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Burstyn, Joan N., Ed. – 1996
This collection of essays by various authors discusses the dilemmas that face those who would educate tomorrow's valuable citizens and describes the day-to-day commitment needed to maintain a community. The book gives guidelines for action through examples of current programs that provide a forum for civic discussion and public consensus on the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
Berry, Grant, Jr. – 1991
Designed to help colleges plan for the successful continuation of educational improvement projects beyond the end of their original funding period, this report presents a case study of Pennsylvania College of Technology's (PCT's) efforts to ensure the continuation of a Title III faculty development program. After describing the the Title III…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Planning, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Keeley, Edward J., III; House, J. Daniel – 1993
A study was performed at Northern Illinois University (NIU) to measure the effect of "transfer shock" on community college students' academic performance during their first semesters of enrollment at NIU, as well as to determine whether academic class, gender, ethnicity, age, major, resident status, and previous degree achievements had…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Juniors, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Levin, Bernard H. – 1993
Focusing on the social forces acting upon community colleges, this paper reviews possible modes of response by the colleges, focusing specifically on the role of institutional research. The first section presents an overview of the social forces affecting community colleges, discussing the 16% increase in two-year college enrollments in the…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Needs

John Wood Community Coll., Quincy, IL. – 1991
This document is an assessment of a performance-based education project that involved a United States history course, offered at a community college. Thirty-two student performance objectives are outlined and lesson plans designed to achieve each objective are presented. Each lesson plan consists of an instructional topic, prerequisites, interest…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Rimmerman, Craig A. – 1993
This paper provides an overview and critique of a team taught, senior level, interdisciplinary college course entitled "AIDS: Challenges and Crises." The details of the course and its underlying rationale are outlined. The paper concludes with a curriculum proposal rooted in the idea of critical education for citizenship. Those who teach political…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Community Action
Lindenmann, Walter K. – 1983
Basic and practical information on how to do opinion surveys and how to apply the information gathered for use in student recruitment, public relations, and other advancement programs is presented. In addition, 12 sample questionnaires are included that have helped colleges and universities measure the opinions of alumni, students, faculty/staff,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Data Collection, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement
Bissland, James H.; Munger, Richard – 1983
Efforts to foster mental health care in society have always been hampered by the stigma attached to mental illness. To identify differential patterns of attitude hierarchies among people who live in or provide mental health services in a typical urban area, 54 adults participated in a Q methodology study of their attitudes toward mental illness.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Attitudes, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Mental Disorders
The Learning Environments of Early Childhood in Asia: Research Perspectives and Changing Programmes.
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1988
Highlights of a workshop (held in Bangkok, December 1986) on research perspectives and prospects concerning the learning environment of early childhood are discussed. Researchers and early childhood educators from seven Asian and Pacific nations and resource persons from four continents attended. Participants were asked to explore the home and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Community Characteristics, Developmental Continuity, Educational Environment
Applied Research Journal, 1986
Five articles by faculty members from the Community College of Philadelphia are presented in this journal issue. "Reconstructing the Academic Environment: A Proposal for the Revision of the General Studies Curriculum," by Martin B. Spear and Dennis McGrath, offers a conceptual foundation for decision making in curriculum development for general…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Coker, Dana Rosenberg; Friedel, Janice Nahra – 1990
A matrix model for the collection, management, and utilization of data was developed at Eastern Iowa Community College District, (Davenport, Iowa) for evaluating institutional effectiveness. The model was examined in relation to various assessment instruments and the evaluation of functional areas and programs. Surveys of six different target…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Evaluation, Higher Education

Schilling, Judith S. – 1987
For the past several years, a fact sheet format has been used at Butler County Community College (BCCC) to disseminate research findings across the campus. Prepared as early as possible after the start of each semester, the fact sheets are distributed to every full- and part-time college employee, and to the board of trustees and foundation…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employment Statistics, Enrollment
Larson, Elizabeth J. Hunt; Schrankel, Philipp Stephen – 1986
Planning to meet the needs of the future is a critical concern of an Arizona school district. The Mesa Action Planning System (MAPS) provides a framework for community involvement with a 200-member community-based planning committee, selected from constituent groups, and a 12-member steering committee. The planning committee will receive a summary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Coordination, Decision Making
Johnson, Marvin L. – 1987
The Walberg Educational Productivity Model theorizes that learning in its affective, behavioral, and cognitive aspects is causally influenced by factors in the areas of individual aptitude (i.e., prior achievement, age or stage of maturation, and motivation), instructional treatment (i.e., quantity of time spent in learning situations and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average, Learning Theories
Morton, Ruth D.; Rittenburg, Terri L. – 1986
Despite the growth of non-credit programs and the increase in numbers of part-time students and part-time teachers, little research has been conducted that provides data about part-time teachers and their motivations for teaching. A two-phased study was conducted to group reasons for teaching into meaningful, empirically based categories and to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Factor Analysis