Reports on the outreach program developed at Cerro Coso Community College, which has a service area of 5,000 square miles. This college opened in 1973 and now has a main campus and seven outreach centers. Long-range plans call for connecting all outreach centers by microwave television relay. (DC)

In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Santa Clara Community College District to establish an educational center in the community of Canyon Country. The district was created in 1968 when the communities of Valencia, Newhall, Canyon Country, Agua Dulce, and Val Verde voted overwhelmingly for its establishment. It serves a…

Provides examples of ways to entice more students to live on campus through better residence hall design. Amenities that include landscaping, private baths, lounge areas, and fitness facilities are suggested as are designing apartments that have a more homelike quality to them and providing affordable and attractive off-campus housing. (GR)

Describes how some small-college bookstores are relocating off-campus in an effort to increase profits and help revive flagging downtown business districts. Such a move can help fight competition in the $10.1-billion college bookstore industry, especially as more chains take over the operation of college bookstores and online booksellers carve out…

Program development is dependent upon people development. To make continuing education work, off-campus programs must be palatable to a diverse group of people upon whom the program is totally dependent for teaching resources. (Author/MW)

Several surveys are reported of tenants in a low-rent apartment complex in a university town before and after renovation. The tenants were willing to trade off the lack of amenities and anomie in return for low rent and casual lease arrangements. (JP)

Central Piedmont Community College (North Carolina) has sought an alternative to building new campuses to meet the increasing demands for its services. Various non-traditional delivery systems, including satellite centers, cable TV, teleconference networks, and strengthened off-campus audiovisual and library support services, are planned to expand…

The Richardson, Texas, Independent School District has expanded its physical education program through an off-campus cooperative program that permits students to obtain credit for participation in an instructional program with an approved off-campus facility. (JMF)

An innovative, cooperative Michigan program involves a higher education center built by the community in which 5 4-year institutions within the state offer a total of 11 degree programs. Most students will be able to complete studies without setting foot on a 4-year college campus. (MSE)

In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Yuba Community College District to convert the Woodland Educational Center, currently a state-approved off-campus center of Yuba College, to a full-service community college. The proposal is in response to significant population growth occurring in Yolo county and adjacent areas. The table…

This paper applies the management science tool of break-even analysis to determine the costs of implementing an off-campus bachelor degree completion program at a four-year private liberal arts college. The first section describes break-even analysis which, in this application, is calculated by dividing the total annual cost for a cohort of…

Contrary to beliefs that employment of adjunct faculty may negatively influence classroom quality, this study found that students in an off-campus university program did give higher ratings to regular faculty but evaluated the performance of both groups as strong to outstanding. (Author)

Describes a nontraditional program at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, which offers a number of communication courses in an off-campus setting in neighborhood shopping centers. Highlights some specific concerns such as use of library facilities and materials and use of textbooks. (JMF)

Increasingly, colleges and universities are using field offices and representatives to recruit applicants at a distance from the institutions. Representatives often spend significant amounts of time with a single student. The practice is particularly popular among colleges wishing to build name recognition and to elevate a narrow market segment in…

When adult students in off-campus classes (n=192) completed the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, females were closer to the feeling type, males to the thinking type. Among these nontraditional students, females had distinct personality differences compared to a sample of traditional-age female students; male nontraditional students were relatively…