This four-part presentation examines the theory and practice of enrollment management at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ). First, Charles C. Spence offers a brief description of FCCJ and reviews some of the problems facing the college when he assumed the presidency in 1985, including a significant enrollment decline and serious…

In fall 1982, in an effort to address a rising unemployment rate in its service area, Pueblo Community College (PCC) joined with local community leaders and the Pueblo Economic Development Corporation to explore feasible, practical, and workable assistance models which would foster the retention and development of small businesses. Numerous…

This report provides an analysis of the Transfer Alliance Program (TAP) and the Supergraduate Program, two transfer/ retention efforts operating between the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and local community colleges. The first and longer section of the report concerns TAP, a program in 1985 to promote the community college as a…

In its second year of operation (1988-1989 academic year), the Electronic Writing Center (EWC) of the Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey has expanded its capabilities and the amount of service it provides to at-risk students through the Computers in the Curricula Project. Major changes include: (1) increased numbers of classes and…

An overview is presented of 1986-87 transfer research conducted at Roxbury Community College (RCC) and of the on-going components of the college's Transfer Opportunities Program (TOP). The first sections of the report cover counseling activities, transfer patterns, College Fairs, individual student recruitment, conference attendance, transfer…

One of the most difficult problems facing colleges today is dealing with students whose basic skills are too low to allow them to benefit from college-level studies. While some institutions seem to have given up expectations for underprepared students' achievement, others have instituted massive programs of individualized counseling and tutoring…

With the intent of revitalizing the study of educational articulation and transfer, this collection of essays describes and assesses the current status of transfer education, points to particular problems and concerns, and highlights specific techniques, activities, and practices. The volume includes "The Transfer Function--One of Many,"…

St. Louis Community College's Careers for Homemakers program is a vocational counseling program designed to help displaced homemakers enter the job market for the first time or after a significant absence. The program's goal is to place participants, chosen according to academic or economic disadvantaged eligibility, in jobs consistent with their…

Employing a question/answer format, this 13-section report presents descriptive and evaluative information about Amarillo College's ACcess Center, which provides developmental courses, tutoring, and support services to the academically underprepared. The first sections identify ACcess advisees as students scoring below the 9th grade level on any…

In 1983, Los Angeles Harbor College designed a program to improve the rate of student transfer to four-year colleges and universities. From the onset of the project, the goals were to: (1) increase the number of transfers; (2) increase the number of minority student transfers; (3) improve articulation and outreach efforts; and (4) incorporate…

As the originator and administrator of the Village Library Project in Alaska, Kuskokwim Community College commissioned this study to: (1) determine the status quo of the 16 village libraries in the delta area; (2) identify the factors which help determine their success; (3) determine whether they can successfully operate independently without…

Highlights are presented of programs designed to aid students underprepared for college level work at the ten institutions chosen as Associates for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) National Project II: Alternatives to the Revolving Door. The selected programs include: those at Bronx Community College, the Educational…

Part-time instructors currently make up 51% of the community college faculty and their numbers will undoubtedly increase in the next decade, especially in high technology areas. This growth, along with changes in community college missions and increasing fiscal stringency, raises critical policy issues for college leaders. These policy issues…

After presenting a rationale for educational programs within correctional institutions, this paper describes the comprehensive educational program offered since 1965 by Lee College, Texas, to eligible inmates within units of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC). The paper first discusses the importance of education to felon rehabilitation in…

Developed as part of a research and design project for disadvantaged and handicapped vocational education students at Fresno City College, California, two management plans to assure compliance with affirmative action and sex fairness legislation are presented in this booklet: Plan 1, a generic plan of action to qualify for federal funding, and…