Analyzes the efficacy of the policies and procedures for accrediting the two-year branch campuses of baccalaureate-degree granting institutions and off-site extension courses. Reviews regional accrediting commissions' written policies and responses to telephone surveys. Suggests a more proactive approach to accreditation to maintain public…

Presents the findings of a study of federal funding of vocational education at two-year colleges, highlighting allotments made, by state and program, from 1982-83 to 1984-85 under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and in 1985-86 under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. (DMM)

Presents a study designed to determine whether levels of water literacy differed between (n=83) college freshman nonscience majors having one versus two years of high school science coursework, visual imagery exercises could improve understanding of the water cycle, and patterns exist in the concept of the water cycle. (Contains 23 references.)…

A discussion of issues in higher education enrollment management analyzes data on patterns in the transitions from high school to higher education, two-year to four-year-colleges, undergraduate study to graduate study, and graduation to employment. Implications for managing student flow through the higher education system are examined. (MSE)

Reviews findings of Department of Labor studies on workforce supply/demand in the year 2000. Predicts more white-collar and fewer blue-collar jobs. Relates potential labor shortages to functional illiteracy, disadvantaged and unemployed youth, and displaced workers. Urges two-year colleges to provide opportunities for acquiring functional,…

The purpose of this study was to explore the responsibilities of the instructor in an English composition course at a community college. In particular, the study explored the role of the instructor in implementing required department curriculum and learning objectives into the course plan. The study was conducted through multiple case study.…

Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on major instructional, curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field as well as information on the activities of the English Council of the California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC). The Fall 1976,…

Implications of cohabitation for courtship were explored in a two-year study of 231 college dating couples. No differences were found between living together and other "going together" couples in rates of marriage or breakup. Differences were found in satisfaction, intimacy, problems, expectations, power, and transition to marriage. (Author)

Considers short-cycle education in the context of international cooperation in postcompulsory schooling. Looks at common characteristics of short-cycle institutions worldwide. Identifies four types of short-cycle institutions. Enumerates the potential advantages and disadvantages of uniting two-year colleges with appropriate university faculties.…

Explains how a teacher taught a composition course at a community college through electronic and networked computer systems. Describes how the course was organized on the computer; how he composed instructional materials; what some of the special instructional concerns were, such as plagiarism; and what some of the possibilities for developing the…

This article describes two formulae designed to measure the effect of job preparedness programs at six North Carolina community colleges. Increased taxes due to increased earnings "pay back" the program costs in less than two years. And trainees, through increased wages, "earn back" training costs in approximately five months. (NHM)

The strong and weak points of the one year certificate programs of two-year colleges are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the usefulness of such a program in an attempt to fight attrition. Although marketable skills and employment opportunities from such a program are few, the author feels it should be vocationally oriented. (DS)

Suggests the use of driving directions to help two-year college students understand how the rhetorical principles learned in freshman composition apply to technical writing, and to render the concept of "technical writing" less threatening to the uninitiated students. (HTH)

Counseling needs in the two-year colleges are varied and complex. There is a need for career counseling, counseling for career flexibility, preparing for the job interview and how to keep a job, follow-up, counseling and developing opportunities for minorities as well as concern with handicapped, veterans, and marginal students. (Author)

Reports the results of a study in which 294 two-year college presidents in the 13 Northeastern states were surveyed to ascertain their assessment of staff development needs and their thoughts on where, when, and how staff development is best achieved. (DC)