The majority of students entering Macomb County Community College enroll in the liberal arts curriculum with the intention of earning college credits and transferring to a 4-year institution. But many of these freshmen are "latent terminal" students with poor to average high school grades and low SCAT or ACT scores who fail in their chosen…

It is time for experimentation and innovation toward constructing a new humanistic model of community college education. (Editor/IR)

Describes a national study of extended orientation courses. Finds them equally common at two- and four-year colleges but different in administrative structures and content emphases. Two-year college courses have larger class sizes, shorter durations, and less varied content and are less likely to be required or to introduce an academic discipline.…

Designed for community college instructors, this guidebook offers step-by-step instructions on the construction of clear-cut, well-defined, meaningful course or program outlines for students. Following a brief preface, which underscores the importance of a well-constructed outline, the first section reviews the following key components: (1) the…

An introductory theatre course at Prince George's Community College (Maryland), taught by a team of three instructors, makes use of contract grading to permit students to become actively involved in theatre on several levels of interest. This paper describes the course and provides a course syllabus, list of contract options for the course, and a…

AN INCIDENT AT ONE JUNIOR COLLEGE AND THE ENSUING CONTROVERSY OVER WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WEAR HATS IN CAMPUS BUILDINGS IS USED AS AN EXAMPLE OF A MORE SERIOUS ISSUE CONCERNING THE JUNIOR COLLEGE'S RELATION TO THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. THE ISSUES DISCUSSED CONCERN THE DEGREE TO WHICH A COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO…

Although cooperation between community college and university faculty regarding the characteristics of college-level coursework has been difficult to attain, the development of such standards could reduce frustration and costs for transfer students and help reduce duplication of efforts. In an effort to find areas of agreement on such…

This course outline and study guide for "The Comprehensive Community College," a graduate course offered at Iowa State University, lists topics, objectives, and references for each of the 13 topic-based units in the course. Introductory material indicates that the course, which was designed for practicing and aspiring community college…

The family communication course at Arapahoe Community College attempts to acquaint students with the central role of communication in the maintenance and enhancement of family relationships and to equip them with knowledge that can produce a greater flexibility in their communication within their own family units. The course is built around two…

This journal is devoted to the art of teaching in the field of speech communication. Articles collected in this issue address topics in the development of speech communication courses at the higher-education level and include the following titles: "Classroom as Process: A Dramatistic Observational Model for Speech Communication Teachers,""Taking…

This document outlines a labor studies program which may lead to several levels of achievement: a certificate in labor studies, an associate degree, an associate of arts degree, or a transfer of credits leading to a baccalaureate degree. The program is intended for labor union members or for anyone else interested in labor studies. Objectives of…

Syllabi from graduate courses in the field of higher education are presented. The collection was assembled in conjunction with a survey of the membership of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) about important books for students and scholars in the field of higher education. From the 25 syllabi received, 11 were chosen that…