Student satisfaction at higher education institutions involves multiple contributing factors, including the educational learning environment, but evidence has primarily focused on 4-year universities, not 2-year community colleges. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to assess the factors contributing to student satisfaction…

This "Program and Course Approval Handbook" assists California Community College (CCC) administrators, faculty, and staff in the development of programs and courses and the submission of these proposals for review by the Chancellor's Office. By law, the Chancellor is required to prepare and distribute a handbook for program and course…

A narrative review was developed to add to the discussion and dissemination of research on community colleges. The review adds to existing work by synthesizing and critiquing the empirical research to date specific to three of the most prevalent programmatic efforts presently seen on community college campuses: (a) learning communities, (b)…

When British Columbia began establishing community colleges in the mid 1960s, the explicit decision to provide extensive university transfer opportunities for college students had the added benefit of making a wide array of academic courses available to students who were not university-bound. Some of these students had been in applied programs in…

The program approval process of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) and the local process of course and program approval used by Illinois community colleges are detailed in this report. Following an introduction and study overview, course and program approval processes at John A. Logan College and Shawnee College are described and…

Comparative statistics on course attrition in the Maricopa County Community College District are presented for Fall 1971 through Fall 1980. After plotting high point enrollment (final number of students enrolled in a course plus withdrawals and audits), end of semester enrollment (the final number of students enrolled in a course), and percentage…

Delineates the scope and range of energy programing at ten community colleges. Presents the results of surveys and conferences designed to analyze the need for and availability of energy-related community college programing. (CAM)

This report shows the final disposition of California state legislation of interest to community colleges that was enacted or introduced during the 1983-84 legislative session. First, highlights of legislation enacted in 1984 are presented, providing an overview of bills dealing with finance and fees, the Master Plan for Higher Education,…

This manual is designed to provide guidance for Illinois community college districts in preparing program proposals, applications for approval of courses or units of public service, or applications for reasonable and moderate extensions of approved programs. After an overview of the program approval and program review processes, the next five…

In 1985 and 1986, surveys were conducted by the Research Committee of the Texas Association for Community Services and Continuing Education (TACSCE) in order to generate profiles of continuing education practitioners and programs by type of institution (i.e., private four-year colleges, public four-year colleges, and two-year colleges). During…

Grade distributions were determined for 188 students enrolled at John Tyler Community College (JTCC) in fall 1985, who completed high school in spring 1985. Analyses, which focused on high school attended, courses for which grades were recorded, and status and curriculum of the students, revealed the following: (1) over one-half of all grades…

Presents the results of a 1980 national survey of graduate training opportunities in community college education. Offers a table listing the 94 universities providing graduate-level instruction about community colleges and the 304 courses they offer. Discusses the value of the study for curriculum and research planning. (DMM)

In spring 1991, a survey was conducted by Northern Nevada Community College (NNCC) to determine the vocational education needs of local employers. Ninety-one employers were interviewed at their worksites using a modified open-ended question approach. Survey findings included the following: (1) employers most frequently used newspapers to obtain…

This three-volume document covers 16 Alabama public 4-year colleges and universities, 18 Alabama private 4-year and 2-year colleges and universities, and 35 Alabama public 2-year institutions, and provides a list of all instructional programs approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education as of August 30, 1993. The volumes are organized…

A study was conducted of the fall 1989 course offerings at Michigan's 29 community colleges in order to determine the de facto condition of general education within community colleges. Modeled after the basic approach taken by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (Los Angeles, California), course offerings were divided into the following…