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Download full textWalters, Henry R. – 1977
Cosumnes River College participated in a Flexible Calendar Pilot Project established by the California Legislature to study the feasibility of more flexible and effective nontraditional calendar and course scheduling. The college adopted a school calendar for 1976-77 which provided for two sixteen week semesters and a three week intersession…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Experimental Programs, Institutional Research, Instructional Improvement
Abbott, Judith A. – 1986
A summary is provided of the 1985-86 goals and accomplishments of Maricopa County Community College District's (MCCCD's) Student Assessment Pilot Project, which was conducted to develop a districtwide database of quantitative and qualitative information upon which decisions about policies, programs, and procedures related to assessment,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Counseling, Educational Testing, Experimental Programs
Shea, Brent; Stannard, Carl – 1977
This final report on the Joint Degree Program (JDP) describes a cooperative venture between Harpur College of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Broome Community College (BCC) under which Harpur students work simultaneously toward both a liberal arts bachelor's degree and a vocationally oriented associate in applied science degree.…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment
Avens, Cynthia; Zelley, Richard – 1990
This report summarizes the results of a research study conducted to assess the intellectual development of students in the QUANTA Learning Community at Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC) (Florida) in the 1989-90 academic year. QUANTA is a freshman interdisciplinary program with 75 students and three faculty. Three courses--English, psychology,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
St. John, Edward P. – 1977
As part of a study of selected developing colleges and universities funded in the Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP), this report focuses on St. Mary's Junior College (SMJC), a Roman Catholic, two-year college specializing exclusively in health, health-related and human service fields. The report considers SMJC's state of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Church Related Colleges, College Administration, Community Colleges
Sheldon, M. Stephen; Hunter, Russell – 1978
During 1977-78 Pierce College undertook a study to (1) examine major reasons for attrition; (2) determine reasons for student attendance at Pierce; (3) determine the long-range effects of academic residence at Pierce for its students; and (4) experimentally determine the effects on retention of special treatment, through a "caring ombudsman." Each…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Age, Community Colleges
