James emphasizes the importance of occupational subjects and regards academic subjects as mere tools needed to master one's skill and enrich one's life. Gill regards the point of education as preparation not just for employment, but for living, and recommends that career education be offered on an elective basis only. (NHM)

The Northern California Research Group (NORCAL) organized a series of workshops for occupational administrators designed to provide insight into research procedures and practices in areas including: program effectiveness, job placement services, needs assessment, program evaluation, and follow-up studies. (NHM)

This article summarizes the debate between those who favor educating generalists and those who favor educating specialists, and offers a compromise, based on the research, which is to offer both general and specialized programs for middle-management levels of business occupations. (Author/NHM)

Although certain aspects of community college education show change due to the women's movement, little support for credit curriculum and few special services have been offered, and few women administrators have been hired. The establishment of a national clearinghouse on women's programs would help provide clearer evaluation and more information.…

This article describes two formulae designed to measure the effect of job preparedness programs at six North Carolina community colleges. Increased taxes due to increased earnings "pay back" the program costs in less than two years. And trainees, through increased wages, "earn back" training costs in approximately five months. (NHM)

A search of the literature, and a study of various motivational factors involved in job performance led to the development of an instrument which administrators can use to evaluate job satisfaction at their schools. A list of 19 references and the developed survey instrument are appended. (NHM)

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.

Occupational program goals were collected from 42 Virginia community colleges, grouped into six major areas (manpower development, skills attainment, opportunity awareness, citizenship, personal enrichment, and individual needs), and matched with criteria that could help in program evaluation, including: salary levels, job titles, employer…

The equal pay for equal work argument has resulted in a trend toward higher part-time teacher salaries, approaching full-time salary equivalents. This article reviews trends around the country, and makes predictions based on documents included in the ERIC system. (NHM)

Although many factors discourage the movement to build a community college on Chicago's wealthy North Shore, a few leaders with political clout won state sanction for such an institution. A flaw in the state law denies the area's citizens a referendum on the issue, but corrective legislation is now pending. (NHM)

The Apperceptual Interaction Method (AIM), developed by World Education, teaches coping skills to Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language students. AIM develops teaching materials locally in the form of leaflets which students build into books. Special emphasis is placed on solving practical life problems. (NHM)

The Cornell Institute for Occupational Education has developed a system to aid community colleges in planning new vocational education programs. It includes two phases of decision-making and close, logical scrutiny of resources, students, local situations, and employment opportunities. (Author/NHM)

Community colleges--with their link between culture and community--are natural places for citizen involvement in the American Bicentennial celebration. Activities already undertaken by some junior colleges include the recording of local histories, workshops for teachers, art shows, readers' theaters, and folk science lectures. (Author/NHM)

The small community college needs generalists capable of teaching more than one applied skill to a diversity of students. Experience in fields other than teaching can be of great value. Although adaptability to the local environment is important, the hiring of a local person tends to increase the insularity and provincialism of an institution.…

The emphasis in Norway's new regional colleges is on close student-teacher relationships, on innovation, and on a balance between career training and basic education. This article describes each of the six regional colleges, which exhibit many features of the American community college. (NHM)