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Download full textZwerling, L. Steven, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
A collection of essays presents the updated positions of nine critics of the community college who from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s participated in a debate with two-year college proponents over many of the fundamental assumptions of the community college movement. The volume contains: (1) "From Mass to Class in Higher Education," by…
Descriptors: College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
Voegel, George H., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
The essays in this collection focus on recent advances in instructional technology and their use in community colleges. The collection includes: (1) "Telecourses: Using Technology to Serve Distant Learners," by Leslie N. Purdy; (2) "Satellites Stop Beeping and Start Teaching," by Peter Vander Haeghen; (3) "Change through Cooperation: The NILRC…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Bray, Dorothy, Ed.; Belcher, Marcia J., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1987
Three aspects of student assessment are addressed in this collection of essays: accountability issues and the political tensions that they reflect; assessment practices, the use and misuse of testing, and emerging directions; and the impact of assessment. The collection includes: (1) "Expansion, Quality, and Testing in American…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology
Lieberman, Janet E., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
Designed to encompass multiple perspectives and orientations on community college-high school cooperation, this collection of essays provides a theoretical and historical background to joint programs between colleges and schools and describes a sample of current approaches. The volume includes: (1) "Reconnecting Youth: The New Wave of Reform," by…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Articulation (Education), College Preparation, College School Cooperation
Miller, Richard I., Ed.; Holzapfel, Edward W., Jr., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
This collection of essays provides an overview of personnel policies and practices in two-year colleges. The volume includes: (1) "The Personnel Function in Two-Year Colleges," by Priscilla Haag-Mutter and C. Wayne Jones, which considers historical antecedents, human resource development, future trends, and the role of planning; (2) "Organization…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Faculty Evaluation, Personnel Evaluation
Townsend, Barbara K., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1989
The essays in this collection argue that community colleges have much to gain by seeking out and maintaining positive recognition of the features that distinguish them from other colleges in the region and state. In addition, the sourcebook contains articles discussing the process of conducting a search for institutional distinctiveness and ways…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educational Attitudes, Institutional Advancement
Bers, Trudy H., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1989
This collection of essays discusses some of the general concerns and issues related to tracking the flow of community college students through higher education. The chapters in the volume include: (1) "Tracking Systems and Student Flow," by Trudy H. Bers; (2) "Beyond the College: State Policy Impact on Student Tracking…
Descriptors: College Admission, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Management Information Systems
Wolf, David B., Ed.; Zoglin, Mary Lou, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
This collection of articles examines the influences of the state and federal government, the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC), universities, accrediting agencies, and other external forces on the community college curriculum. Articles which deal with the role of the government in curriculum development include: "An…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Prager, Carolyn, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
This collection of essays offers a variety of perspectives on academic and procedural aspects of transfer and articulation activities. The volume includes articles on state, regional, and foundation-sponsored efforts to improve transfer processes, as well as essays concerned with programs to create vehicles and channels for interinstitutional…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Losak, John, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
This collection of essays by current or former directors of institutional research represents the broad spectrum of size, function, and geography within institutional research in the two-year college. The volume contains: (1) "The Role of Institutional Research in Evaluation of Nontraditional Programs: College Preparatory Analysis at Miami-Dade…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
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