A well-structured memorandum of understanding (MOU) documents key legal and operational aspects of an institution-foundation partnership. It serves important legal functions by specifying roles and responsibilities, appropriate use of state resources, and policies and practices supporting good stewardship, transparency, and alignment. An inclusive…

A national survey of a professional field is an appropriate and logical undertaking for a professional membership association such as the Association for Institutional Research (AIR). The National Survey of Institutional Research Offices is the most comprehensive survey of offices of institutional research ever undertaken. The goal was to collect…

This qualitative investigation of higher education institutional development addresses new universities that were former community colleges in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. Stemming from an original study conducted nearly two decades earlier, this investigation's data were collected from the same institutions and from similar…

Developmental education courses have become a standard in community colleges in the United States. An overwhelming majority of these public two-year schools offer developmental courses to a wide array of students. At the same time, developmental programs are under a constant barrage of attacks from a variety of stakeholder organizations that view…

Compton Community College was one of the oldest and most ethnically diverse community colleges in California. The campus sits on 87 acres in south Los Angeles and has recently opened a major league baseball training academy for youths in the area that it serves. The campus has recently completed a new multi-million dollar student center that adds…

IN AN ANALYSIS OF THE TREND OF URBAN JUNIOR COLLEGES TOWARD MULTICAMPUS DISTRICTS, THE ADVANTAGES OF VARIOUS MULTICAMPUS ORGANIZATIONAL PLANS ARE COMPARED. EACH OF THE 10 DISTRICTS STUDIED FOLLOWED ONE OF THREE BASIC ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS--(1) MULTICOLLEGE, IN WHICH THE DISTRICT OPERATES TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUAL COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGES, (2)…

The unit of faculty-student grouping at Oakton Community College (Illinois) is the learning cluster. Four learning clusters, led by appointed deans, serve 4700 students. The basis for assignment of faculty and students to a cluster is not homogeneity, but variety and balance. (Author/NHM)

THE DEGREE OF OPERATIONAL DEMOCRACY WITHIN A JUNIOR COLLEGE AND, BY EXTENSION, WITHIN ANY SCHOOL OR COLLEGE IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE KIND OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WHICH IS ESTABLISHED. THE STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS MOST SUPPORTIVE TO THE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGE AND ITS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE MAXIMAL OPPORTUNITY FOR…

A model for participatory governance is developed as a means to better achieve the community college's broad goals and objectives. These are contrasted with those of 4-year institutions using student screening and selection devices, and high schools with their different educational emphasis. It presents the conflict faced by the community college:…

This article is concerned with the status of middle management in the community college. Aspects discussed include the dual role of the chairman and alternative models of departmental organization which attempt to reduce separatism within the college. Community Colleges is a monthly supplement to Change magazine. (RN)

The author feels that it is necessary to reconsider the makeup of "communities" that form community college districts and to reorganize the boards of trustees that govern the colleges. The boards should more truly represent the people whom the colleges serve, in fact including the students, faculty, and administrators of the colleges. Communities…

Presents abstracts of several sample documents in the ERIC collection pertinent to junior college governance structures. (JDS)

Achieving the increasingly complex objectives characteristic of today's junior college requires a professional staff that is highly specialized, yet is capable of encouraging wide participation by those affected in the problem-solving activities of the organization. Overspecialization without a related concern for a team approach will, in the long…

Proposes the establishment of an independent division of research and development in each junior college to make informed and objective decisions. (MJK)