Speculates that the prewriting technique of "clustering" can be an effective tool for multicultural college students learning sophisticated scientific concepts. Asserts that teachers must be willing to take risks and nurture students' creativity and self-confidence if such techniques are to succeed and supplant or supplement the lecture mode of…

The immediate benefits of research experiences for undergraduates have been documented. However, little has appeared about the long-term impacts of these experiences on participants' career trajectories and their level of career satisfaction. In addition, many studies of undergraduate research lack a comparison group. This article reports a…

Argues that practice in writing resumes and business letters helps composition students gain self-confidence, build self-esteem, and improve writing skills. Examines ways to enhance the writing process, such as using a college career placement office to contextualize resume writing, peer criticism of student work, and brainstorming to develop…

Contains three essays on civic responsibility and the two-year college's role in civic education. Includes "Warren Burger and the Power of the Constitution," an interview with Burger by Dale Parnell; "Educating for Citizenship," by Herbert M. Atherton; and "Sustaining the Nation's Commitment to Civic Responsibility," by John H. Buchanan, Jr. (DMM)

Urges two-year colleges to refocus their mission and goals in light of their poor image and status in higher education; their largely urban location; and their nontraditional, often high-risk, student population. Argues for cohesiveness in institutional mission, and new curricula more sensitive to students' urban context, demographics, and career…

A study of the proportion of recommendations made in nine areas of program evaluation for two-year colleges found that most were in the area of instruction. Six areas were implemented most frequently. Direct supervisor support facilitated implementation, but insufficient staff time was a barrier. (JOW)

The Council on Learning's Education and the World View project is described as a carefully defined public project of two years' duration to encourage serious curricular reconsiderations in our schools and colleges in view of the new realities of the world. An undergraduate experience should expose students to other cultures. (MLW)

Traces the history of the National Council for Community Relations' Paragon Awards, which recognizes excellence in communications among two-year college professionals. Reveals 1986 award winners in the categories of catalogs, class schedules, viewbooks, annual reports, brochures, newsletters, posters, advertisements, and promotional campaigns.…

Presents guidelines for the establishment of policies needed to articulate the social science programs offered in high school with those offered in two-year colleges. Focuses on subject matter, the educational needs of transfer and terminal students, students' backgrounds, instructional enrichment, teaching methods, transfer of credit, and…

Describes a survey of department chairs of the public two-year colleges in Tennessee, which investigated the degree to which administrators understand strategic planning and feel their institutions are practicing strategic planning, and the implications of observed discrepancies between the perceived and actual practice of strategic planning. (DMM)

The AAUP suggests that inflation, threats of retrenchment, and the prospect of collective bargaining legislation in several states have stimulated a new surge of interest in collective bargaining by college and university faculties. Over the next two years the number of faculty members covered by collective bargaining will increase steadily. (MLW)

Discusses the effects of declining student enrollment, reduced budgets, and campus political tensions on two-year college faculty-development programs. Underscores the need for vigorous faculty development programs which have the support of the faculty and are based on teachers' individual strengths. (JM)

Argues that general education within career-oriented curricula at two-year colleges is most effective if the student is exposed to liberal arts courses after s/he has completed in-depth vocational study. Describes this alternative approach in a human services curriculum, enumerating the vocational and general education competencies to be achieved.…

This paper describes the two-year Master of Family Therapy Program at the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. The program entered its third year in 1979. It is based on a relational, or contextual, model of family therapy, influenced primarily by the ideas and theoretical constructs of Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy. (Author)

This paper looks at the continued survival of "myths" about English grammar, for example, the statement that in negative and interrogative sentences "any" should be used instead of "some". It is based on a survey of 195 Hong Kong students majoring in English, in five different cohorts, which found that such myths are…