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Direct linkSmith, Corey; Wingate, Lori – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Expanding and diversifying the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce is a national priority. The National Science Foundation is investing efforts at post secondary education institutions to engage individuals who have been historically underrepresented in STEM. This paper investigated the use of strategies to broaden…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Student Participation, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Management
GREGORY, MERRY ANNE – 1966
AT GRAND RAPIDS JUNIOR COLLEGE, A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ENTERING STUDENTS WITH HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES OF 1.5 OR LESS IN ACADEMIC SUBJECTS. TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, THE AUTHOR COMPARED THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THREE GROUPS--(1) A CONTROL GROUP OF LOW ACHIEVERS WHO ENROLLED IN THE COLLEGE BEFORE THE…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade Point Average, Low Achievement
Download full textSimmons, Wilber D. – 1970
This study surveyed the extent of Special Educational Opportunity Programs (SEOP) for disadvantaged students among higher education institutions in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, in an initial attempt to establish baseline data on the nature and range of SEOP activities. From the results of a questionnaire administered to both…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Colleges, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Community Coll. Services Unit. – 1999
This guide to standards and measures for compliance with the Perkins Act was developed by and for 29 community colleges in Michigan in order to provide accountability for planning and program improvement. The Perkins Act requires recipients of Perkins funds to evaluate the effectiveness of programs based upon a statewide system of standards and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
Peer reviewedWismer, Jack N. – Catalyst, 1995
Describes a study of companies served by workforce training programs offered at 25 Michigan community colleges. Indicates that 90.6% (n=264) of business and industry respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their training program, and that 94% thought the programs were important or very important. Discusses implications of the findings…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document contains oral and written testimony from a Congressional hearing on dropout prevention and workplace literacy held in Flint, Michigan, in February 1991. Testimony was given by officials of the United Auto Workers/General Motors training programs, a Michigan state senator and a state representative, school system and college…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Federal State Relationship, Hearings
Michigan State Dept. of Management and Budget, Lansing. Office of Education. – 1994
Designed to help Michigan's community colleges assist and retain academically at-risk students, the At-Risk Student Success program provides the colleges with additional funds to implement more personalized student services. This report describes the At-Risk program and presents data on expenditures and outcomes at the state's 29 community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged
Lynch, Edward J. – 1982
Macomb Community College (MCC) prides itself on its responsiveness to the needs of area industry for skilled tradespeople to engage in the design, tooling, and machining activities that are crucial to the area's long-standing automobile and manufacturing operations and to the needs of new area high technology and service-oriented industries. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
