Films are a great medium to use not only to practice English, but also to facilitate intercultural learning. Today English is a global language spoken by people from many countries and cultural backgrounds. Since culture greatly impacts communication, it is helpful for teachers to introduce lessons and activities that reveal how different…

This document is primarily intended for postsecondary faculty who are interested in initiating change in the mathematical preparation of teachers. It has been compiled from the experiences of a two-and-one-half day summer workshop held in June 1994, followed by a year in which participating institutions attempted various ways to implement reform…

Notes conflicting claims among traditional and feminist theories of composing styles, and poses many questions regarding what the legitimate aims and practices of the first-year college composition course are. (SR)

On the morning of September 27, 2006, a 53-year-old drifter with no ties to the community walked into Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado, with several firearms, taking a college-prep English class hostage. After a 4-hr stand-off, one 16-year-old student--along with the drifter--was killed in subsequent police action. This case study…

Discusses faculty professionalism from institutional, scholastic, classroom research, and pedagogical frames of reference. Stresses importance of defining two-year college faculty as professionals. Identifies two barriers to developing faculty culture: treating the above frames of references as mutually exclusive and regarding colleges in terms of…

The present paper reports on an approximate replication of Foster's (1998) study on the negotiation of meaning. Foster investigated the interactional adjustments produced by L2 English learners working on different types of language learning tasks in a classroom setting. The replication study duplicates the methods of data collection and data…

Professional pilot degree programs are offered by 146 2- and 4-year public and private colleges. Flight education is split between institutionally owned facilities and local fixed-base operators. The latter arrangement is more prevalent in two-year colleges. (SK)

An Alcohol Services specialization was developed in the two-year associate degree in community services technology program. The project demonstrated that: (1) alcohol courses are financially viable; (2) recovering alcoholics and employed workers are receptive; (3) employers will hire graduates; and (4) courses attract other students. (Author/BEF)

Contemporary best practices in the profession encourage teaching as much as possible in the target language, but when university faculty were observed teaching Spanish, the majority spoke English during instruction and many engaged in frequent code switching (alternations) between English and Spanish. Findings indicate that instructors used…

Analysis of federal crime statistics, community demographic data, and college characteristics found falling rates of violent and property crime on campus, and greater student safety on campus than in surrounding communities. Lowest crime rates were at two-year colleges, highest at medical schools and health science centers. Campus and student…

Pierce College, a two-year school in the Los Angeles Community College District, offers a three-phase training program for computer technicians directed toward high school graduates, current high school students considering computer technology careers, and teachers of mathematics, science, and liberal arts advancing their computer science…

Comprised primarily of data matrices, this report provides information on students transferring from Oklahoma public and private post-secondary institutions to other public and private post-secondary institutions in the state in fall 1992. The report consists of nine sections. Section I provides an aggregate flow of all students in the state,…

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education are developing a two-year support program to bolster existing teacher education programs in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), offering consultants to help prepare for improvement and for national accreditation.…

As an open-access institution and a tribal college, Salish Kootenai College (SKC, Pablo, Montana) accepts all students who walk through the doors. Part of SKC's mission is to provide educational opportunities and access for students who are historically underrepresented in higher education. In recent years, national attention has focused on the…

Criticizes beginning textbooks for emphasizing literary or area study material instead of matters pertaining to the students' lives. Presents a taped classroom conversation by sixth-grade students after two years of English instruction, showing how students at this level can handle conversations about matters familiar to them. (IFS/WGA)