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Download full textCarter, Edith H., Ed. – Community College Journal for Research and Planning, 1981
Designed as a forum for the exchange of information among research and planning professionals, this journal presents articles on institutional research studies and practices. In "The President's Forum," Mantha Mehallis focuses on the changing role of research evaluation and planning in community colleges. Next, Linda Greer, in her article,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Institutional Research
Cohen, Arthur M. – Transfer Working Papers, 1991
Inconsistencies in the definition of transfer from two-year to four-year institutions and in the calculation of the transfer rate have given rise to incongruous findings. For example, one researcher in 1989 reported a transfer rate of less than 12% for the colleges in Illinois at the same time that the Chancellor's Office of the California…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1987
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…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationCohen, Arthur M. – Transfer Working Papers, 1992
In an effort to standardize the definition of the two-year college student transfer rate and to collect national transfer data, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) has solicited data annually since 1989 from a sample of 240 public and private two-year colleges nationwide. The CSCC has standardized the definition of "transfer…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Definitions
Palmer, James – Transfer Working Papers, 1991
A small number of studies conducted during the 1980's provide insights into the magnitude of transfer activity and the characteristics of students who are likely to transfer. The studies, based occasionally on state data and more frequently on secondary analyses of the U.S. Department of Education's longitudinal databases, reveal that: (1)…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Mobility, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMacDougall, Peter, Ed.; Friedlander, Jack, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Recent mandates from state and accrediting agencies are requiring community colleges to provide evidence of their success in such areas as basic skills and remediation, general education, major-field content, student development, transfer effectiveness, job training, job placement, and fiscal accountability. This volume, in addition to describing…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Consortia, Data Collection
