Guidelines from the Missouri State Department of Higher Education for determining the eligibility of community college courses for credit hour reporting for state aid purposes are presented. Definitions are given for "course" and "semester credit hour." Criteria are presented to help establish which courses in baccalaureate transfer and in…

PHASE ONE OF THIS STUDY IS A FOLLOWUP, BEGINNING MARCH 1968, OF GRADUATES OF OCCUPATIONAL CURRICULUMS. OF THE 429 GRADUATES QUESTIONED, 211 (49.18 PERCENT) REPLIED. INFORMATION WAS SOUGHT ON THE JOBS THEY TOOK, THE SALARY RANGES, THE KIND OF FIRMS HIRING THEM, HOW MANY WENT ON TO 4-YEAR SCHOOLS, WHICH SCHOOLS THEY WENT TO, AND WHETHER ON A FULL-…

In September 1993, Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC), in Virginia, conducted a study of the characteristics and academic performance of students who transferred to four-year institutions during the fall semesters of 1990 and 1993. Two sources of data were used: student records from 18 four-year institutions and responses to a questionnaire…

A study was conducted to determine current and former students' and local employers' satisfaction with South Seattle Community College's (SSCC's) Landscape and Environmental Horticulture Department. Specifically, the study gathered data on four outcomes: that students receive an education allowing them to meet goals; that students be satisfied…

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of textbook and lecture methods of instruction on student achievement during 10 days of an introductory psychology course. The 48 subjects were randomly assigned to four treatment groups. The same examination was given as pretest and as post-test. The test was concerned with recall of factual…

The Alliance for Workforce Skills (AWS), a public/private partnership, provided adult basic skills training to employed and unemployed men and women in the Greater Hartford area. Many goals were not met, due in large part to the massive downturn in the Hartford economy. Only one of the four sponsoring corporations was still an active AWS partner…

This study described 476 recruits' physical education backgrounds and beliefs about the purposes for physical education. Students' most frequently stated purpose for physical education was learning skills/activities. Sports experiences influenced recruits' beliefs about physical education. (SM)

Tested the effectiveness of a behavior modification program to reduce test anxiety in 97 self-referred students. Results indicated that students who participated in the program had improved their academic averages more than the control group and reported less debilitating anxiety. There was no comparable finding for facilitating anxiety. (JAC)

This document contains a narrative analysis and 28 tables of salary and related data for the Illinois Community Colleges. The first 16 tables present summary and institutional data on salaries for faculty and administrative personnel for 1976-77, including mean salaries paid to full-time teaching faculty; mean salaries for full-time teaching…

An overview is provided of activities undertaken by Southwest Virginia Community College and the Russell County School System to provide a cost-effective delivery system for education/enrichment opportunities for gifted seniors in rural high schools that lack the "critical mass" to sustain individual on-site programs. The delivery system used an…

This report describes the design and development of the MASTER program, an autoinstructional model to supplement introductory foreign language courses, and examines its application in two French language courses offered at Brevard Community College. The first sections contain introductory material, a review of the literature on second-language…

Developed as part of a 310 Special Demonstration and Teacher Training Project undertaken at Brevard Community College in 1984-85, this training guide for new Competency-Based Adult Education (CBAE) teachers offers information on the CBAE concept, individualized instruction, selection of instructional materials, student orientation, and procedures.…

Project planning guides are required for every major capital improvement of California's junior colleges for which funds are requested for working drawings and/or construction for the project. This guide was developed to assist administrators and planners in justifying a proposed capital outlay project. The project planning guide permits the…

This project was conducted at Edmonds Community College to develop curriculum and materials for use in teaching hands-on, computer-assisted court reporting. The final product of the project was a course with support materials designed to teach court reporting students performance skills by which each can rapidly create perfect computer-aided…

Data and narrative describe the ethnic/minority composition (Asian, Black, Hispanic, Indian, White, foreign) of the student population in Maryland higher education institutions in 1989 when Maryland had enrolled its most diverse student body to date, with the highest rate of enrollment growth for Hispanic and Asian American students. Although…