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Download full textStetson, Nancy E. – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
Studies suggest that the traditional technique of one-way lectures used most often by teachers results in about 42% retention after class, and 17% a week later. To improve both student learning and institutional effectiveness, colleges should support faculty development programs that expose teachers to two-way teaching and learning processes.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
LeCroy, Nancy; Tedrow, Barbara – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
As the issues with which individuals and communities struggle on a daily basis have become more urgent (e.g., unemployment, increasing crime, and overburdened health care), the tensions inherent in the relationship between college and community have become more apparent. Despite criticism that their missions are already overextended, some…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change, Community Colleges
Wilson, Cynthia, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 2001
This is volume 14 of Leadership Abstracts, a newsletter published by the League for Innovation (California). Issue 1 of February 2001, "Developmental Education: A Policy Primer," discusses developmental programs in the community college. According to the article, community college trustees and presidents would serve their constituents well by…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students, Community Colleges
Wilson, Cynthia, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 2001
Volume 4 of the League for Innovation in the Community College's Learning Abstracts include the following: (1) "Touching Students in the Digital Age: The Move Toward Learner Relationship Management (LRM)," by Mark David Milliron, which offers an overview of an organizing concept to help community colleges navigate the intersection between digital…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Quality
PDF pending restorationAstin, Alexander W.; And Others – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
Designed to help educators examine their current student assessment practices and ensure that assessment activities lead to real improvements, this paper lists and discusses nine principles for assessing student learning. The nine principles are: (1) the assessment of student learning begins with educational values; (2) assessment is most…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
Roueche, John E.; Roueche, Suanne D. – Leadership Abstracts, 1994
The 1993 book, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The At-Risk Student in the Open-Door College," provided a status report on community college responses to at-risk students, or students who possess academic, social, and economic problems that challenge their success in college. In addition to providing a brief history of at-risk programs and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Strategies, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students
Beckman, Brenda Marshall; Doucette, Don – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
In fall 1992, the League for Innovation in the Community College conducted a survey of 1,042 community colleges to determine the extent and nature of their involvement in workforce training programs, the types of companies served, funding mechanisms, and perceived obstacles to providing effective training. Study findings, based on a 73.2% response…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Industrial Training, Inplant Programs
Johnson, Larry, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1996
The abstracts in this series provide two-page discussions of issues related to leadership, administration, professional development, technology, and education in community colleges. Volume 9 for 1996 includes the following 12 abstracts: (1) "Tech-Prep + School-To-Work: Working Together To Foster Educational Reform," (Roderick F. Beaumont); (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, College Presidents, Community Colleges
Boone, Edgar J.; Vaughan, George B. – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
The Academy for Community College Leadership Advancement, Innovation, and Modeling (ACCLAIM) at North Carolina State University is working with state community college systems in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to develop and implement a process that positions the community college to play a major role in resolving community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Leaders, Cooperative Planning, Environmental Scanning
Burke, Joseph C. – Leadership Abstracts, 1994
Higher education is trapped in a time warp -- a pre-Gutenberg era where instructional information is mostly transmitted by word of mouth. New information technologies present a critical challenge which cannot be ignored if higher education is to succeed or even survive. Increasingly diverse college students are beginning to think and act like…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Doucette, Don, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1991
"Leadership Abstracts" is published bimonthly and distributed to the chief executive officer of every two-year college in the United States and Canada. This document consists of the 15 one-page abstracts published in 1991. Addressing a variety of topics of interest to the community college administrators, this volume includes: (1) "Delivering the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
Doucette, Don, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1992
This document consists of a year's worth of abstracts of materials concerning issues of community college leadership. These abstracts are published bimonthly and distributed to the chief executive officer of every two-year college in the United States and Canada. Addressing a variety of topics of interest to community college administrators, this…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
