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Direct linkCameron, Sally Chapman – Community College Journal, 2010
When Massachusetts' Bristol Community College (BCC) installed photovoltaic panels on the roofs of three campus buildings, the goal was to position the college as a regional leader in sustainability. The question was how to let the surrounding community know about its investment. The project took place largely out of public view, hidden high on the…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Social Networks, Internet, Community Colleges
Download full textPennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1974
The Pennsylvania Task Force on Two-Year Postsecondary Education, whose members represented the public at large and all segments of postsecondary education, was commissioned to recommend a rationale for the orderly development of two-year programs to meet the needs of Commonwealth residents; to identify the most effective means of providing…
Descriptors: College Planning, Consortia, Contracts, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedMyers, Leland W. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1999
Reviews the history of Pennsylvania's higher education system since 1755. States that the Community College Act of 1963 imposed a funding system that has proved both inadequate and difficult to change and has discouraged the formation of new colleges. Discusses the current state of community college sponsorship, enrollment, funding, and outcomes,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational History, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Homisak, William – 1970
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to define the operation, administration, and future program planning of continuing education and community service programs in the 12 Pennsylvania community colleges; and (2) to determine how these programs are meeting the perceived part-time training needs of the 120 sampled production industries. Two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Community Programs, Community Services
Gillie, Angelo C., Ed. – 1970
The purposes of the first annual Pennsylvania conference on postsecondary occupational education were to consider the role of area vocational schools, 2-year colleges, and senior colleges in a total program of occupational education; to provide participants an opportunity to exchange ideas on the various typics; to improve the expertise of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Butler, Johnny – 2002
In 2000 and 2001, the Team Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board (Team PA WIB) and its partners worked jointly to address Pennsylvania's workforce needs and respond to the need of its customers through new initiatives, new partnerships, and new strategies. The Team PA WIB and its partners continued implementation of the state's vision to create…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
HOFFMAN, GEORGE W. – 1965
LOCAL SPONSORS MUST PREPARE A PLAN FOR A PROPOSED COMMUNITY COLLEGE, INCLUDING SIX MAJOR TOPICS--(1) HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION AND SPONSORSHIP, (2) DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA, (3) RESULTS OF A COMMUNITY SURVEY, (4) PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROPOSED COLLEGE, (5) LEGAL AND FINANCIAL MATTERS, AND (6) SUPPORTING…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Surveys, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
FIELDS, RALPH R. – 1965
LEGISLATION IN 1963 AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES NECCESSITATED THIS SURVEY TO DETERMINE SUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TYPE OF PROGRAMS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF EXISTING VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND STATEWIDE ADULT EXTENSION PROGRAMS TO COMMUNITY…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Educational Finance
Williamsport Area Community Coll., PA. – 1975
This self-study contains recommendations and objectives for Williamsport Area Community College (WACC), a one-campus, vocational-technical oriented college in an industrial community in Pennsylvania. The methodology employed in producing this self-study is intended to form the framework for a continuous learning-oriented short and long-range…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Decentralization
Woodbury, Kenneth B., Jr. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
Describes the approach to articulation and transfer being used among Pennsylvania's two- and four-year institutions and its two basic principles: to protect the integrity of the associate degree and to ensure the equitable treatment of transfer students. Describes how dual admissions arrangements facilitate interinstitutional cooperation. (DMM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Transfer Students, Colleges
Groff, Warren H. – 1996
This document contains materials about and products of a practicum devoted to creating and sustaining learning communities in the digital era that was conducted by Nova Southeastern University in Winter 1996. First, human resources development programs are discussed as vehicles for creating high-performance learners, workers, and leaders who are…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Gillie, Angelo C., Ed. – 1972
Papers presented at the third annual conference on post-secondary paraprofessional education held at Pennsylvania State University in November 1971 centered around the human service occupations. This rapidly developing area of paraprofessional education will offer increasing job opportunities in the future in health, social service activities, and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification
Gibson-Benninger, Barbara S. – 1997
Compared to the organization of two-year education in other states, Pennsylvania can be said to have a "non-system" in which local determination predominates and state planning and coordination agencies are little more than advisory bodies. California, for example, has a much larger and more regulated system than Pennsylvania, with the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
