Based on a Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Life Management Retreat held in June 1996, this two-part compilation provides instructional resources and teaching strategies developed by life management faculty in California's community colleges. Following an introduction to the teaching of life and home management and a…

The study described in this report was conducted by the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to provide a basis for a master plan for health occupation programs and facilities that would meet the educational purposes and needs, workforce demands, and criteria for effective resource management of the district. After discussing the…

The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce and State Technical Institute (STI) at Memphis (Tennessee) developed a cooperative program to meet the educational needs of the community. A jointly staffed College/Chamber office was created in May 1986 to staff the education department of the Chamber, to assist the economic development department with…

Determined whether or not formative evaluation could facilitate goal attainment in a biochemistry course and produce desired learning outcomes consistently by altering course materials and/or instruction. Formative evaluation procedures included two tests administered to subjects (N=64) over a three-year period. Findings supported the formative…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the duties and work load, formal education, experiential background, and job mobility of instructors of physical and biological sciences in publicity-supported junior and community colleges. The survey instruments were returned by 366 instructors in 70 institutions in 31 states. Among the findings were:…

This study was undertaken to determine the advisability of establishing an area vocational-technical school. The county's population characteristics and the economic base of the county as well as its history were studied for background information. the staff then surveyed 2,288 high school seniors in the county to determine which ones and how many…

Contracted by the Select Council on Post-High School Education in Florida with the Southern Regional Education Board, this study was designed to provide information and observations which the Council could use in formulating suggestions and recommendations for the special post-high school educational needs of Negro students. The issues to which…

Discusses a study which explored the possible value of the history of science to understanding student misconceptions. Focused on photosynthesis and examined relationships between students' conceptual difficulties and the transformation of concepts through time. Student responses suggest that the history of science can be used to anticipate…

This manual describes the Virginia Community College System's strategic and operational planning methodology for student services: the Student Services Planning Model (SSPM). Introductory material outlines the role, philosophy, and objectives of the SSPM; offers guidelines for its use and background to its development; and presents the assumptions…

Rural Arizona libraries received a severe blow when the Arizona Inter-Library Loan Center closed because of lack of funds. No northeastern Arizona libraries have been invited to join a new Arizona database, which is a spin-off of OCLC, and none of these rural libraries are in OCLC. The libraries will also have to pay long distance and user fees to…

A survey of two random samples of 500 students drawn from lists of returning and non-returning students at Triton College was conducted to study student retention between Fall 1978 and Spring 1979. Data, gathered from 248 returning and 159 non-returning respondents, were analyzed in terms of: (1) student educational intent, (2) reasons for…

The Enrollment Management Plan proposed in this report was developed in an effort to provide a comprehensive framework for organizational analysis, planning, and evaluation for the Off-Campus Program of the Community College of Rhode Island. The introductory sections of the report offer background information, define enrollment management, and…

This software review focuses on five concept-related packages of programs in the Apple version and are viewed as well-written in terms of both educational sophistication and programing expertise. (MP)

As part of the overall evaluation of the journalism program at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in Illinois, a follow-up survey of former students was conducted to determine current activities and perceptions of the program. Questionnaires were mailed to 236 of the 310 students who had, for the most part, passed three or more journalism…

AS DEFINED, HEALTH SERVICE TECHNICIANS ARE NORMALLY PREPARED FOR ENTRY INTO THEIR OCCUPATIONS BY PURSUING A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT DEMAND A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE BUT USUALLY INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF THEORY, PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE, MANUAL SKILL, AND WHEN APPROPRIATE, ACTUAL CLINICAL PRACTICE. EXAMPLES OF SUCH TECHNICIANS…