This report is an investigation of the validity of the conclusions reached in the first phase of this study (see JC 720 106 above). Three questionnaires were designed to collect information on the attitudes, backgrounds, and opinions of: (1) faculty in the mathematics, science and engineering-related occupational divisions of selected Illinois…

Reports on a project undertaken at St. Louis Community College (MO), during which a sample of technical high school students were tested to establish their knowledge/competency levels in selected data processing subjects in an effort to develop testing procedures and criterion levels for advanced placement. (AYC)

Describes the work of a curriculum committee established to create a "transfer curriculum" for engineering technology students transferring from two-year to four-year programs. The resulting program (which allows flexibility while providing some guidance for engineering technology programs), transfer problems, issues, and public response…

Describes efforts undertaken in Texas to promote articulation between two- and four-year colleges and facilitate the transfer process. Focuses on the production and distribution of accurate transferability information, curriculum revisions, the activities of the North Texas Articulation Council, and the use of computers to aid in the transferral…

Reviews research regarding the academic success and persistence of community college transfer students. Describes programs to improve articulation and transfer sponsored by the Ford and Mellon Foundations, and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Considers advances in statewide planning, and suggests directions for improving the…

This document offers individual institution reports for partnership programs in Wyoming's seven community colleges. The colleges are: (1) Casper College; (2) Central Wyoming College; (3) Eastern Wyoming College; (4) Laramie County Community College; (5) Northwest College; (6) Sheridan College; and (7) Western Wyoming Community College. Wyoming…

This report contains student data obtained from the 1999-2000 Transfer Program Graduate Follow-Up Survey at Parkland College (Illinois). The alumni were surveyed during the summer following graduation. Results include: (1) about 89% of the students studied attended Parkland with an intent to transfer to a four-year university or college; (2)…

This document addresses transfer destinations of CCSF students by tracking students that transferred from community colleges between the Summer 1997 and Spring 2001 terms. Overall, 72,053 students were tracked during the study. A majority (87%) of these students transferred to public schools while a minority (13%) transferred to private schools.…

The Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges created this document in 2001. Its goal is to measure the degree of use, effectiveness, and acceptance of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC). The study was completed through three different questionnaires: (1) one was distributed to recent community college…

This report from Douglas College, British Columbia, to the Ministry of Advanced Education addresses the rapid population growth in the Fraser Valley, and the ways in which this growth impacts Douglas College, University College of the Fraser Valley, Kwantlen University College, and Simon Fraser University. The Douglas College service area is…

This document offers individual institution reports for partnership programs in Wyoming's seven community colleges. The colleges are: (1) Casper College; (2) Central Wyoming College; (3) Eastern Wyoming College; (4) Laramie County Community College; (5) Northwest College; (6) Sheridan College; and (7) Western Wyoming Community College. Wyoming…

The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the higher education articulation and transfer policies and processes between the states of Florida and Maryland. The paper examines how the state governance structures impact articulation and transfer. Both states have instituted statewide policies meant to implement high levels of transfer…

This report presents the results of the Survey of Advising and Admissions Personnel on Administrative Systems Related to Transfer questionnaire as prepared by the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer's Task Force on Standards and Processes. Responses from 98 individual counselors were received. By far the most common type of…

Reviews of a study of curriculum and instruction in the sciences and social sciences in two-year colleges. Considers curriculum planning problems, the method of conducting the study, the percentage of colleges offering courses, and the availability of appropriate courses for transfer, occupational, and developmental students, and for nonscience…

Discusses the availability of college transfer data now that the National Student Clearinghouse's (NSC) Enrollment Search service has been inaugurated. Illustrates the use of this data resource through a longitudinal cohort outcomes analysis conducted at Prince George's Community College, Maryland. (Contains 12 references.) (AUTH/NB)