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Fulcher, Roxanne; Honore, Peggy; Kirkwood, Brenda; Riegelman, Richard – Community College Journal, 2010
Public health education is not just for graduate students anymore. The movement toward integrating public health into the education of undergraduates is rapidly evolving. Healthy People, a public-private consortium of more than 400 health-related organizations, has proposed an objective for 2020 that could dramatically increase public health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Community Colleges, Public Health, Associate Degrees
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Vaughan, George B.; Eisenberg, Diane U. – Community College Journal, 1997
Describes the two-year "Exploring America's Communities (EAC): In Quest of Common Ground" project undertaken by the American Association of Community Colleges. Indicates that EAC's conferences and mentoring activities were part of a larger effort to determine what it means to be an American today. Discusses EAC's major activities and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Mentors
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Community College Journal, 1999
Presents the responses of Norman L. Fortenberry, Division Director of the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), and Bob Watson, immediate past director of DUE, to questions submitted by AACC regarding NSF's education programs, opportunities, and grant applications. DUE is the focal point of the National Science Foundation's agency-wide effort…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Opportunities
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Frieman, Barry; Bartow, Margaret; Cox, Connie – Community College Journal, 2000
Describes the development of an articulation agreement between community colleges and four-year schools in Maryland that benefits students in Early Childhood Education. Recounts the challenge, initiative development, the issue of mutual respect between professors, the process of developing an agreement, the agreement itself, results of the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
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Packer, Arnold; Mathias, Elizabeth – Community College Journal, 1995
Describes a national project to unite businesses and community colleges in the production of CD-ROM instructional materials for 22 workplace competencies in 16 modules. Indicates that the program is currently in the "proof of concept" phase, in which 5 community colleges are creating technology-based teaching modules for 9 competencies and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Information Technology
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Kaufmann, Marta; Sepe, Thomas D. – Community College Journal, 1998
Describes a new concept for business education at Mercer County Community College called the International Business Practice Firm (IBPF), developed in response to employer calls for a more global approach in teaching American business students. Outlines the IBPF learning process, which teaches students business, technology, and "soft"…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation