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Peer reviewedMorgan, Don A. – Community Services Catalyst, 1979
Responds to David Riesman's article, "Community Colleges: Some Tentative Hypotheses" (JC 502 056). Asserts that Riesman views community colleges as "lesser" institutions, exhibits a liberal arts college bias, and overemphasizes the transfer function. Points to the expanded community-college mission, community college/university…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Philosophy, Enrollment
Download full textCalifornia Univ., Davis. Office of Student Affairs Research and Information. – 2000
This report discusses the effort put forth by the University of California (UC) at Davis and California's community colleges to reinvigorate and strengthen transfer student academic success. The report offers information on the Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP), Transfer Admission Agreements (TAA), and Transfer Articulation Agreements that exist…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges. – 2001
This is a report on the credit student enrollment at Iowa community colleges for the fall 2001 term. Highlights include: (1) the total headcount shows a credit enrollment of 68,790 students, a 5% increase over fall 2000; (2) 58% of the credit students at Iowa community colleges were enrolled in four-year college parallel programs, a 13% increase…
Descriptors: College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 2002
This report provides background and summary information on undergraduate students who transfer from public community colleges to baccalaureate degree-granting institutions in California. The report describes the basic requirements that students must meet to transfer from community colleges to California State University (CSU) and University of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), College Role, College Transfer Students
El Centro Coll., Dallas, TX. – 2001
This is a report on indicators of success in achieving community college goals at El Centro College (Texas). The report provides statistics from 1997-2000 and focuses on the progress of nine goals: (1) institutionalizing service beyond expectation--according to student satisfaction surveys, campus changes that have occurred between 1996 and 1999…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Howard Community Coll., Columbia, MD. Office of Planning and Evaluation. – 1998
This is a report on the 1998 performance accountability assessment conducted by Howard Community College (HCC) (Maryland) to examine overall institutional effectiveness. Enrollment trends show that more students are attending HCC, which will require more facility space, instructors, and student support. HCC addresses this issue by offering more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions)
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1980
Information concerning Maryland's 17 community colleges and the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges (SBCC) is presented as a guide for the development of instructional programs, capital facilities, budgetary projections, and evaluation activities. The report first analyzes the success the Maryland community colleges have enjoyed in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Programs, College Role
