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Wolf, David B. – Community College Review, 1985
Argues that community college administrators have placed too much time and hope in new management systems. Considers clarity of institutional goals, technological knowledge, decision making stability, and reliable information to be essential to effective management. Offers eight tactical rules for influencing institutional decisions. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Management Systems
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Herring, W. Dallas – Community College Review, 1984
Urges the North Carolina community colleges to rededicate themselves to total and universal education to teach the state's citizens to reason and to act. (AYC)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, General Education
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Fralick, Marsha Ann – Community College Review, 1984
Reports on a survey of women enrolled in the Grossmont Community College District. Compares the background and educational characteristics; attitudes towards women, work, and family; and personality characteristics of women enrolled in traditional or nontraditional programs for their sex. Advocates support services for women in nontraditional…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Females, Nontraditional Occupations, Reentry Students
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Higgins, John W.; Penn, J. Roger – Community College Review, 1984
Presents findings from a survey of 292 community college-bound high school seniors, 86 community college administrators, and 21 community college counselors conducted to analyze differences in the perceptions of the three groups regarding student needs for counseling and advising. (AYC)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Bound Students, Community Colleges, Counseling Services
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Conrad, Clifton F.; Hammond, Martine F. – Community College Review, 1984
Provides a review and critique of current institutional approaches to quality and offers suggestions for the enhancement of quality in the two-year college through self-assessment and program design encompassing inputs, outcomes, the educational process, and the integrality of these concepts. (AYC)
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Program Design
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Harrison, J. Derek – Community College Review, 1984
Considers issues that arise when faculty members are called upon to teach in new disciplines as a result of budget cuts and other factors. Suggests principles and practices related to departmental control, teacher background, and evaluation to aid community colleges considering faculty cross-over. (AYC)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Mobility, Program Administration
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Maguire, Peter – Community College Review, 1984
Argues that if community colleges are to thrive as institutions of higher learning, they must endeavor to integrate adjunct faculty more fully within the institution and channel more energy into recognizing, understanding, and supporting part-time faculty, and creating cohesion between them and their full-time counterparts. (AYC)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development
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Gribbon, Roberta; Gregory, Conway – Community College Review, 1984
Describes Chesapeake College's annual Arts Contest and Social Science Fair for high school students from the college's five supporting counties as recruitment strategies which recognize the creative and academic achievement of students and establish the role of the college as a leader in the arts and social sciences. (AYC)
Descriptors: Art Activities, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Competition
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Hartsough, Gayla A. Kraetsch – Community College Review, 1984
Addresses administrative questions surrounding the design of remedial programs. Focuses on administrative support, organizational structure, internal program design, testing programs, and program outcomes. Lists factors to be considered in designing and evaluating developmental studies programs. (AYC)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Evaluation
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Rippey, Donald T.; Truett, Carol – Community College Review, 1984
Reports on a survey of Texas community college libraries conducted to determine to what extent library services were offered to developmental programs and students and the impact of these services on academic achievement. (AYC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
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Bostaph, Charles P.; Martoni, Charles J. – Community College Review, 1984
Looks at the way Pennsylvania Job Search was brought to the Boyce Campus of Community College of Allegheny County. Discusses student and community participants in the job placement program, its unique services, benefits to the campus, and use of the model by other schools. (AYC)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Employment Services, Student Placement, Two Year Colleges
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Townsend, Barbara K. – Community College Review, 1984
Stresses the importance of community college faculty support for institutional purposes, missions, and directions, and the interrelationship of the issues of institutional identity and faculty support. Finds a strong college identity essential in competing for private donations, government funds, and students. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship
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Johnson, Berman E. – Community College Review, 1984
Describes a study conducted at DeKalb Community College to compare placement levels established by the college's in-house Reading, English and Mathematics (REM) Test with Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Discusses REM placement levels and their course alignments, internal challenges to the placement levels, and correlation study findings. (DMM)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Community Colleges, Correlation, Educational Diagnosis
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Bell, Clayton, Jr. – Community College Review, 1984
Looks at various influences on junior college student persistence (i.e., grades, family background, peer relationships, counseling services, study habits, and employment). Reports on a study conducted at Richland College to descriptively analyze individual social, demographic, and economic factors; preenrollment factors; and institutional…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences
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Palmer, James C. – Community College Review, 1984
Drawing from a review of the literature and a study of 6,000 urban community college students, assesses whether students in college reading and writing courses achieve ability gains in these areas and whether their abilities improve as students advance through the curriculum. (DMM)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education