Although politeness markers are frequently used in written and spoken communication, pragmatic studies have not sufficiently explored the instruction of such markers to English as a foreign language (EFL) learners who lack sufficient opportunity to communicate with native speakers to acquire them in the context of use. Ignoring politeness as a…

Because of its lower cost, cultural integration into the community, non-selective admission requirements, and vocational/technical programs, the two-year college has been seen as a way of enrolling students historically underrepresented in higher education. In comparison to his four-year college counterpart, the two-year college student is from a…

This six-part factbook describes the history, programs, and financial status of New Mexico's two-year colleges. Part I discusses the legal basis for the colleges and describes the coordination of the five types of two-year institutions operating under state law: constitutional colleges, branch community colleges, district junior colleges,…

A survey in Southern California to determine how higher education is responding to the needs of Hispanics is described. The goal was to find out what institutions were doing to recruit Hispanics, retain them until graduation, help them transfer from two-year to four-year institutions, and raise funds. (MLW)

This course outline and study guide for "The Comprehensive Community College," a graduate course offered at Iowa State University, lists topics, objectives, and references for each of the 13 topic-based units in the course. Introductory material indicates that the course, which was designed for practicing and aspiring community college…

Describes a cross-disciplinary research paper assignment in which students engage in original research and interview an expert before researching in the library. (SR)

The Mathematics Talent Development Project offers accelerated mathematics to students aged 10-14, on Saturdays at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Four years of high-school mathematics are covered in two years, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. Described are student selection, importance of homework, and teacher…

In the past two years, 26 states have established task forces to study issues of quality, mission, efficiency, governance, access, and financial support and arrive at some new solutions. What separate these initiatives from previous ones are their magnitude and scope and the resources used. (MSE)

The Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) is a tool to assess stereotypical imagery of scientists. This paper describes the use of the DAST as both a model for inquiry and as a method of assessing the affective domain. The DAST was administered in a science education methods course for undergraduate students of elementary education, a methods course for…

Seeking alternative revenue sources, the University of Hartford (Connecticut) established a fee-based electronic information service for off-campus clients. After two years of pilot projects, market research, product identification and redesign, diverse marketing strategies, and financial investment, the service was not yielding anticipated…

There are a variety of ways in which the two-year or community college can be distinguished from other institutions of higher education. These differences affect the ways in which evaluation is implemented at the two-year college. One difference relates to the mission of the community college. The community college's open-door policy changes the…

A content analysis of 63 faculty collective bargaining contracts and a survey of the chief student personnel officers and faculty union leaders involved revealed that student personnel workers at two-year institutions are treated more like teaching faculty than at four-year institutions. (Author)

This report lists the typical tuition and required fees and room and board charges for academic year 1993-94 at more than 5,000 of the 5,700 four-year, two-year, and public less-than-two-year postsecondary institutions in the United States and its outlying areas. Included are tuition and fee charges to in-state and out-of-state students at the…

Texts play an integral role in science research and science classrooms yet biology textbooks have traditionally failed to reflect the epistemic elements of the discipline such as justification of claims and visual representations of empirical data. This study investigates high school biology students' reading experiences when engaging more…

Describes a unit of instruction in the ESL classroom in which students conceive, develop, and complete anthologies of proverbs from around the world. Details the logistics and the student reactions to such an assignment. (HB)