Responds to David Riesman's article, "Community Colleges: Some Tentative Hypotheses" (JC 502 056). Asserts that Riesman views community colleges as "lesser" institutions, exhibits a liberal arts college bias, and overemphasizes the transfer function. Points to the expanded community-college mission, community college/university…

In 1987, Athabasca University (AU) and Keyano College (KC), in Alberta, initiated a collaborative program to provide one-site degree completion opportunities for students residing over 300 kilometers from the nearest degree-granting institution. The Capstone Project is made up of two academic streams: a third year "cap" of the KC…

Designed to examine New Jersey's articulation policy for two- and four-year public institutions, this report by the Transfer Advisory Board (TAB) analyzes longitudinal transfer data gathered from the state's public universities, state colleges, and community colleges for 1987 through 1989. Following a brief introduction, the first part of the…

In an era of tight budgets and declining enrollments, two-year colleges are increasingly viewed as feeder schools by larger, four-year colleges and universities, and are themselves exploring the costs and benefits of cooperative arrangements. Research has isolated five general types of cooperative arrangements between two- and four-year…