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Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1989
This bulletin is the sixth in a series that provides information on a collaborative project known as MainFrame to develop youth training programs in Great Britain. It describes the assessment procedures used in the youth training programs and examines project progress toward its main objective--the development of a unit credit transfer system--and…
Descriptors: Credits, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Johnston, Thomas S.; Simpson, Mary Margaret – 1986
An overview is provided of the historical development, organizational structure, and programs and services of the Nebraska Technical Community College (TCC) System. First, statutory provisions establishing the TCC system and defining its priorities are cited, explaining that the system was established to create locally governed and supported…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Colleges, Educational History, Futures (of Society)
Farland, Ronnald; Anderson, Connie – 1988
Recent articulation activities between the California community colleges and four-year colleges are summarized, and recommendations for a 1988-89 plan of action for continued improvement are presented. Part I discusses progress made by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in implementing a 1986-87 articulation action…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Intercollegiate Cooperation
KINTZER, FREDERICK C. – 1967
THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGE--(1) AN EXPANDED FREE EDUCATION FOR AN EXPANDING CITIZENRY, (2) GREATER DIVERSITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN EDUCATION, AND (3) EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION AND SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. IN STRIVING TOWARD ITS PRIME OBJECTIVE OF QUALITY PROGRAMS…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, General Education, Open Enrollment
Page, John; Szentivanyi, Tibor – 1979
Results of a survey of the information resources available in industrialized countries which might be used in a United Nations technology transfer program for developing countries are presented. Information systems and networks, organized information collections of a scientific and technical character, and the machinery used to disseminate this…
Descriptors: Databases, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination
Griffits, Horace Franklin – 1967
Eight curriculum objectives of public community college business programs were defined by the researcher and validated by a jury of 30 educators. The presidents and business department heads of 376 public community colleges were asked by questionnaire to rank the eight objectives. Presidents and business department heads of 17 Texas public junior…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Kirby, Emily B. – 1977
A four semester examination of the 15 most heavily enrolled baccalaureate courses at Oakton Community College (Illinois) for fall, 1975 through spring, 1977, revealed consistently heavy enrollments in the social sciences and general education core courses in communications. Science and math enrollments accounted for less than 15% of the total each…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Courses, Enrollment Trends
Wood, Eugene S.; Stitt, Thomas R. – 1975
The purpose of a Capstone Program is to provide an opportunity for an occupationally competent student to complete a baccalaureate degree with no more than two additional years of college. A two-year Capstone Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale was developed in 1972 to provide occupational graduates from community colleges with…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC. – 1969
The proceedings of Appalachian State University's (North Carolina) conference on improving instruction in junior colleges are consolidated in this booklet. The following subjects are treated: (1) the role higher education plays in contributing to one's realization of the good life; (2) the need for clearly stated learning objectives and for a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Media, Educational Research, Group Dynamics
Fahrer, Robert F.; Michelich, Joanna K. – 1974
Prepared for the National Dissemination Project to suggest ways in which community colleges might better serve the needs of minority and disadvantaged students, this report addresses itself to the problem of community college articulation. Three problem areas of the articulation activities are: the student himself, curriculum and instruction, and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Curriculum, Colleges, Community Colleges
Epstein, Glenda – 1972
A voluntary, one-way transfer program of 59 white students from one elementary school to another for the purpose of developing an integrated education program is described. Ways of measuring the effects of the program include interviews with the mothers both parents, and with the teachers at both schools, and questionnaires administered to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Interviews, Parent Attitudes
Wojciechowski, William A. – 1972
The philosophy, objectives, and design of the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) are discussed. The seven campuses of the CCAF are drawn together around the CCAF administrative functions, which provide a career-oriented institutional context. The primary objective is to integrate the on-duty Air Force technical training and voluntary…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Certificates, Educational Innovation
Hauselman, A. J.; Stanley, Larry D. – 1972
The University of Kentucky Community College System was developed to meet the 3-fold function of providing career-oriented technical programs, pre-baccalaureate education, and adult-continuing education. This descriptive analysis is divided into four sections: Section I on enrollment emphasizes the 17.3%increase in enrollment in the system's 14…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support, Instructional Programs
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Bowles, Dympna – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
Describes the City University of New York's steps toward improving credit transferability, including the compilation of comprehensive information on the transfer of courses to the system's 10 senior institutions and the formation of faculty-based articulation task forces to address problems in specific liberal arts and sciences disciplines. (DMM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, College Science, Community Colleges
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King, Elizabeth C. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
Describes the development of a comprehensive statewide articulated system for allied health education encompassing all postsecondary college, vocational, proprietary, and hospital-based allied health programs in Kentucky. Discusses the following phases: planning, comparing curricula, articulation review, and developing and negotiating transfer…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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