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Jared P. Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Adjunct faculty hired to teach at a community college lack onboarding (Danaei, 2019). At the time of this study, Montgomery County Community College (Montco) did not offer an onboarding program to adjunct faculty. Previously collected data indicated that during the hiring process, adjunct faculty did not receive knowledge about college culture,…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Orientation, Community Colleges, Program Development
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2019
This paper provides information about noncredit instruction in the California Community Colleges and updates the 2009 paper "Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge" to incorporate subsequent changes from the last decade. Since the passage of SB 361 (Scott, 2006), noncredit instruction has seen significant changes, including the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Noncredit Courses, Educational Finance, Misconceptions
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Githens, Rod Patrick; Sauer, Timothy M.; Crawford, Fashaad L.; Wilson, Kristin B. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2012
This study examined the current state of online occupational programs in community colleges and explored issues related to institutional, economic, and social indicators that influence (a) the offering of online programs and (b) the programmatic connection to workforce development needs. The study is based on a random sample of 321 institutions in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Electronic Learning, College Programs, Online Courses
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McNair, Delores E.; Phelan, Daniel J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
To better understand the influence of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) competencies on practice since their formation, six community college chief executive officers (five presidents and one chancellor) were asked to reflect upon the enduring relevance of the competencies. They were also asked specifically how they acquired…
Descriptors: Leadership, Community Colleges, Reflection, Cultural Relevance
Spigelmyer, Frances Erickson – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative study via an action research design explored adjunct faculty pedagogical perceptions at Butler County Community College (BC3) in Butler, Pennsylvania. Based on a preliminary study by the researcher, adjunct survey data was analyzed to determine if there was a need for pedagogy training and, if so, what adjuncts believed that…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Community Colleges, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Needs
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Kube, Connie; Dempsey, Sarah J.; Pohlman, Charles – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
Educational, industry, and state leaders worked together to design a program to meet the training needs of Nebraska's fast-growing ethanol industry. The statewide initiative, guided by Northeast Community College and funded through the President's Community-Based Job Training Grants program, is developing dual-credit, short-term training that…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Fuels, Industry, Job Training
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Ayers, David F.; Miller-Dyce, Cherrel; Carlone, David – Community College Review, 2008
Researchers asked 17 participants in a job-training program to describe their personal struggles following an economic restructuring. Examined through a critical theoretical lens, findings indicate that the learners enrolled in the program to reclaim security, dignity, meaningful work, and caring relationships. Program planners at community…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, Program Development, Job Training
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2009
This paper considers noncredit instruction in the California Community College System. It identifies three related concepts: a state need for increased levels of education that noncredit instruction is well placed to supply, several changes that begin to facilitate that response, and additional changes that are needed to ensure success. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Schussele, Michael – Community College Frontiers, 1974
This article concentrates on a methodological construct that includes concepts relating to the needs of society but which, in its totality as a process, impacts values and provides a means to describe behavior. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Hollmann, Robert; Dickson, James G., Jr. – Community College Social Science Journal, 1980
Urges community colleges and police departments to cooperate in the development of meaningful, relevant and practical police science programs to raise the educational level of police departments throughout the country. (AYC)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Police Education
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Aley, Tilghman H.; Reitz, Richard – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1973
This case study relates how Casper College in Wyoming responded creatively to the prospect of an endowment and evolved the plans for an environmentally relevant energy institute. (Editor)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
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Feller, Richard A. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1973
Described a program designed to provide educational opportunities for elderly persons and considered how community colleges were able to reach young adult, pre-retirement and retirement populations. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
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Losak, John – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1973
Academically underprepared students are identified, and a variety of programs for helping them are described and evaluated. (Editor)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Criteria, Definitions, Educational Needs
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Fischer, Olin R.; Gollattscheck, James F. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1974
Article focused on the concept of a cooperative and how it offers insights as to how a community college may work together with the community to develop a community-based educational program. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Educational Needs, Problem Solving
Carlson, Dennis; Das, Deb
Major elements in a general process model for state and local planning for minority and disadvantaged education are discussed. These elements are: (1) needs assessment and public discussion of issues, (2) state goals and objectives for disadvantaged education, (3) local community college goals, objectives, and commitments, (4) provision of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs
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