Objective: Community colleges have long made higher education more accessible to students from diverse academic backgrounds, particularly those who are academically underprepared and require remediation. In light of developmental education (DE) reform, our article answers the following questions: How do campus personnel articulate the unique…

A study of the impact of collective bargaining on students at 30 community college campuses in Michigan found that faculty and administrative respondents tended to disagree on many issues, with faculty usually advocating collective bargaining as beneficial to students and administrators maintaining the opposite position. (DC)

This article reports the results of a 1974 survey of Florida community college administrators and faculty to determine their perceptions of the content and methods that should comprise a faculty inservice program. The authors recommend that faculty values, needs, and perceptions be central to the planning of all inservice experiences. (DC)

Reports on a survey of faculty and administrator attitudes toward, and use and knowledge of, instructional television. Suggests strategies to increase the use of instructional television; e.g., create a need for change, promote the advantages of instructional television, and show how instructional television is compatible with institutional…

Reports on a survey of 117 full-time faculty and 36 academic administrators in six rural Washington community colleges conducted to assess perceptions of current and ideal purposes and methods of faculty evaluation. Reveals a high positive relationship between faculty and administrator attitudes. Includes a literature review. (AYC)

Describes the methodology and findings of a study of the values and attitudes of community college personnel concerning affirmative action. Points to poor hiring records in rural areas, need for human relations training, negative attitudes among vocational personnel, sex bias, perceptions of racism, and high self-perceived liberality. (DMM)

Examines a study of patterns of faculty involvement in decision-making altered by the advent of collective bargaining. Characterizes the colleges involved in the study, and identifies the changes perceived by administrators and faculty union leaders with regard to faculty involvement in decision making in personnel, academic, and administrative…