This fifth edition of the Maryland Community Colleges Instructional Program Manual was designed to be used in the development, submission, review, and approval of all new instructional programs in the Maryland community colleges. The first section provides a timetable for program proposals and program evaluations. The next sections contain…

The Illinois community college system is comprised of 39 districts encompassing 49 campuses which served a fall 1974 enrollment of 267,156 (over 50 percent of all students enrolled in public institutions of higher education in Illinois). According to legislative dictum, Illinois community colleges must offer programs in liberal arts and sciences,…

This revised manual presents a timetable, proposals and evaluation procedures, and information on the designation, discontinuance, and inactivation of instructional programs for Maryland community colleges. After the first section presents a timetable for the proposal and evaluation of new and existing instructional programs, information on…

A study assessed the need for and determined the content of a resource guide for writing federal vocational grant proposals by personnel of community and technical colleges in the state of Washington. A review of the literature and research found that community and technical colleges found an ever-increasing portion of their budgets were dependent…

Guidelines are presented for consideration in the development, review, submission, and approval of all new instructional programs in the Maryland Community Colleges (MCC). The first section of the manual explains: (1) operational definitions for transfer and occupational programs; (2) the five-year state plan listing; (3) letters of intent and…

This manual describes the timetables and procedures for the development, review, submission, and approval of new instructional programs in Maryland community colleges. Appended are sample forms for program proposals, desegregation impact statements, approval of vocational-technical programs, and for approval of an existing program as a new…

Designed to help California community colleges develop plans and applications for Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (VATEA) funds, this handbook reviews the purposes and mandates of the VATEA and provides instructions for plan development. The first section presents an overview of the Act, indicating that it…

In this report, the California Postsecondary Educational Commission responds to a request by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges that it review a proposal for a new community college--Folsom Lake College in Sacramento County within the Los Rios Community College District. The Commission offers eight conclusions and two…

This report is a summary of presentations and recommendations made by representatives of area public school districts, postsecondary institutions, and businesses who met at San Juan College to engage in an extended discussion about the articulation of mathematics and language arts instruction at secondary and postsecondary institutions in…

The Lemoore Center of the West Hills Community College District serves the Lemoore/Hanford area of Kings and Fresno Counties--an area lying within both the West Hills and the College of the Sequoias Community College Districts. Jurisdictional problems between the districts prompted the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to…

The Allan Hancock Joint Community College District proposes establishing a permanent educational center in the Lompoc area of Santa Barbara County, primarily to consolidate its current outreach operations in the area but also to accommodate anticipated enrollment growth in the area. Donated by the United States Army, the 155-acre site will be…

In this document, the California Postsecondary Education Commission responds to a request by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to review the need for and location of the Vacaville Higher Education Center, a permanent educational center in the Solano County Community College District. The proposed site for the center is…

The 2005 Task Force of the Chancellor's Consultation Council was created to recommend long-term strategies to identify access and service goals for California Community Colleges (CCC), the resources needed to achieve these goals, and ways to obtain needed resources. This technical paper provides the Task Force with forecasts of plausible scenarios…