Describes the use of student verbalization and immediate feedback, cooperative learning, a concept/discovery-based approach, and creative classroom activities in a remedial mathematics class for first-year students at Medgar Evers College. Compares student achievement with that in other sections of the same course. Includes sample problems. (DMM)

This report presents Phoenix College's (PC's) 1999-2000 institutional effectiveness annual report. The 1998-99 academic year was most notable for an important upswing in enrollment, the opening of the Fannin Library, and a continued increase in the diversity of students. Enrollment increases were noted in both fall and spring semesters, with a…

IN SUMMER 1965, PHOENIX COLLEGE OFFERED A PILOT PROGRAM OF GROUP COUNSELING FOR PROSPECTIVE FRESHMEN. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY AND PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS OF HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS. OF 267 APPLICANTS, 45 WERE ASSIGNED TO A CONTROL GROUP. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WAS RANDOMLY DIVIDED INTO 23 SECTIONS, AVERAGING 12…

In 1989, a study was conducted at Phoenix College to explore institutional turnover rates from the spring to the fall semester among part-time community college students. Surveys were administered in class during spring 1989 to a random sample of part-time, working students who were enrolled in 12 credit hours or less. Students were asked about…

Reviews the efforts of the humanities faculty at Valencia Community College (Florida) to restructure the curriculum to allow more time for material to be covered, and to locate, or write, appropriate texts to teach students to examine primary sources intelligently and to identify and organize facts and ideas. (AYC)

Describes a longitudinal study of 92 new students at South Mountain Community College (Phoenix, Arizona), focusing on educational goals and goal strength, grade point average, and postenrollment employment or educational patterns. Recommends that colleges establish matriculation plans and individual programs of study for students. (DMM)

Phoenix College, Arizona, makes use of minority and special interest media to communicate with non-traditional students. Techniques are described for reaching minorities, senior citizens, elementary and secondary school students, parents with problems, nursing home workers, the handicapped, the economically deprived, and the general public. (RT)

This study explores the question of access in Arizona's postsecondary electronic education environment by looking at an urban community college with a highly diverse student population. Phoenix College (PC) is a community college in the Maricopa Community College District in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of neighborhoods near the campus showed a…

Describes the creation of the East Valley Think Tank, a consortium of Phoenix, Arizona, primary and secondary school districts, community and vocational colleges, and Arizona State University designed to establish an educational center at Williams Air Force Base following its closure. Provides suggestions for creating a consortium. (MAB)

Describes the Phoenix College multimedia approach to nursing instruction. Students independently follow Learning Experience Guides curriculum at their own speed, individually setting up their weekly learning tasks, and working in a skills learning laboratory under the supervision of advanced students who have already mastered the techniques to be…

The Phoenix is a traditional symbol of rebirth, but for D-Q University, a bolt cutter may be a more appropriate image. After more than 30 years as California's only two-year tribal college, the school lost its accreditation in January 2005. The board of directors tried to keep the school open, but last summer they began packing up student records,…

This paper argues that community colleges can increase their enrollment by offering 5-week courses that cover the same material as 15-week courses. Changing how they schedule classes will help community colleges to meet the changing needs of the students they serve. The paper analyzes the University of Phoenix (UP) (Arizona), which serves a…

This document provides the proceedings for the 21st Annual Conference of the Community Colleges for International Development. It begins with a letter of welcome from the Chancellor of Pima Community College, the conference's host institution. It then outlines the schedule of activities for each day of the conference, listing workshops and…

The purpose of this paper is to review problems encountered in World Wide Web-based courses delivered at three different educational institutions (i.e., two community colleges and a university) in the metropolitan Phoenix (Arizona) area. Implications are discussed based on distance education theories of interaction. Interaction is a vital issue to…

This paper explores the challenges that South Mountain Community College (Phoenix, Arizona) faced in order to take advantage of the opportunities computer technology offered in its teacher education program. Three issues are examined which were critical to the effective use of computer technology: (1) the technology itself, including the college's…