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Community College Review | 7 |
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Armistead, L. Pendleton | 1 |
Brown, Linda | 1 |
Daniel, David | 1 |
Hyers, Albert D. | 1 |
Martinez, Mario | 1 |
Shandloff, Lucille G. | 1 |
Townsend, Barbara K. | 1 |
Walker, Kenneth P. | 1 |
Ward, Cynthia V. L. | 1 |
Zimmerman, Allen | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 6 |
Opinion Papers | 3 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
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Shandloff, Lucille G. – Community College Review, 1974
Associate in General Studies (AGS) is an individualized degree with no course requirements. Results of a student-characteristic survey show that the AGS student is more like his university counterpart than his community college peers. They also belie the assumption that such a program will attract the irresponsible and incapable student. (DC)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), General Education
Peer reviewed
Armistead, L. Pendleton; And Others – Community College Review, 1987
Examines a study of the general education course-taking patterns of graduates and dropouts from degree and certificate occupational programs at a rural community college in Virginia. Indicates that most respondents took general education courses to fulfill degree requirements, with English, mathematics, and economics being the most frequently…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Courses
Peer reviewed
Hyers, Albert D.; Zimmerman, Allen – Community College Review, 2002
Compares segmentation modeling and logistic regression with regard to a longitudinal study of graduation rates at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. Suggests that segmentation modeling is as effective as the regression techniques in terms of predictive ability, but that segmentation modeling offers a distinct advantage in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
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Brown, Linda; Martinez, Mario; Daniel, David – Community College Review, 2002
Discusses results of a 2001 survey of 128 community college instructional leaders, in which respondents identified skills necessary to effective community college leadership. Reports that communication skills were noted as most important, especially the ability to listen and offer feedback; leadership skills, such as developing a vision, were also…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, College Administration, College Presidents
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Ward, Cynthia V. L. – Community College Review, 2001
Uses the example of British polytechnic institutions' conversion into universities as a warning to the United States to avoid transforming community colleges into baccalaureate-granting institutions. Asserts that conversion places undue burdens on community colleges while altering their historic mission. (NB)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Colleges, Community Colleges
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Walker, Kenneth P. – Community College Review, 2001
Makes a case for United States community college baccalaureate degrees by focusing on the Canadian college and university system, which allows its community colleges to grant baccalaureate degrees. Argues that more students will earn bachelors degrees at lower costs to both students and taxpayers without disrupting the community college mission.…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic), Educationally Disadvantaged
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Townsend, Barbara K. – Community College Review, 2001
Argues that community college transfer mission needs to be redefined as facilitating baccalaureate degree attainment for college students in general, not just for students who begin their undergraduate education in the two-year college. Current patterns of transfer from and to the community college need to be considered. (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges