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Harvey, Darcie – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2017
Many states are experimenting with mechanisms for making college more affordable while maintaining quality and access. This report examines promising or innovative state programs to improve college affordability and credential attainment. Many of these approaches show innovative thinking and bear watching to see if they result in meaningful…
Descriptors: Paying for College, State Policy, Educational Policy, Access to Education
Clowes, Darrel A. – 1981
A study was conducted to review the major functions of a two-year college curriculum as identified in the literature; to relate these functions to specific academic areas within the sciences, social sciences, and science-related technologies; and to relate curriculum functions to specific courses within these academic areas. The literature on the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges, Course Objectives
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Wangen, Nancy Register – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
Describes the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC), a statewide agenda for improving student transfer that inspired general education reform. Reviews the Minnesota Community College System, elements of the statewide reform movement, key principles of the MNTC and issues related to its implementation, and future challenges to education reform in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Rhode Island State Board of Governors for Higher Education, Providence. – 1999
This guide is designed to provide students, faculty, and guidance personnel at Rhode Island's three public institutions of higher education (the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and the Community College of Rhode Island) with information needed to expedite transfer among institutions. It includes specific institutional transfer…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1978
This five-part report summarizes the 1975-1978 activities of the Human Services/Drug Abuse (HS/DA) Project coordinated by Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) under the sponsorship of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Part I discusses the membership selection, formation, organization, and current status of a national demonstration consortium…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Audiovisual Aids
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1980
The 1978-79 activities of the Human Services/Drug Abuse (HS/DA) Project are summarized in this three-part report. The Project, which is coordinated by Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC), seeks to: (1) form a national HS/DA consortium of two-year colleges, (2) develop two modular and multi-component courses for use in HS/DA programs, and (3)…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges, Consortia
Bragg, Debra D.; Reger, William, IV; Thomas, H. Sue – 1997
In response to the changing needs of an increasingly diverse society, the Illinois Community College System (ICCS) reformed its curriculum by integrating academic and occupational education. In order to determine the effectiveness of such curriculum integration, a study was conducted, via surveys and interviews, on ICCS' methods, revealing that:…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum