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Barbeau, Joseph E.; Dubois, Eugene E. – Community College Review, 1976
The history of cooperative education, which combines classroom learning with practical job experience in a structured program, is traced, and benefits accuring to the school, students, and community are outlined.
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Cooperative Education, Educational Benefits, Educational History
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Pullias, Earl V. – Community College Review, 1975
The higher education system of the United States evolved from the English college, the land grant college, and the German university. The land grant college, which combined lofty idealism with hard practicality, and which established the concept of education for the masses, is a true forerunner of our community colleges today. (DC)
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
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Pedersen, Robert – Community College Review, 1987
Documents the history of broad-based, state- and local-level opposition to the development of public junior colleges in the early 1900's. Examines ways that states were able to frustrate the establishment of local junior colleges, and points to the uncertainty and instability of their support through the 1940's. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Trends
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Fischer, Russell G. – Community College Review, 1987
Offers a review of the work of California's Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education, focusing on the Commission's recommendations in the areas of: (1) ensuring both access to education and academic success; (2) college mission and functions; (3) faculty and administrators; (4) governance; and (5) finance. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, College Faculty, College Role
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Hurlburt, Allan S. – Community College Review, 1988
Reviews the guidelines created in 1950 for the development of North Carolina's community college system, and assesses how well the guidelines anticipated future needs. Reviews the achievements of the system with respect to vocational preparation, broad curricula, low tuition, conveniently located campuses, local initiative and control, and state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
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Zelenski, Joseph F. – Community College Review, 1988
Examines the new high school course requirements for admittance to baccalaureate and community college transfer programs established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Reviews trends in admissions requirements nationwide. (DMM)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Admission, College School Cooperation
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Plucker, Frank E. – Community College Review, 1987
Presents a four-stage model of the development of the community college, focusing on broad social, economic, and political changes. Calls these stages the Mutation (circa 1800-1920), the Empty Niche (1920-1950), Niche Expansion (1950-1975), and the Saturated Niche (1975-today). (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational History
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Austell, David B., Jr. – Community College Review, 1986
Reports on interviews conducted to assess the status of humanities instruction in North Carolina's community colleges. Includes Dallas Herring's reflections on the establishment and growth of the state's community college system. Summarizes interviews with central office representatives and two-year college managers concerning the mission and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
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Ratcliff, James L. – Community College Review, 1986
Assesses William Rainey Harper's role in the junior college movement, covering his founding of junior colleges, his plan for educational excellence, and the impact of his ideas on curriculum reform. Sees Harper's major legacy in the distinction he clarified between the curricular organization of community colleges and liberal arts colleges. (AYC)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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Lombardi, John – Community College Review, 1976
The widely held myth of the low-tuition/no-tuition community college as necessary for democratization of higher education is dispelled by the author through use of empirical data on community college tuition, both in historical and contemporary contexts. An equalization of community college tuition with that of four-year colleges is not unlikely…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational History, Educational Trends, Tuition
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Cohen, Arthur M. – Community College Review, 1981
Reflects on the long personal and professional relationship between the author and Dr. Raymond Schultz. Analyzes the changing function of community colleges since the 1960s and examines three recent shifts in the community college concept. Suggests that community college education programs should emphasize a historical perspective. (CAM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational History
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Dzierlenga, Donna Wells, Comp. – Community College Review, 1981
Provides bibliographic citations for the 27 articles and papers by Raymond E. Schultz included in the ERIC system. Works are organized under the following headings: administrators, education in Arizona, international education, staff development, staff reduction, and miscellaneous. (CAM)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational History
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Miller, Anthony – Community College Review, 1996
Examines some historical perspectives related to the preparation and development of community college faculty. Suggests that current methods of faculty training must develop in accordance with changing student populations, advancing technology, and changing educational ideologies. Contains 34 references. (JDI)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational History, Educational Trends, Faculty Development
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Kintzer, Frederick C. – Community College Review, 1989
Reviews the history and current status of the Harambee Institutes of Technology in Kenya. Offers a critique of the parallel vocationalized system. Discusses the vocational-technical/general education controversy, diversification among types of schools, financing, and the 8-4-4 Plan. (DMM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Needs
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Wattenbarger, James L.; Witt, Allen A. – Community College Review, 1995
Describes the debate over how and when the community college movement spread from the Midwest to California. Presents evidence that the University of Chicago's William Rainey Harper was working in 1900 to convince three California colleges to drop their upper division and become junior colleges. Considers the role of David Starr Jordan in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Theories
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