The Waikiki Lifelong Learning Center (WLLC) project was undertaken to establish a literacy consortium of visitor industry businesses and the University of Hawaii at Manoa and to develop/implement an instructional program that included bilingual/English-as-a-second language (ESL) and General Educational Development (GED)/pre-GED components. After…

In this nine-part report to Illinois' General Assembly, the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) reviews Board powers and duties, and systemwide goals, financial resources, student characteristics and outcomes, educational programs, training and economic development activities, programs for special populations, and current issues of importance…

This report on the flow of transfer students from the California community colleges to the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) systems and to independent colleges and universities in the state focuses on policy issues, trends in transfer among ethnic groups, and enrollment rates. Following a brief introduction…

The monograph presents 16 issue papers prepared by the California Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education. Papers have the following titles: "Access to Postsecondary Education in California"; "Financing Postsecondary Education in California"; "Graduate Education and Research in California…

This enrollment summary provides collegewide and campus-specific student data for Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) for fall 1989. The following variables are considered: credit/non-credit enrollment status, semester credits generated, credit load, ethnicity, gender, degree types, full-/part-time status, age, native language, citizenship status,…

To fulfill the sex equity mandate begun in the 1976 Vocational Education Amendments and continued in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984, and to assess the degree of change in vocational sex equity in Virginia over the last several years, this status report covering a five-year period (1980-1984) was developed. The opening…

This enrollment summary provides collegewide and campus-specific data for Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) for 1981-82 through 1985-86. All data are for unduplicated headcounts by the three major variables of credit/non-credit enrollments, semester credits, and credit load. These major variables are matched against factors of ethnicity,…

This curriculum for parent education through cooperative preschools has a sequential approach, with topics developed for parents with different age children enrolled in the various laboratory settings. Introductory materials include the goals and objectives for community college parent cooperative programs, methods of presentation, and a…

Missouri's vocational education delivery system involves 478 public school districts, institutions of higher education, and state agencies. The system' 445 comprehensive high school districts include 52 area vocational schools, 12 community/junior colleges, 1 adult technical college, 9 colleges and universities, and 2 state agencies. A system of…

Seven area high school districts, two area vocational centers, and Joliet Community College (JCC) voluntarily joined together to develop a regional planning statement regarding objectives for a collaborative and coordinated high technology education program. As a part of this project, four high schools are working together with JCC to develop and…

Designed to help evaluate the past academic year by summarizing and consolidating both college- and district-wide information, this annual report provides technical information on the Los Angeles Community College District for 1985-86 and historical data for previous years when available. After initial sections offer an overview of the district…

Designed to aid the evaluation of the past academic year by summarizing and consolidating both college- and district-wide information, this annual report provides technical information on the Los Angeles Community College District for 1986-87 and 1987-88. The 1986-87 report begins with an overview of the district, followed by tables, figures, and…

Statistics classifying American colleges and universities according to their educational functions and missions are included. Rather than creating a hierarchy, this information groups institutions by shared characteristics. Changes in higher education are portrayed, and a continued growth in institutions of higher education is noted. There are…

This final report describes a project to examine the Health Occupations Education program in New York State from a futurist perspective and contains 18 papers presented at meetings. An introduction summarizes activities of the Health Occupations Review Committee that conducted the project and committee meetings. The first 12 papers address these…

This manual contains guidelines for organizing small business programs in community colleges. Following an introductory discussion of the need for such a program both throughout the United States in general and in Illinois in particular, the role of the community college in facilitating small business development is examined. Guidelines are set…