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Direct linkSchrum, Lynne; English, Mary C.; Galizio, Lyndsie M. – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
A FIPSE-funded project was designed to provide support and training to community college faculty electronically, and to develop a model to offer innovative, interactive strategies to support their students' academic and career needs. The goal of the mentoring/coaching program has been to support instructors in their online efforts, provide…
Descriptors: Mentors, Career Counseling, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
Bendickson, Mary; Griffin, Karen – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2010
An effective faculty is essential to student success, and faculty development programs help sustain that effectiveness. Central to the faculty development programs at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa, Florida, is the philosophy that they should lead to strengthened teaching and learning and, ultimately, improved student success. At…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Seminars, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Download full textGabriner, Robert; Grubb, W. Norton – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2012
Chaffey College, a three campus college with approximately 20,000 students located California's Inland Empire, has become the destination of many community college practitioners from around the country. The reason why? Over the past ten years, the college has become nationally-known as an institution with a "risk tolerant change-oriented…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Support Services
Moloney, Jacqueline F.; Oakley, Burks, II – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
Over the past decade, online courses and entire online degree programs have been made available, serving millions of students in higher education. These online courses largely have been designed and taught using the theoretical concepts and practical strategies of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN). During 2003-04, approximately two million…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Trends, Access to Education, Educational Trends
Dale, Paul A. – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC), located in Phoenix, Arizona, is part of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). PVCC was founded in 1987 and in the fall of 2007 served 8,739 students in credit courses. Since 1997, PVCC has been on a quest to become a "more learning centered" college. As a result of placing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Personnel Services, Academic Support Services, College Instruction
Haney, L. Richard; McClellan, Debralee – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Frederick Community College (FCC) is a comprehensive open-door community college that serves the citizens of Frederick County, Maryland, the state's largest county by size and seventh in population (230,000). It is located in central Maryland, equidistant from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The college's character as a learning college is…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Academic Support Services, College Instruction, College Environment
Moore, Janet C.; Sener, John; Fetzner, Marie – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
In the U.S., only 38 of every 100 ninth graders enroll in college; of these 38, only 18 complete bachelors' degrees within six years. Asynchronous learning networks (ALN)--asynchronous, highly interactive, instructor-led, resource-rich, cohort-based learning--can yield high success rates. Growing demand for online education and the expectation…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Educational Principles, Barriers, Surveys
Jones, Karen Kitchens – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Isothermal Community College (ICC) is located in Spindale, North Carolina. The college serves approximately 2,000 curriculum students every fall and spring semester and about 1,000 curriculum students in summer semesters. The Student Affairs department at ICC is divided into 10 functional areas. Over the last several years, student affairs staff…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Community Colleges, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers
Spalter, Anne Morgan; van Dam, Andries – Theory Into Practice, 2008
Like other literacies (textual literacy, numeracy), digital visual literacy (DVL) is the ability both to create and to understand certain types of information, in this case visual materials created with a computer. DVL is now essential in many daily life and workplace tasks, from looking critically at newspaper images or TV evening news to using a…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Computer Literacy, Educational Principles
Peer reviewedParilla, Robert E. – College Teaching, 1987
The issue of the relationship between teaching and scholarship in the community college is discussed and a revival of scholarly activities at the community college is argued. A program to encourage faculty scholarship at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Peer reviewedStaats, William L. – College Teaching, 1991
In response to high attrition in accounting courses, Hudson Valley Community College began a "late start" program for students otherwise inclined to drop or fail the course, in which students can begin again up to four weeks after the semester is under way, at no cost. Results have been encouraging. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accounting, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBarth, Rodney J. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1976
Descriptors: College English, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Norris, Neal A. – 1985
Designed to inform and guide the work of the Professional Support Committee at Reading Area Community College (RACC) in Pennsylvania as it attempts to refine current instructional support procedures and create new growth initiatives, this evaluative report focuses on the activities and accomplishments of RACC during the third year of its…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Lindblad, Jerri; And Others – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1988
Includes "The Promises of Honors," by Jerri Lindblad; "The Pitfalls of Honors Programs," by Ron Link; "Pedagogy in the Honors Classroom," by Janet Elder; "The Pragmatics of Honors," by Kathy Schwarz; and "Pointers," by Mike McHargue. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedAnthony, John – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Reviews the Collin County Community College District's efforts to emphasize active, experiential learning by providing "hands on" laboratory experiences in most courses, plus internships and cooperative work experiences beyond the classroom. Highlights the fluid and individualized nature of the experiential component, accommodating faculty and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education
