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Download full textNussbaum, Thomas J. – 1997
Four important changes for the community colleges of California are proposed. First, legislation should be developed that establishes the basic framework for enabling community colleges to restore a level of access to community college education and training for more citizens. This would provide economic and social opportunity for more citizens,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Basic Skills, College Role
Peer reviewedJohnson, B. Lamar, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1982
Issues in defining and conceptualizing general education in the two-year college are examined in this collection of essays. After introductory remarks, B. Lamar Johnson reviews the findings of the 1952 California Study of General Education and discusses their current applicability. Next, K. Patricia Cross reviews trends in general education from…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
In an attempt to stimulate discussion on directions and priorities for the California community colleges (CCC), this monograph examines six issues likely to affect the colleges during the 1980's. The monograph first reviews recent literature pointing to an erosion of the colleges' transfer, vocational, and general education functions and then…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, College Role
Knoell, Dorothy M.; And Others – 1979
The conference papers included in this collection address issues of concern to literacy development in the community college. "Functional Literacy and Persistence in the Community College," by Dorothy M. Knoell, raises questions about student persistence in the absence of requisite skills. "Training Perspective on Functional…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education
