INTERVIEWS WITH 14 EVENING COLLEGE AND THREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEANS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE (1) THE NATURE OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF INSTITUTION, (2) THE EFFECTS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ON THE EVENING COLLEGES IN NEW YORK, AND (3) AREAS OF POSSIBLE CONFLICT EXPECTED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JUNIOR COLLEGES IN NEW JERSEY. TWELVE…

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…

This paper examines recent efforts by community college educators to enhance the liberal arts in a curriculum which is increasingly dominated by career, compensatory, and community education programs. The paper first notes the decline of the transfer function at today's community colleges and argues that the liberal arts, if they are to survive,…

GROWING ATTENTION TO ARTICULATION AMONG JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGES HAS RESULTED FROM THE INCREASED NUMBER OF COLLEGES, RECOGNITION OF PROBLEMS OF TRANSFER STUDENTS, AND ENROLLMENT PRESSURES AT ALL LEVELS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. EFFECTIVE ARTICULATION REQUIRES WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TRANSFER STUDENTS, BASED UPON RESEARCH DATA. ALTHOUGH "TRANSFER…

Traces the trend which shows occupational education replacing transfer education as the community college's major function in terms of credit enrollment, and discusses its implications for the labor market, societal views of education, and the future of community colleges. (AC)

Declining public fiscal support and declining student enrollment require community colleges to re-examine their multiple roles and consider specializing in an area of strength, such as career, transfer, pre-professional, or middle college programs. A pluralistic approach by each college preserves the optimum opportunity for survival of the…

This paper relies on data collected through the TRUCCS (Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students) Project, a 3-year, longitudinal and comprehensive study of the goals, success, and academic patterns of 5,000 community college students in urban Los Angeles, California. Researchers collected qualitative data on issues relating to…

This paper relies on data collected through the TRUCCS (Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students) Project, a 3-year, longitudinal and comprehensive study of the goals, success, and academic patterns of 5,000 Community College students in urban Los Angeles. Researchers collected qualitative data on issues relating to student…

Reviews the development of the transfer function in California community colleges, supplying data confirming that community colleges function not only as career, community, and compensatory education centers, but as institutions in which students desiring baccalaureate degrees matriculate, albeit differently from a generation ago. (DMM)

Data related to community college education in Nebraska are presented in this report as drawn from the sixth Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey, an ongoing study of the quality of life in the state. Introductory material details study methodology, funding sources, and uses of the data. Next, background information is provided on community…

This study was conducted to assess the community's awareness of Polk Community College (PCC) and its function, using a random sampling of people from Winter Haven, Florida and the surrounding area served by the college. Approximately one-third of those interviewed were students; the remaining were a rather even distribution of housewives, skilled…

This document is a report on 1999 and 2000 fall credit student analysis. The study surveyed approximately 100,000 credit students at over 300 community colleges. The report focuses on the reasons credit students enroll in community colleges and the different characteristics of credit students. The survey responses placed students in one of the six…

Discusses the creation of upper level colleges and universities in answer to the problems students have in transferring from junior to senior colleges. (RK)

Documents changes in the orientation of community colleges from transfer to career preparation and the decline in both transfer enrollments and the percentages of students transferring from two-year to four-year institutions. Calls for rethinking the overall organization of college curricula, instructor retraining, and computerized career…

Reviews accrediting standards, assesses the ability of community colleges to meet these standards, and suggests accreditation models appropriate for community colleges. Contends that community colleges and traditional colleges and universities should seek joint accreditation for community college feeder or transition programs, which would…