Presents findings from a study of the perceptions of presidents of public and private two-year colleges regarding the major issues facing their institutions currently and in 5 years. Important future issues included financial support, institutional mission achievement, and maintaining enrollments. (DMM)

Shows how to integrate a college reading course with a content area course. Presents five steps of a procedural model followed by students, which include knowing what one needs to do, making plans, doing it, evaluating the plan, and deciding how to handle the problem next time. Contains strategy sheet and concludes with recommendations. (EL)

To ensure that students have access to the full range of financial aid they may need to succeed, colleges must be able to confidently and responsibly offer federal student loans. The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) and the California Community Colleges Student Financial Aid Administrators' Association (CCCSFAAA) support colleges in…

Argues that two-year college business programs need to provide moral guidance and leadership to students to help stem the proliferation of fraudulent and questionable financial reporting practices. Reviews amoral and moral unity theories of business ethics. Discusses barriers to ethical instruction in business curricula, and ways to overcome them.…

Adelphi University's Program for Learning Disabled College Students focuses on educational and social growth. Educational services include a summer diagnostic and preparation session. One hour of individual counseling and one or group counseling are required each week. Results from the first two years indicate success for the program. (CL)

Examined the stability of expressed vocational interests of college women (N=98) after two years. Although most of the women's expressed interests were stable, some made major changes and others who had listed a choice became undecided. The results suggested that career indecision predicted changes in expressed vocational interests. (JAC)

This digest draws upon the thirteen published volumes of "Inside English" to offer a summary of practitioners' advice on techniques to improve two-year college students' writing skills. First, the paper summarizes underlying principles of writing instruction, indicating that: (1) usage, formal grammar, phonics, and spelling are best learned in a…

Describes an elementary school teacher's experiences in instructing the same group of pupils for both first and second grade. Notes that the two-year relationship helped the teacher and students develop a strong sense of community and was especially beneficial to the shy, quiet students, who became more open and comfortable in school. (MDM)

This guide to programs of technical education in Ohio's two-year college campuses provides descriptions of the specialities of work, a directory by sector, and a campus-by-campus listing of technologies. The programs fall under the categories of business, health, engineering, natural science, and public service. (DB)

At the Minnesota Technical College in Crookston collegiate-technical education is conceived of as one-third general education and two-thirds technical education. A followup study of graduates from the two-year institution covered area of employment, salary, and commitment to rural America. (SA)

Reports on the evaluation of an audiovisual tutorial (AVT) package used in several two-year colleges, finding that the AVT experience has no differential effect on learning for the experimental group. Also discusses basic research problems and offers solutions. (Author/JR)

Three college faculty taught large general biology classes using case studies and personal response systems (clickers). Each instructor taught the same eight cases in two different sections, except the questions within the cases differed. In one section the questions were lower order (LO) factual inquiries, and in the other they were largely…

Background/Context: While different instructional approaches have been proposed to integrate academic content and English proficiency for English language learning (ELL) students, studies examining the magnitude of the relationship are non-existent. This study examined the relationship between the "form" (i.e., conventions, organization, and…

A study was conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges to determine the different emphases and program strengths within the humanities curricula at the 27 Washington State community colleges. Information contained in the Fall 1979 class schedules of the colleges was used to evaluate the following disciplines: history/appreciation…

Reports results of random survey of German instructors on their attitudes toward teaching adjective endings in a proficiency-oriented climate. A majority consider teaching the adjective endings difficult as well as important, especially in four-year high school and two-year college programs. (LET)