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Peer reviewedSvinicki, Marilla D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1990
This author discusses how some ideas from creative thinking can be applied to help an instructor change his teaching by adapting ideas from others, looking from new perspectives, using models, and inquiry. It is best to start small and be clear on what is actually happening in the class. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Instruction, Educational Change, Higher Education
Moten, Charlyne H. – 1977
A study was undertaken at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania), a non-unionized institution, regarding the function and effectiveness of the Faculty Council in policy formation and decision-making. A three-part survey covered the role of the Council in policy-making, the function of standing committees, and possible alternative…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty, College Governing Councils
Download full textTatham, Elaine L.; Finch, Harold L. – 1974
The impact of decreasing enrollments is being felt by many postsecondary institutions. Some institutions have been forced to close as a result of their failure to recognize the problem and their consequent entrapment in a vicious spiral: decreasing enrollments bring about reduced revenues; declining income results in personnel and program…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Finance, Enrollment Projections
Peer reviewedSullivan, Arthur M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
Two types of research, general theoretical and specific practical, are involved in the evaluation and improvement of university teaching. Not all faculty members can or will carry out general theoretical research, although they can benefit from its findings. However, all can and should carry out specific practical research on their own teaching.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Research, Faculty Evaluation
Brown, Barbara; Romoser, Richard C. – 1976
During 1975-76 Cuyahoga Community College surveyed 37 institutions in different parts of the country to obtain information on faculty compensation. Thirty institutions responded, of which 19 submitted separate information on part-time faculty remuneration, the focus of this report. Part-time remuneration data for 1975-76 are compared to data for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Institutional Research
Peer reviewedJournal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1987
Provides a summary of the report of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) held March 25-30, 1985, in Strasbourg, France. Deals with the effect of computers on mathematics, the impact of computers on the mathematics curriculum, and computers as an aid for learning mathematics. (TW)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Caverzasi, Peter L. – 1992
Teaching a world literature class at a public college presented an opportunity to test Allan Bloom's and E. D. Hirsch, Jr.'s charges that today's college students are not only ignorant of great literature, but also ill-equipped to seriously consider such works. Beginning with a class survey of reading tastes and experiences, it was discovered that…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Manilla, S. James – 1979
The 1960's and 1970's saw the development and expansion of a new type of educational administration/management that was heavily weighted toward a quantitative approach. Some feel that the advent of modern management techniques (Planning, Management, and Evaluation--PME, Management By Objectives--MBO, Management Information Systems--MIS) as applied…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1971
Includes texts of the Working Papers. (DS)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Degrees (Academic)
McMaster, Anne – 1983
A study was conducted to analyze and compare groups of full-time students entering Mercer County Community College (MCCC) in fall 1980, 1981, and 1982 to identify any longitudinal differences, similarities or trends among them. Information derived from MCCC's student database and student responses to the Basic Skills Placement Test (BSPT) Student…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1988
This unit, designed for use with high school and community college students, features a collection of literature about youths and young adults in contemporary China. Consisting of eight lessons, lessons 1 to 3 are introductory activities relating to Chinese youths and values. Lesson 4 presents excerpts from a Chinese collection of 100 life…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Chinese Culture, Cultural Education, Foreign Countries
Evans, Chris, Comp.; And Others – 1988
The Mississippi Legislature's Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) identified administrative and programmatic weaknesses in the Department of Corrections' associate degree and adult basic education programs administered by Coahoma Junior College for inmates. Related to the associate degree program, Coahoma had…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Associate Degrees, Conflict of Interest
Piatt, Virginia; Seybert, Jeff – 1981
An in-class survey of 683 continuing education students was conducted at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to obtain information on: (1) student characteristics, including age, sex, family characteristics, income, educational background, occupation, area of residence, distance to class, sources of information about JCCC, and method of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
Norris, Neal A. – 1985
This report presents an evaluation of an individualized professional development program, the Professional Support Program, created at the Reading Area Community College (RACC) in Pennsylvania to provide a climate within which academic faculty and professional staff may enrich their personal and professional capacities to teach students…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Models
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the major characteristics of those students who graduated from the seven Hawaii community colleges during fiscal year (FY) 1980. The study revealed that a total of 2,183 students graduated between July 1979 and June 1980, representing an 8% decrease over the previous year. Factors contributing to this decline…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Graduates, Community Colleges
