Describes a 1990 study of accredited degree-granting private for-profit institutions, including 48 baccalaureate-granting and 231 associate-degree-granting proprietary schools, regarding enrollments, programs, degrees awarded, accreditation, and plans among 2-year schools for granting baccalaureates. Reviews state studies of transfer among…

Describes a study which sought to determine whether students would be able to identify the gender and ethnicity of the writer of an essay placement test based on the writer's handwriting and the content of the paper. The student-readers were able to guess the writers' gender 87.6 percent of the time and ethnicity 47.9 percent of the time. (DMM)

Presents a study of the attitudes of vocational teacher education department chairs and postsecondary deans of instruction regarding the philosophy, curriculum, and administration of high school technical preparation education (tech-prep) programs. Reports a high level of interest in tech-prep programs, with postsecondary respondents more…

Describes a study of alcohol use and abuse among 2,843 community college students from 6 campuses in 1 midwestern state. Presents a profile of early onset (i.e., prior to age 18), large quantities of consumption, and frequent use, with males drinking more heavily, more often than females. (DMM)

Reports on the work of the Center for the Study of Community Colleges in helping two-year colleges to define and establish their rates of transfer. Presents the outcomes of 1990 forums where study participants discussed problems and issues in data collection. (DMM)

Argues that process education, experiential learning, and facilitative teaching provide an answer to the educational challenges posed by the information explosion. Presents an information evaluation of the experiential learning programs (i.e., internships and cooperative education experiences) offered at Pima Community College (Arizona). (DMM)

Defines community-based programing as a cooperative process in which the community college serves as leader and catalyst in effecting collaboration among community members, leaders, and groups. Recommends 15 tasks for community college leaders involved in community-based programing, including environmental scanning and coalition building. (DMM)

Discusses implications for community colleges of five observations about contemporary society: political processes/institutions unable to deal with significant issues in substantial ways; a seeming return to local responsibility/control; a dichotomy between problems and solutions; a reluctance to face facts; and the persistence of turfism.…

Urges community colleges to embrace community-based programing and accept the challenge of bringing diverse people together to work for the good of the larger community. (DMM)

Identifies challenges confronting community colleges entering the twenty-first century, concluding that dramatic changes in demography, social structures, and technology promise to shape a vastly different educational environment. Urges community colleges to address community problems and issues and empower citizens through the development of…

Describes Overtown Neighborhood Partnerships (ONP), a program directed by the people of Overtown, a poor innercity neighborhood in downtown Miami, Florida, involving public and private sector partnerships in education, housing, health, employment, and other community projects. Examines the role of Miami-Dade Community College and phases in ONP…

Assesses the extent of centralization of state governance structures for community colleges in 45 states, offering a rank ordering of states and a tally of the number of highly decentralized (3), decentralized (10), moderately decentralized (11), moderately centralized (5), centralized (13), and highly centralized (2) state systems. (DMM)

Analyzes the 394 articles published in the "Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice" between 1977 and 1991 in terms of the authors' gender, region of residence, and institutional affiliation. Reports that most of the 633 authors were male, employed at a research university, and from the south. (DMM)

Presents study results concerning the amount and quality of effort invested by Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) students in their college experience. Lists strategies used by SBCC to increase student involvement. Discusses the importance of student contacts with faculty and peers and student involvement in out-of-class activities. (DMM)

Describes professional development activities for adjunct faculty instituted at College of the Canyons in California to improve teaching and strengthen ties between college and faculty at reasonable cost and with minimal bureaucracy. The Associate Program includes Instructional Skills and Advanced Teaching Workshops and a teaching analysis. (DMM)