5 to 20 years of experience, usually work through a period of deciding whether to resign or attempt renewal. Since the continuity and commitment of a long-term chair can be a valuable asset for an institution,…

Vocational course taking declined between 1982 and 1992, with especially large enrollment decreases occurring in general labor market preparation and consumer/homemaking education. Only a small proportion of 1992 high school graduates specialized in vocational education (VE). Among occupationally specific VE programs, business, and trade and…

This report deals with some of the basic problems member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have to face as they approach the threshold of mass higher education. Part I deals with the issues in the planning of future overall structures of post-secondary education. Specifically, it discusses: (1) prospects of…