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National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing, Washington, DC. – 1993
The United States will not be competitive in the global economy of the 21st century without a technically trained work force. Community colleges and secondary schools offering technical programs are becoming increasingly important to local businesses as companies rely on a combination of schools and on-the-job training to help their employees…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Flick-Hruska, Connie, Comp.; Blythe, Gretchen, Comp. – 1992
Designed as a resource for two-year college faculty and staff working with students with disabilities, this handbook contains facts about various disabilities, practical suggestions for improving services, and resource points for further information. Following a brief introduction, legal implications regarding disabled students are discussed for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Iannozzi, Maria – 1998
This report describes the efforts of Mount St. Mary's College (California) to extend the benefits of a strong, traditional baccalaureate program to an underserved population of women in an urban region, including substantial numbers of minority and first-generation college students. To help realize its service mission and increase access to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Community Involvement
Robinson, Kerry – 1995
The Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF) method was originally designed in 1976 by D. Joseph Clark to obtain formative feedback from students and help improve course quality and teacher effectiveness. In the SGIF method, a facilitator meets with students, gathers feedback on an instructor's performance, and reviews these students' comments,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods
Cohen, Marie – Issue Notes, 1998
Some welfare experts and policymakers advocate providing education and training to prepare welfare recipients for jobs that will eventually help them leave poverty (the "work first" approach), whereas others advocate placing welfare recipients in jobs immediately whenever possible. Although the Personal Responsibility and Work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Florida State Board of Community Colleges, Tallahassee. – 1991
In 1991, the Florida State Community College System conducted a statewide review of its visual and performing arts instructional programs. As part of the review process, existing data sets were analyzed, three advisory committee meetings and five regional hearings were held, and a survey was distributed to all 24 colleges in the system. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Articulation (Education), College Freshmen
Koltai, Leslie; Wilding, Michael – 1991
An overview is provided of the status and future of science, engineering, and mathematics education in public two-year colleges. In addition, results of several national-level studies are reviewed, and 15 recommendations developed by the National Task Force for the Improvement of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education in Community,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. – 1992
In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from higher education professionals, business people, and students in the state of Hawaii. In particular the witnesses, grouped in seven panels, testified…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Tacoma Community Coll., WA. – 1988
The collective bargaining agreement between the Tacoma Community College Federation of Teachers and Tacoma Community College, District XXII is presented. This contract, covering the period from September 1, 1988 to June 30, 1990, deals with the following topics: the purpose, definitions, and conditions of the agreement; union rights and…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Contracts
Whatcom Community Coll. District, Bellingham, WA. – 1989
The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of Whatcom Community College District No. 21 and the Whatcom Community College Federation of Teachers is presented. This contract, covering the period from September 1, 1989 through August 31, 1991, deals with the following topics: bargaining agent recognition; board-union…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Contracts
Waubonsee Community Coll., Sugar Grove, IL. – 1988
The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Community College District No. 516, State of Illinois, and the Waubonsee Community College Faculty Federation Local #2065 is presented. This contract, covering the period from June 10, 1988 through June 11, 1990, deals with the following topics: Federation recognition and definitions;…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Contracts
Highland Community Coll., Freeport, IL. – 1989
The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of Illinois Community College District No. 519 and the Highland Community College Faculty Senate is presented. This contract, covering the period from August 20, 1988 through August 20, 1991, deals with the following topics: definitions and Senate recognition; Senate-Board…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Contracts
Phelps, L. Allen, Ed.; Thurston, Paul W., Ed. – 1989
These proceedings contain 11 papers that examine several diverse collaborative efforts designed to improve education and training programs through substantive involvement of the private sector. Authors and titles are as follows: "Public-Private Sector Collaboration in Education: Implications for Research, Policy, and the Education of Professional…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Coordination
Copeland, Scott – 1992
Workplace literacy projects were established at Warn Industries, a winch and hubcap maker, and Oregon Cutting Systems (OCS), a producer of cutting edges supplying the timber industry by Clackamas Community College (Oregon). At Warn, project staff developed functional context materials, delivered instruction to a math class, and implemented a basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Burwell, D'Anne; And Others – 1991
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. and Portland Community College (Oregon) cooperated in offering special math instruction as part of a workplace literacy project. A needs assessment indicated a problem in basic math skills such as simple calculations on a calculator and decimals, which were used on blueprints. Operators, set-up workers, and lead workers…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blueprints
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