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PDF pending restorationMertes, Barbara F. – Community College Issues, 1985
In 1985, the Commission on Instruction of the California Association of Community Colleges undertook a project to examine problems in articulation between the community colleges and the University of California (UC) and the California State Universities (CSU). As part of the project, a statewide survey was conducted to examine the nature, extent,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Download full textMertes, Barbara F. – Community College Issues, 1988
A study was conducted in California to investigate the perceptions of public secondary school principals and district superintendents of schools regarding the relationship between community colleges and secondary schools. Specifically, the study sought to determine: (1) the community colleges which high school graduates primarily attended and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation
PDF pending restorationMertes, Barbara F. – Community College Issues, 1986
In February 1986, a study was conducted by the Commission on Instruction of the California Association of Community Colleges to investigate the influence of the 1984 and 1985 high school graduates on community college enrollment patterns. Study findings, based on a 98% response rate from the 106 colleges surveyed, included the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationMertes, Barbara F. – Community College Issues, 1984
An overview is presented of the mechanisms for financial support, institutional resources, and institutional accountability that are needed to improve the teaching and learning environment in the California community colleges. Introductory material outlines the educational reforms that have affected the colleges, underscores the need to reaffirm…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Jensen, Robert; And Others – Community College Issues, 1988
In 1987-88, the Commission on Athletics' Research Committee of the California Association of Community Colleges undertook a study of the effects of the requirement that college athletes maintain a 2.0 grade point average (GPA), the status of women's sports, the use of part-time coaches, and the types of courses used to satisfy transfer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Athletic Coaches, College Athletics
Lewis, Merrilee, Ed.; Barr, Robert, Ed. – Community College Issues, 1988
In light of growing concern for the measurement of educational effectiveness, this paper advocates institutional research at the community college level in California's community colleges to answer crucial questions concerning students, programs, and communities and urges trustees and administrators to use research results to inform decision…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Ramirez, Kevin M. – Community College Issues, 1989
Many California community colleges are accepting the challenge of their vital role in economic development through contract education (i.e., the process of entering into partnerships with business, government, and industry at the work site to assist employer training). Employer-based education and training is generally contracted in one of six…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
