This volume describes characteristics of proprietary schools, or for-profit schools that focus primarily on career and technical education, and explores similarities, differences, and points of linkage between proprietary schools and community colleges. The following articles are included: (1) "Community Colleges and Proprietary Schools: Conflict…

Presented as a practical guide and reference for reexamining or restructuring general education programs, this volume examines the aims of and rationale for general education at selected campuses and focuses on the process of curriculum reform at the campus and system levels. The 10 chapters are: (1) "General Education in the Heartland: Black Hawk…

We must prevent highly specialized training programs from omitting electives and humanities courses altogether. The humanities will only regain their critical place in the mission of the two-year college when the administration and the faculty consciously urge the institution, the student, and the community in this direction. (Author/NHM)

This collection of articles examines the history of student development practices, reviews key issues that have emerged in the field, and proposes paths of action for the future. The volume includes: (1) "Student Development Philosophy: A Perspective on the Past and Future," by Terry O'Banion, which reviews the history of student development; (2)…

A rapid decline in the number of private liberal arts junior colleges is forcing educators to examine the status of this special sector of higher education. This monograph focuses on the history and future of these colleges in higher education, the marketing of private junior colleges, institutional assessment, church-related colleges, computer…

The movement from exclusive and elitist educational systems to systems catering to the masses is a recent and global phenomenon. The United States leads the world in its commitment to formal education for the masses; however, this movement from class to mass education has exposed and cut deeply into some of the most basic unresolved problems of…

The transition from schooling to work has been recognized as a difficult one. As society has become more modernized, the problem of transition has become even more aggravated. American postsecondary education has a role to play in making this transition less difficult, and in integrating the educational process into the world of work. This…

Defines "community services" in the community college in terms of their history and offerings. Describes and warns against the recent trend toward eliminating all community service offerings which do not qualify as credit-bearing, financially self-sufficient "continuing education" courses. (Author/NHM)

Provides an overview of the five basic problems confronting the community college in delivering community services: financing, limits on growth, management, academic standards, and the role of community services faculty. (Author/NHM)

This bibliographic essay cites books and ERIC documents which discuss organizational change in the community colleges. Specifically referenced are cluster colleges, management by objectives, and multiunit community colleges. (NHM)

Reviews some of the implications of the changing environment in which multiunit community colleges have operated since 1975, giving special attention to the chararacteristics and evolution of the current governance system at Florida Junior College. Suggests approaches to improve governance. (DMM)

Offers a historical overview of ways of preparing high school students for college, including the Advanced Placement Examination, efforts to standardize college entrance requirements, the New York State Regents Exams, and the Upward Bound program. Assesses current trends and future directions with respect to relations between high schools and…

Reviews the roots of current two-year college personnel administration practices in secondary education and compares practices in higher education and business/industry. Assesses management issues related to part-time faculty, nontraditional students, faculty satisfaction, the quality-of-worklife movement, and anticipated faculty shortages.…

Assesses personnel management trends with respect to the broadening scope of personnel administration; expanding needs for career development and health care; the need to humanize the automated workplace; staffing shortages; demands for flexible working schedules; legal responsibilities; and collective bargaining. (DMM)

Provides a historical look at the community college, discussing the early form and function of the junior college, figures involved in community college development, external factors affecting the community college, and current efforts to reassess the community college mission. (LAL)