Physical education is still required and receives increasing emphasis. (Editors)

This five-part report offers background information and data from 1994-95 on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents a general orientation to the system, including information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC…

Presents a model to be used as a deductive frame for investigating the composing process. Lists 12 steps in the sequence proposed as the composing process. (RL)

This guide provides a detailed summary of the information, techniques, and examples offered in an audiotape developed to help students teach themselves physical skills. After section I introduces the topic and the objectives of the tape, section II provides concrete examples of adults learning motor skills. Section III presents and discusses nine…

To explore attitudes having a direct relationship to written composition and mastery learning, 80 undergraduate college students were asked to respond to questions that centered on the issues of criteria for determining when a composition is complete, feelings associated with having to repeat a task, and the idea that one's best effort should be…

This academic year enrollment report from Johnson County Community College contains summary data for the three semesters comprising the 1994-95 academic year: summer, fall, and spring. The report is used to answer questions concerning credit hours generated during an academic year and to provide data about programs. Data tables included in the…

Designed for parents with handicapped children, this manual provides current information on the development and growth stages of all children to serve as a basis or guideline for comparison. First, introductory comments focus on skills needed by all parents to help their children build feelings of self-worth and to grow. Next, an overview is…

This study was made to see if there were descriptive statistics on (1) size of enrollment, (2) location (by population density), (3) availability of staff, (4) curriculum (transfer or terminal), and (5) cost per student that would predict rejection of experimental programs in staff use. The attitude of the chief administrator as the single most…

This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…

Illustrates the elusiveness of audience in written discourse. Clarifies some of the conceptual traps in the way "audience" is typically used. Suggests some general reference points that may be useful in thinking about the theory and the teaching of audience. (RL)

Two mediated approaches to individualized instruction--computer-assisted (PLATO) and individualized booklet--were compared in terms of their effect on student achievement. Computer-assisted instruction offers potentially sophisticated use of individualized instruction techniques (e.g., random selection of items, sequencing, and answer judging, but…

According to the 1999 annual surveys of technical and further education (TAFE) and university bachelor graduates in Australia, both sectors have experienced significant growth in the past 10 years (10-year growth rates of more than 70% and 41%, respectively). Within 6 months of graduation, 72.8% of TAFE graduates and 66.4% of university graduates…

Fiscal year (FY) 1984 results of the annual unit cost study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented in this report based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs. After an introductory overview, data and analyses are presented which show: net instructional unit costs for FY84 compared with previous years; net…

Argues that the ethic of expediency in Western culture, which Aristotle first used systematically in the "Politics," was rhetorically embraced by the Nazi regime and combined with science and technology to form the "moral basis" of the holocaust. Suggests that the ethic of expediency enables deliberative rhetoric and gives impulse to most of the…

Described is a weekly computer algebra laboratory course for Calculus I students during the 10-week spring semester, 1990, at Trinity University. Advice on the establishment and management of this type of laboratory including descriptions of student participation trends and student reactions is presented. (JJK)