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Kozoll, Charles E.; And Others – 1978
A project was undertaken by a university to develop in-service staff development programs for 500 part-time faculty members at three community colleges. The university project staff functioned as process consultants, who initially conducted a needs assessment of programs and services desired by faculty members. Subsequent to the assessment, their…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Ancillary Services, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Balfour, Linda, Comp. – 1981
The 1980-81 statistical report of North Carolina higher education covers the following areas: current enrollment, enrollment trends, undergraduate transfers, degrees conferred, faculty, library resources, costs to students, admissions, student financial aid, and student housing. Information is provided by institution, residence status, full-time…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
The Association of American Colleges' (AAC) Project Lodestar is addressed in an article and descriptions of the pilot phase of the project at 13 institutions. In "Project Lodestar: Realistically Assessing the Future," Peggy Brown provides an overview of the project, which is designed to help colleges and universities in assessment of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Church Related Colleges
Montgomery, David C., Ed.; Duckwall, Julia, Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of a Florida statewide conference on quality in higher education are presented. Topics include the following: databases, the community colleges' accounting for quality, program budgeting, and trends in truth in testing. Transcripts of a panel discussion on databases and the following papers and reports are included: "Quality and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Download full textDouglas, Denise; And Others – 1981
This resource guide provides help for the counselor attempting to give career advice to Spanish-speaking and Chicano students in high schools and community colleges. The guide is presented in nine sections. The first section provides an overview and general information about Hispanics, along with a review of the literature and an annotated…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Colleges
Kenneke, Larry J.; Suzuki, Warren N. – 1981
This handbook of promising practices in Oregon career and vocational education contains descriptions of 46 practices in the areas of career awareness, career exploration, career preparation, and career specialization. Practices are reported according to the following format: topic, intended users, purpose, available products, resources needed, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Business Education, Career Awareness, Career Education
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. – 1978
Surveys of local employers were conducted by Johnson County Community College to determine the needs for potential career programs as related to job opportunities in the following areas: (1) accounting; (2) advertising and journalism; (3) animal health technology; (4) automotive technology; (5) building construction; (6) child care for…
Descriptors: Accounting, Agribusiness, Allied Health Occupations Education, Auto Mechanics
de los Santos, Alfredo G., Jr. – 1980
Despite the community college's historical commitment to the availability of comprehensive education for all citizens, Hispanics have yet to receive a fair share of programs and services. General demographic data, as well as regional and national longitudinal studies, reveal that Hispanic participation and success in all levels of the educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Age, Associate Degrees, Bilingual Education
Butcher, Loretta J. – 1980
In order to investigate state-wide and institutional policies governing tuition waivers for older adult students at two-year colleges, a nationwide study was conducted, involving: (1) a literature review; (2) a survey of the state administrators of community colleges; (3) a survey of 146 institutions with tuition waiver policies; and (4)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
PDF pending restorationIllinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1980
Fall 1979, "end-of-registration" enrollment data were gathered for the 51 Illinois public community colleges and compared with data from earlier years. Selected findings indicate that while headcount enrollment increased from 322,267 in Fall 1978 to 323,653 in Fall 1979 (+0.4%), full-time equivalent enrollments decreased from 143,234 to…
Descriptors: Age, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Kentucky Council on Public Higher Education, Frankfort. – 1979
The twenty-fourth annual Kentucky college and university enrollment report is presented. Included are enrollment data from Kentucky's state-supported and independent colleges and universities, seminaries, and proprietary business colleges. Graphs include: 1979 enrollment distributions for state-supported and independent institutions,…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Axtell, Dayton; Coad, Alison – 1979
An in-class survey of a representative sample of 298 students was conducted by Merritt College in March 1979 to determine: (1) the approximate number of students who were considering withdrawal from college; (2) the approximate number who had given withdrawal serious consideration in the past; and (3) the factors which students felt were decisive…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age, American Indians, Asian Americans
Gilbert, Fontelle – 1980
Based on data from a variety of sources, these 12 fact sheets summarize current enrollment, instructional, and administrative trends at the existing 1,230 public and private two-year colleges. A general profile of the colleges is first presented, focusing on the number and type of institutions, enrollment, student characteristics, number of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, College Administration, College Faculty
Cohen, Lee – 1980
Activities and programs of the Institute for Research and Development in Occupational Education (IRDOE) are reviewed in this annual report for fiscal year 1980. The report describe twenty-three contract projects, an increase from nine the preceding year. Three projects related to handicapped populations, two projects involved staff development and…
Descriptors: Activities, Allied Health Occupations Education, Annual Reports, Business Education
Jedamus, Paul, Ed.; Peterson, Marvin W., Ed. – 1980
A guide to the practice of institutional research and planning in American higher education in the 1980s is presented. Attention is directed to the impact of current changes in the external environment on higher education and implications of these changes for institutional research and planning. Topics include national issues crucial to the future…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning
