The Kellogg Honors College (KHC) is a distinctive community within Cal Poly Pomona (CPP), a public university in Southern California and one of twenty-three universities in the California State University (CSU) system. With over 22,000 students, CPP is the second-largest polytechnic university in the United States. The university's goal is to…

Institutions of higher education frequently acknowledge their role in contributing to the common good through their mission statements. The current literature suggests that in order to be effective mission statements must be clearly articulated and reflected in all the activities of the institution including its curriculum. Faculty members at…

This chapter describes the ways in which civic learning and democratic engagement are incorporated into community colleges' missions and strategic plans, professional development, curricula, and extracurricular programming.

In this critical program profile, the authors provide an analysis of the historical, political, theoretical, and practical circumstances that influenced the development of Oakland University's undergraduate major in writing and rhetoric. Through an analysis of the developmental process and the major itself, this article explores many separate, yet…

Although founded in 1769 with a mission of educating Indian youth, Dartmouth College graduated only 19 American Indians by 1970. The Native American Studies program began in 1972 as part of a renewed commitment to recruit and support Indian students. Courses, faculty, visiting scholars, funding, internships, library holdings, and symposia are…

"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the three issues of volume II contain the following major articles:…

During the summer and on weekends, it is not unusual to see many children, the youngest holding their parents' hands, walking to classes amongst the beautiful landscaping and old buildings of Northwestern University on Lake Michigan's shores in Evanston, Illinois. The Center for Talent Development (CTD) has been offering services and programs to…

In this article, the author discusses how Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) seeks and nurtures students with high academic talents in Baltimore. The mission of CTY, since its founding in 1979, has been to identify students with high academic abilities and to provide challenging and innovative programs that are appropriate…

This paper describes the history of the project to establish the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library at Deakin University's Geelong Waterfront Campus. It builds upon and updates a previous paper on this topic. It provides a brief summary of why the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library was established and the journey of building support for…

Federally funded, Haskell Indian Nations University serves American Indian and Alaska Native students from federally recognized tribes and villages. Haskell's American Indian Studies baccalaureate program is an interdisciplinary, culturally relevant program that provides students with practical skills needed by tribes. The need for American Indian…

This five-part report offers background information and data from 1994-95 on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents a general orientation to the system, including information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC…

This five-part report offers background information and 1993-94 data on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents a general orientation to the system, including information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC…

This five-part report offers background information and current data on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents an overview of the system, including general information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC Foundation,…

This report provides a summary record of the achievements realized and the problems encountered by the nine colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District during the 1985-86 school year. First, a district overview highlights several positive and negative trends, including: (1) enrollment continued to decline, which brought the District to…

A summary record is provided of the achievements realized and the problems encountered by the nine colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District during the 1986-87 school year. Following a district overview, the narrative reports of the nine colleges are presented. Each report includes information on the college's mission, functions and…