Study of advantages, disadvantages, and costs to small two-year college library of participation in online cataloging network concludes that networking is too expensive for smallest third of nation's libraries. Disadvantages include increased demands on professional staff time and cost in excess of $3.00 per title cataloged. Twenty-three…

Many believe college instructors resist new teaching practices. In this article, the author develops a hypothesis to understand resistant faculty members, focusing on their likely educational experiences and on insights from psychology. Using Dweck's conception of self-theories and Fischer's conception of dynamic skill-theory, she defends the…

The Community College Futures Assembly has served as a national independent policy think tank since 1995. Its purpose is to articulate the critical issues facing American community colleges and recognize innovative programs. Convening annually in January in Orlando, Florida, the Assembly provides an interactive learning environment where tough…

This paper on recruiting and retaining minorities details the difficulties and successes of Gainesville College (Georgia) to induct and retain minorities from 1993 to 1998. During this five-year period, Black enrollment at the college decreased by 9.1% (from 84 to 77), while Hispanic and Asian enrollments increased by 61.2% (26 to 67) and 35.7%…

A new model for administration of institutional research in small colleges is proposed as an alternative to the traditional centralized program model. Application of the model for two years suggests that its decentralized but integrated approach responds well to the institution's internal and external research needs. (MSE)

Presents data on the construction and renovation of academic and public libraries and two-year college learning resource centers for 1980-81. Information collected by this annual survey includes costs, area and capacity, and names of architects. Multiyear comparisons, data on Canadian public libraries, and a directory of architects are included.…

Reports results of a two-year survey of the place-location knowledge of 879 college students beginning introductory classes in World Regional Geography and Cultural Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Results showed, among other things, that attending to news media had a positive impact on ability to locate the countries while…

This updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts", and the journal literature yields 26 document abstracts which cover the mutual relationships for the implementation of long-range educational objectives between state departments of education and school systems; four-year institutions and two-year institutions; and colleges and…

This second updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts", and the journal literature yields 105 document abstracts which cover the mutual relationships for the implementation of long-range educational objectives between state departments of education and school systems; four-year institutions and two-year institutions; and colleges…

The founder of "Teach for America," a nonprofit organization to recruit capable but undirected college seniors for a two-year commitment to teaching, has successfully brought in a corps of graduates with a high level of commitment, academic excellence, varied skills, and a better minority representation to teach in difficult-to-staff schools. (MSE)

Proposes a curriculum to provide all science and mathematics students pursuing careers in secondary teaching with an adequate background to teach a substantial course in physics. Program is based on two years of college level physics and mathematics. (Author/TS)

Describes a pilot study in which a two-year junior college program designed to train chemical technicians was taught to a group of high school students. The concrete-operational program, entitled Modern Chemical Technology (MCT), was well received by the students. (MLH)

Argues for greater two-year college faculty involvement in grant proposal writing. Lists available library resources on funding sources; reviews types of grants provided by government agencies; discusses community, national general purpose, special purpose, family, and corporate foundation support; and describes the specific steps in writing a…

College student's retention of economic concepts is studied. Two years were spent evaluating the improvement of cognitive skills as a function of time, during and after a one-semester introductory macroeconomics course. Each year the students were taught with either traditional or self-instructional materials. (Author/RM)

This article profiles Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Allegheny College's first chief diversity officer. Dr. Potter comes from a family that is committed to higher education. As a third generation college graduate, he has mixed his education between Stillman, a historically Black college in Tuscaloosa, AL, where he earned bachelor's degrees in English,…