Activities and outcomes of a Transfer Opportunities Program developed at Laney College, with a grant from the Ford Foundation, are presented in this report. Introductory material outlines the purpose of the program (i.e., to establish an intervention strategy to improve student academic performance and persistence; increase the number of students…

The Flexible Calendar Pilot Project at Evergreen Valley College focused on staff and instructional development, and assessing the needs and characteristics of the student population. The new academic calendar, based on faculty preference, called for a fall semester beginning in late August and ending in mid-December, an 18-day intersession during…

A project was undertaken in Humboldt County to collect information from large and small businesses in the areas of agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation, wholesale and retail, finance, services, and public information with respect to their employee requirements and needs. In all, 451 firms were surveyed to determine the size of the…

This report provides selected statistics on enrollments, units of average daily attendance (ADA), and finances for the California community college districts. Part I provides data on fall 1984 enrollments by college. Part II contains information on the student workload measure of ADA for fiscal year (FY) 1984-85 credit/non-credit students and for…

This report updates the reviewing guidelines of the California State Postsecondary Education Commission for proposals for new public university or college campuses (issued in 1982) in order to make them more appropriate to current needs. Four major changes are added from the 1982 version: (1) a request to all three public segments of higher…

Miami-Dade Community College has conducted an annual survey of its graduates for nearly a decade. In the past, the processing and tabulation of results were essentially manual operations. This paper describes a recently-developed computerized system which carries out most of the processing of this survey up through the tabulation of results. The…

Explores the convergence between projects in ethnographic research and composition pedagogy that emphasize the critical power of experience. Argues that critical ethnography and pedagogy need to redefine "experience" and its function for research and teaching and that composition can help this redefinition by looking for ways to build and…

These two reports look at trends in fall and spring enrollments at Oklahoma City Community College in terms of the following categories: male, female, full-time, part-time, new students, returning students, graduates, single, married, divorced, average age, Black, White, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, international, other ethnic/no response,…

Study supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (RS)

To stimulate students to learn through creative participation and to make literature a live experience, an experimental film making project was conducted with freshmen at Bimidji State College during the 1969-70 term. The first step was to introduce film-making to the students. This was accomplished through viewing and analyzing brief…

The success of the Developmental Skills Program offered at Los Angeles Southwest College, a 96% black institution, is indicated by an average student grade equivalent gain of 2.3 years in one semester; a 5 year average accelerated academic growth rate that is 5.9 times the rate of academic growth black inner-city students have experienced in the…

The text of an address by George Polya that discusses teaching and problem solving strategies in mathematics is given. (PK)

Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of psychology can be employed to provide a continuity between the various subjects a student encounters in college. One approach--a total push remediation program--is exemplified by a project involving representatives of the psychology and physical education departments, as well as interested students, in…

In 1973, the state of Minnesota passed legislation lowering the legal age of adulthood from 21 to 18; this gave 18-year olds the opportunity to legally consume alcoholic beverages. At the same time, the University of Minnesota made policy changes which enabled dormitory residents to consume alcoholic beverages in their rooms. To ascertain the…

Seven papers from the 1988 CAUSE conference's Track IV, Organization and Personnel Issues, are presented. They include: "Positive Management: Techniques and Retreats" (Janet Wixson); "Data Administration: What Is It, Where Is It, How Is It Done?" (Karen L. Miselis, Lawrence A. Jordan, and Ronald Hoover); "The Departmental Planning Team: A Bridge…