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Download full textHardman, Clark – 1974
Due to the energy disturbance during the fall and winter of 1973-74, Lake City Community College experimented with a 4-days-per-week schedule of classes. a student evaluation of the 4-day week was completed by 58 percent of the full-time students. Fifty-one percent of the total student sample preferred the 4-day week, and 30 percent preferred the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Experimental Programs, Postsecondary Education
Dispenzieri, Angelo; And Others – 1968
The College Discovery Program in New York City's Community Colleges was established to facilitate higher education for high school graduates who could no t afford college and who, though having the necessary intellectual ability, had low high school scholastic averages. The Program was to enable students to complete two years at a community…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attitude Change, Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness
Parsons, Michael H. – 1978
In an effort to promote personal growth in an increasingly de-personalized society, an interdisciplinary humanities course, focusing on the needs of career students, was developed at Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland). The course, "The Arts: A Creative Synthesis", combines art, drama, and music with the intention of introducing…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Enrichment, Delivery Systems
Rosella, John D. – 1970
Research was conducted at Bucks County Community College, Newton, Pennsylvania, during the 1969-70 academic year to determine the effects of special reading and study skills instruction combined with counseling on the success rate of "high-risk" students. A course, which involved 2 hours of instruction per week plus 1 additional hour of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1976
Life Lab, an alternative educational program stressing self-directed learning at Miami-Dade Community College, is discussed in terms of its development, impact, and student attributes. More than half of the document presents personal histories and opinions of students and staff, alternating with the views of Dr. MacGregor Smith, program founder.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Experimental Programs, Individual Development, Individualized Programs
Sheldon, M. Stephen; Hunter, Russell – 1978
During 1977-78 Pierce College undertook a study to (1) examine major reasons for attrition; (2) determine reasons for student attendance at Pierce; (3) determine the long-range effects of academic residence at Pierce for its students; and (4) experimentally determine the effects on retention of special treatment, through a "caring ombudsman." Each…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Age, Community Colleges
