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Cognard-Black, Andrew J., Ed.; Herron, Jerry, Ed.; Smith, Patricia J., Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2019
The contributions in this collection provide important answers and compelling evidence that honors programming does contribute something above and beyond what honors students themselves bring to the educational experience. While many of the chapters rely on analytic methods that are more widely used in some fields than in others, authors have…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Value Added Models, College Curriculum
D'Amico, Mark M., Ed.; Lewis, Chance W., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
Community colleges serve as the open door to higher education for marginalized, place bound, and/or financially challenged students and communities. One of the key ways marginalization occurs in diverse geographies is through access limitations: access to affordable postsecondary education, access to curricula that lead to viable professions,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Teacher Education Programs, Student Diversity, Diversity (Faculty)
ACT, Inc., 2019
The inaugural "Higher Education Research Digest" was released in 2017 (see ED581669) along with the "Enrollment Management Database," a tool assisting enrollment managers, admissions personnel, and other college administrators with student recruitment, enrollment, and success strategies. For this third edition of the Digest,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Management, Student Recruitment, Databases
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Tavares, Vander, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Canada has become one of the most popular destinations for international students at the higher education level. A number of complex factors and trends, both in Canada and globally, have contributed to the emergence of Canada as a destination for international higher education. However, more research is still needed to better understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Experience, Higher Education
Cejda, Brent D., Ed.; Murray, John P., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This volume contains the following papers: (1) Preparing to Hire the Best in the Perfect Storm (John P. Murray); (2) New Faculty Issues: Fitting In and Figuring It Out (Pamela L. Eddy); (3) An Approach to a Faculty Professional Development Seminar (Mary Bendickson and Karen Griffin); (4) Faculty Issues in Rural Community Colleges (Brent D. Cejda);…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Women Faculty, Personnel Selection, College Presidents
Kappner, Augusta Souza; And Others – 1990
Efforts undertaken to meet the challenge of diversity at the City University of New York's Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) are described in this five-part conference presentation. In the first part, BMCC's president, Augusta Souza Kappner, provides an overview of the ethnic and demographic composition of the college's student body…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Kissinger, Daniel B., Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This volume is a critical and objective study of the contemporary college student athlete. Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Counseling Services, Higher Education, Publicity
Wright, Diane, Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2007
Higher Education is a vibrant, changing field of study. With roots in multiple disciplines, these degree programs prepare the administrators, faculty, and policy makers who direct the current and future higher education enterprise. At a time when higher education is changing rapidly, these programs are poised to frame the future of an educated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, College Programs, Marketing
Gullickson, Arlen, Ed.; Lawrenz, Frances, Ed.; Keiser, Nanette, Ed. – JAI Press, 2004
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is a diverse and dynamic set of projects intent on improving the USA's technical workforce. This book uses the ATE work as a means to focus on key issues for federally funded projects and all community colleges facing the difficult challenges of staying current…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Advisory Committees, Technology Education
Griffin, W. A., Jr., Ed. – 1995
This monograph by the members of the American Association of Community Colleges' Commission on Small and/or Rural Community Colleges shares small and rural community college experiences. In "Leaders through Community Service," Jacqueline D. Taylor provides a model for how small and rural community colleges can be involved in building leaders…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Educational Change, Fund Raising
Huhra, Lourdene, Ed.; Fifield, Mary L., Ed. – 1991
Designed to provide two-year college educators with guidelines and suggestions for program planning, design, delivery, and evaluation in the area of training for international trade, this book contains narratives on program development and sample materials that can be used as models. Chapter 1 describes the formation of partnerships to provide…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Exports
State Univ. of New York, Albany. – 1989
Designed as a means of communicating creative ideas in community college education, this second edition of Colleague contains 11 articles on instructional and administrative issues facing the community colleges of the State University of New York. The collection includes: (1) "Professional Growth and Development: An In-House Effort," by Alvin J.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Faculty Development
Zeiss, Tony, Ed. – 1989
Designed to broaden community college practitioners' awareness of the needs of business and related opportunities for cooperation, this book describes the training needs of large and small business of all types; discusses the opportunities for two-year colleges to assist businesses in satisfying those needs; and highlights the major interests of…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Change, Economic Climate
Gross, Carol J., Ed. – 1978
Three papers focus on problems of women in higher education. The lead article by Janice Brandstrom presents a model plan to recruit and retain more women in non-traditional vocational programs, and to assist women in obtaining related employment after completion. It describes a five-phase Career Development Program including suggestions for…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Employed Women, Employment Statistics
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Ed. – 1994
This collection of four papers addresses the choices that students, teachers, and school administrators make in regard to their education and career paths. They include: (1) "Understanding Entry into the Teaching Profession" (Eric A. Hanushek and Richard R. Pace), which analyzes the characteristics of teachers in public elementary and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Choice
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