Developed for newly appointed or experienced college instructors, this monograph presents a process for specifying instructional objectives. After chapter 1 provides background on the process of writing learning objectives, chapter 2 defines the terms, "goals,""objectives,""instruction," and "learning." Chapter 3 provides the instructor with a…

The author discusses faculty resistance to educational technology and to the task of defining instructional objectives. (AA)

The voluntary use of behavioral (performance) objectives by many instructors at Golden West College, California, provides a unique and effective approach to instructional supervision. Because the instructor meets periodically throughout the semester with his division chairman and dean of instruction to discuss objectives and student Performance, …

A major reason for the paucity of usable data on the contributions and effectiveness of community colleges is that the definitions on which the data are based are imprecise. Colleges' contributions might be better understood if their functions were reconceptualized. The collegiate dimension of community colleges (i.e, that portion of the…

Paper presented at the 1971 NCTE Convention; the author concludes that the profession of teaching owes accountability to the discipline of instruction." (Editor/Author)

Describes the pitfalls inherent in removing all barriers to postsecondary education at the community college level. (PG)

By creating new programs for special categories of students and special interest courses for the community at large, community colleges have more than kept their enrollments up. They have called into question traditional definitions of students, curriculum, and faculty. (Editor)

The future of community services in the community college isn't so bright says the Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Editor/CB)

Recent trends in the development of the community college make it seem inevitable that its institutional freshness and promise will be squandered. It will neither ameliorate the problems of those excluded from opportunity through public education, nor break through the bureaucratic, self-sustaining rigidity of public education. (DM)

The chapters in this book are: (1) Characterizing the College, describing its historical image and its present condition; (2) Institutional Research, on the institutional constraints on research, a few studies, and the limitations in study design; (3) Characterizing the Faculty, examining their perceptions, values, interests, and attitudes; (4)…

In this article faculty responsibility in several areas was considered, primarily responsibility for the conduct of the instructional process and responsibility to oneself and one's profession. (Author/RK)

General education is the process of developing a framework on which to place knowledge stemming from a variety of sources. Its goals are to help students think critically, develop values, understand traditions, respect diverse cultures and opinions, and, most importantly, put that knowledge to use. Even though its goals parallel socially supported…

Reviews the development of the transfer function in California community colleges, supplying data confirming that community colleges function not only as career, community, and compensatory education centers, but as institutions in which students desiring baccalaureate degrees matriculate, albeit differently from a generation ago. (DMM)

Curriculum and instruction are not given enough attention at the community college. Instructors usually derive job satisfaction only from their interactions with students, Deans of Instruction often neglect leadership in curriculum and instruction due to other demands on their time, and institutions frequently devise curriculum in response to the…