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Peer reviewedFletcher, Suzanne M.; And Others – Community and Junior College Journal, 1977
The results of the AACJC Center for Community Education survey of 1,275 two year institutions to measure community education/community services are reported, focusing on the nature of the respondents to the survey, cooperation with other agencies, and the nature of community education programs and staff. (JG)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Services
Download full textSAMSEL, RUTH L. – 1968
DURING A 19-MONTH SPAN OF TIME, MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (NEW JERSEY) ATTEMPTED TO (1) IDENTIFY QUALIFIED YOUTH WITH EXCEPTIONAL FINANCIAL NEED AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COMPLETE SECONDARY SCHOOL AND UNDERTAKE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL TRAINING WITHIN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, (2) PUBLICLY EXHIBIT FORMS OF FINANCIAL AID FURNISHED THROUGH FEDERAL, STATE,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Organizations
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1973
This Brief reviews a variety of materials about two-year college community services programs. Specific topics include: their philosophy and definition, organization and administration, descriptions of noteworthy programs, and models for new community service programs. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Educational Philosophy, Educational Programs
Homisak, William – 1970
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to define the operation, administration, and future program planning of continuing education and community service programs in the 12 Pennsylvania community colleges; and (2) to determine how these programs are meeting the perceived part-time training needs of the 120 sampled production industries. Two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Community Programs, Community Services
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1979
In 1978, the California State Department of Social Services issued a contract to the Los Rios Community College District to develop training programs for foster parents, prospective foster parents, and agency workers throughout California. Twenty-one California community colleges participated in the Foster Parent Training Program (FPTP) in Spring,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Community Colleges, Community Education
Salus, Naomi, P. – American Education, 1971
Some aspects of the two-year college program available in many communities are discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Philosophy, Educational Programs, Two Year Colleges
Alvarado, Andrew; Shaver, Jon – 1977
To ascertain the extent to which full-time employees in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) service area would be interested in participating in non-campus based educational opportunities, a needs assessment was conducted. Employee needs that might be met by educational programs, existing employer-sponsored programs, and the extent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Educational Needs, Educational Programs
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1978
This handbook was developed to assist community colleges, foster parent associations, and licensing and placement agencies in planning and implementing foster parent training programs. It is intended to serve as a guide to developing educational offerings in community colleges which meet the needs of the local foster care community. The handbook…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Community Colleges, Community Education
O'Grady, James P., Jr.; Underwood, David L. – American Vocational Journal, 1973
Accountability pressures on community colleges have led to a certain amount of experimentation with performance goals, documented in this article. (Editor)
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Educational Programs
Audiovisual Instruction, 1973
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Programs, Educational Resources, Guidelines
Peckman, Herbert D. – 1972
The composition and activities of the Committee On Physics In Two Year Colleges in its first year of operation are discussed. The role of this committee as one of the working groups of the American Association of Physics Teachers is explored, both with respect to its responsibilities to the two year college teaching profession and to the general…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Science, Committees, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedStrassenburg, A. A. – American Journal of Physics, 1971
Describes programs designed to minimize problems that physics departments of two-year colleges have: (1) articulating with degree institutions, (2) teaching students that are weaker academically than those in typical four-year colleges, (3) obtaining suitable teaching materials, and (4) obtaining adequately prepared teachers. (DS)
Descriptors: College Science, Community Colleges, Educational Programs, Institutional Cooperation
Shapiro, Steven – American Vocational Journal, 1974
The strong and weak points of the one year certificate programs of two-year colleges are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the usefulness of such a program in an attempt to fight attrition. Although marketable skills and employment opportunities from such a program are few, the author feels it should be vocationally oriented. (DS)
Descriptors: Certification, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Needs
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. – 1972
A collection of papers presented and summaries of discussion groups of a conference on community/junior colleges is presented. Contents are a preface, welcome, three papers, recommendations from work groups, a conference summary, and a list of participants. The papers are as follows: "Nature of the Two-Year College Program and Implications for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conference Reports, Educational Administration, Educational Planning
Prakken, Lawrence D., Ed. – 1973
In this sixth (1973-74) edition of the Technician Education Yearbook, the current status in the development of community/junior colleges and technical institutes is presented on the basis of information gathered from replies to more than 3,000 questionnaires. Nine articles relating to new issues, problems, and proposals are compiled in the first…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum, Educational Programs, National Surveys
