Explores institutional efforts to bring balance to past over-emphasis on rational and cognitive processes by underscoring the value of human feelings. Discusses specific community college programs exemplifying innovative approaches to institutional organization, human development education and staff development. (AC)

Outlines the roles of the Board of Trustees, representing community needs, and the community college president, selected for his leadership abilities in employing human and financial resources. Concludes that their interaction depends largely on characteristics of the president, including the ability to foresee consequences of an action; and to…

The issue of adequate funding permeates all legislation reported by state directors as significantly affecting community colleges in 1976, as state legislatures are increasingly reluctant to meet funding needs. Related issues include reorganization of governance structures, statewide coordination, institutional growth, enrollment limitations,…

Through the North Carolina Rural Renaissance Project, ten community colleges and technical institutes are attempting to provide educational opportunities to an unserved rural population. Primary objectives are staff development and instructional module production and sharing. Teams have produced 140 self-paced instructional modules; 100…

Discusses the baccalaureate program for occupational students at the School of Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, designed to ease transition and minimize articulation problems by automatically accepting the associate degree as the major concentration for the individualized program. (AC)

Traces the trend which shows occupational education replacing transfer education as the community college's major function in terms of credit enrollment, and discusses its implications for the labor market, societal views of education, and the future of community colleges. (AC)

Explores the factors influencing female enrollment patterns in engineering fields. Enrollment has remained disproportionately low despite evidence that there are as many women as men with high mechanical aptitude and that good employment opportunities exist for women as engineering technicians. (AYC)

Describes the Personalized Learning Program at Texas Tech University, which explores self concept theory and the relationship of teaching and learning styles to personality preferences, through a program of research and seminars. (AYC)

Describes the light construction curriculum at Carteret Technical Institute (Morehead City, North Carolina), designed around the major project of building a house. Its unique method of funding involves an endowment corporation which contracts with individuals, pre-selling the house before construction begins. Brief guidelines for establishing…

Discusses what faces the new community college president, what will be expected of him by the board of trustees, the faculty and the community, and the personal traits he needs to establish understanding and rapport with these groups. (AYC)

Defines articulation as systematic coordination between an educational institution and other educational institutions and agencies designed to ensure the efficient and effective movement of students among those institutions and agencies, while guaranteeing the students continuous advancement in learning. Emphasizes proper attitude and…

Discusses reasons for the decline in literature enrollments and methods available for stimulating student interest. These include extensive publicity, expanding course offerings to include popular genres and media, offering special studies courses whose focus changes each semester, and the learning contract, where student and instructor develop…

Presents a compilation of ideas and guidelines drawn from ERIC documents for planning and implementing vocational education programs, each of which addresses problems of needs assessment, student interest, articulation, finances and evaluation, but varies in its approach to planning, data collection and evaluation methodology. (AYC)

Reviews an annotated bibliography of B. Lamar Johnson's writings. Johnson was involved in almost all aspects of the development of the community college. (TP)

Introduces a plan which combines affirmative action and cooperative education as an approach to reaching the disadvantaged student. This plan centers around cooperative work experiences and emphasizes articulation with four-year institutions, and will give students a chance at upward mobility and new job opportunities. (TP)