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Puyear, Donald E. – 1989
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) converted from a quarter to semester calendar at the beginning of the 1988-89 academic year. A study was conducted after the first year of the use of the new calendar to determine its effects on enrollment and student persistence. Full- and part-time enrollment data and student retention rates for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Full Time Equivalency
Larsson, Robert D. – 1978
In order to determine whether there were compelling reasons for Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) to change its quarter calendar, and which calendar would be most appropriate to the college and most responsive to the problems that made the change seem desirable, previous calendar change studies were reviewed and administrators of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Feasibility Studies
Harris, Howard L. – 1979
As part of the Flexible Calendar Project, Cosumnes River College adopted a school calendar that provided for two 16-week semesters (the fall semester ending prior to Christmas recess) separated by a three-week intersession that was devoted to educational experimentation and professional staff development activities. After the second year…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Flexible Schedules
Staatse, Holly – 1981
These three reports present instructional data for Mercer County Community College for Summer and Fall 1980 and Spring 1981. The first report, covering summer sessions from 1974 through 1980, examines instructional hours, class size, student credit hours (SCRH), student contact hours (SCH), income/cost measures, instructional staff, full-time…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Credits, College Faculty, College Instruction
Riley, Bob E. – 1979
This two-part report discusses the implementation of the four-day week on college campuses and summarizes the results of a survey conducted to investigate: (1) the history of the four-day college week in Texas; (2) how Texas colleges using this system integrate their operations into the four-day week; and (3) the future acceptance of the four-day…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adoption (Ideas), Community Colleges, Commuting Students
Burns, Charles A., Ed. – 1980
These 12 essays examine trends and innovations at the community colleges of the State University of New York (SUNY). George Robertson details aspects of recruitment and mission planning at Mohawk Valley Community College for the 1980's. Judith Hall relates her experiences in integrating Latin American reading materials in an introductory…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, College Faculty, College Programs, Community Colleges
