In this paper we investigate whether and if so why different pathways to higher education (HE) have an effect on the development of the intention to study and its motivational factors of pupils from different social backgrounds. In Germany as well as in many other countries, non-traditional pathways--mostly vocational oriented schools, but also…

Presented here are four guest lectures and a paper by the instructor from The Junior (Community) College, a class at The University of Kansas. Topics are: (1) "The Challenge to Higher Education in Kansas in the Decade Ahead," which deals with the tremendous expansion expected in the Kansas community college system and the needed…

As attitudes of an organization's members are important in attaining its goals, this study proposed to determine faculty attitudes to comprehensive college aims. Selected as subjects were 100 full-time instructors from Missouri public junior colleges. The investigator expected to find transfer faculty more favorable to general and transfer…

Identifies the major functions of short cycle education and two aspects of governance and administration related to these purposes: specifically, local or regional autonomy v national control, and comprehensive, multi-purpose v specialized programs. Considers short cycle education in 12 countries. (AYC)

FOUR ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT'S ROLE ARE PLANNING A CAMPUS, ECONOMIC PLANNING, PROGRAM PLANNING AND MERGING OF INSTITUTIONS. FROM THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT, THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN CAMPUS PLANNING. HE MUST USE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY, ITS EMPLOYMENT, POPULATION, SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS, EDUCATIONAL…

Major socioeconomic trends, including the growth of service industries, increased urbanization, and the enhanced importance of leisure time, have brought about the evolution of what might be called the full-service community college. This institution, which culminates the development of the American community college toward its community-based…

Considers short-cycle education in the context of international cooperation in postcompulsory schooling. Looks at common characteristics of short-cycle institutions worldwide. Identifies four types of short-cycle institutions. Enumerates the potential advantages and disadvantages of uniting two-year colleges with appropriate university faculties.…

The Illinois community college system is comprised of 39 districts encompassing 49 campuses which served a fall 1974 enrollment of 267,156 (over 50 percent of all students enrolled in public institutions of higher education in Illinois). According to legislative dictum, Illinois community colleges must offer programs in liberal arts and sciences,…

This speech emphasizes the thesis that the major function of education should be to prepare students for a vocation. Some implications for community colleges are: (1) the need for comprehensiveness, including communication and cooperation with high schools and 4-year colleges; (2) the need for statewide planning, clear identification of…

This Manual for New Jersey Community College Trustees offers a brief history and overview of the New Jersey Community College System and New Jersey's System of Higher Education for new board members. It also provides a list of trustee duties and responsibilities, which include: defining the role and mission of the college, evaluating institutional…

Community colleges may fall short of the expectations made of them but they do so not by design but by lack of design. These expectations and assumptions, as commonly held by community college educators, students, and critics, include both positive and negative myths and realities. The assumptions that community college programs are inexpensive,…

This study proposes to understand the major practical and philosophical issues faced by community colleges as they continue to expand the economic development roles of their contract education programs. The author argues that these practical and philosophical issues are influenced by the convergence of three key factors: (1) many community…

Describes Coastline Community College, California, a noncampus, community-based, comprehensive college, in terms of its: (1) use of existing community facilities; (2) administrative organization; (3) open admissions policies; (4) services to the elderly; (5) comprehensive curriculum; (6) telecourses and independent study courses; (7) primarily…

In 1992, Hudson County Community College (HCCC), in New Jersey, began a mission review process to expand from a limited, career-oriented institution to a comprehensive urban community college. Mission statements were reviewed from 67 comprehensive community colleges in 22 states and a questionnaire was devised to determine college staff and…

Revised general education (GE) curricula at two community colleges are described in an effort to illustrate the outcomes of a "telic" curriculum revision based on: (1) the collective identification of the purposes of GE by an institution's faculty, and (2) the design of a GE curriculum which reconciles those identified purposes with the…