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Download full textBrewer, Carolyn – 1990
The Washington State Board for Community College Education and the Washington Center for Undergraduate Education undertook a national review of minority student success programs in 1990. Information was solicited from program directors, deans of instruction and student services, national organizations, state higher education boards, students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
Schaier-Peleg, Barbara, Ed. – 1984
Designed to acquaint educators and administrators with the Ford Foundation's Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program (UCCTOP), this booklet examines the rationale for and activities and outcomes of the program. First, introductory comments indicate that UCCTOP was designed to help urban community colleges with high minority…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1980
The 1978-79 activities of the Human Services/Drug Abuse (HS/DA) Project are summarized in this three-part report. The Project, which is coordinated by Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC), seeks to: (1) form a national HS/DA consortium of two-year colleges, (2) develop two modular and multi-component courses for use in HS/DA programs, and (3)…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges, Consortia
Heaney, Barbara M. – 1991
Drawing from data collected by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), this paper discusses the issue of community college student transfer, describes the CSCC's role in promoting a definition of transfer that would provide a reasonable definition of "transfer students" and that would result in the ability to provide consistent and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Minicucci, Catherine; And Others – 1989
Findings and recommendations are presented from a three-year evaluation of the Transfer Center Pilot Program (TCPP), which was implemented in 20 California community colleges and universities to increase community college transfer rates among Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and low-income and disabled students. Transfer centers were…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Transfer Students
Baltimore Community Coll., MD. – 1984
The Community College of Baltimore's (CCB's) Ford Foundation Bridge Program was designed to improve and extend transfer opportunities in Baltimore by developing a completely articulated Arts and Sciences transfer program extending from five feeder high schools to four receiving baccalaureate institutions, with CCB serving as the "bridge"…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Black Students, College School Cooperation, College Transfer Students
Rendon, Laura I.; And Others – 1988
The study described in this report examines both the positive and negative influences on student retention and transfer at six community colleges located along the U.S.-Mexico border. Chapter I reviews the literature on retention and transfer and establishes the conceptual framework and research objectives of the study. Chapter II offers baseline…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1983
This six-part evaluative report describes and assesses three projects, funded by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, designed to facilitate the transition of low-income, minority, and handicapped students from two- to four-year colleges. Part One provides information on the legislative mandate and goals for the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Disabilities
PDF pending restorationIllinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1994
This report summarizes accountability, productivity, and quality enhancements within the Illinois community college system, including highlights from reports prepared by the system's 49 colleges, systemwide analyses conducted by Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), and state-level accountability and productivity initiatives. Following an…
Descriptors: Accountability, Ancillary School Services, College Athletics, College Outcomes Assessment
Jones, Enid B., Ed. – 1993
Background papers and recommendations from the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC's) 1992 roundtable on issues facing minority students in mathematics, science, and engineering (MSE) education are presented. The first paper, "Community College Networks," by Wm. Carroll Marsalis and Glenna A. Mosby, describes the Tennessee Valley…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Ancillary School Services, Black Students, Career Counseling
Rodriguez, Max – 1985
In 1984, LaGuardia Community College (LCC) received a 3-year implementation award from the Ford Foundation to increase the number of minority, low-income students who transfer to and succeed in baccalaureate programs. This report describes the 1984-85 accomplishments of LCC under the Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program (UCCTOP).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation
Castillo, Max – 1984
Community colleges serve more than half of all entering freshmen, half of all the women seeking higher education, and more minorities than all of the 4-year colleges and universities combined. Serving this population, the leaders and policy makers of community colleges must recognize the reasons for the underrepresentation of minorities in college…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Black Students, Change Strategies
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1980
Community colleges account for over half of the ethnic minority enrollments in America, and a controversy has developed over how well these students are being served. On one hand, community colleges are praised for providing open access to higher education. Critics, however, claim that community colleges track minority students into low level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Ancillary Services, Basic Skills
Lombardi, John – 1979
As enrollment in transfer programs and the relative number of students who transfer to four-year institutions decrease, transfer education is losing its preeminence as the principal function of the community college. From 1907 to 1940, transfer education comprised 60-70% of enrollment and maintained its preeminence through the mid 1960's. By 1973,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, College Role, Community Colleges
Justiz, Manuel J., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book presents 19 papers on efforts to increase the participation of members of minority groups in higher education. The papers are: (1) "Demographic Trends and the Challenges to American Higher Education" (Manuel Justiz); (2) "Three Realities: Minority Life in the United States--The Struggle for Economic Equity (adapted by Don…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, American Indians
